Lockheed Contractor Must Repay $27.5M for Overcharging Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan

Lockheed Contractor Must Repay $27.5M for Overcharging Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan
Defense One
Charles S Clark
December 22, 2014

A defense contractor producing products and services for U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan agreed on Friday to repay the government $27.5 million to settle overbilling charges brought under the False Claims Act.

The Justice Department announced on Friday that Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems overbilled the Pentagon for work performed by employees who “lacked required job qualifications” but whose work was billed at the rate for qualified ones, allegedly to inflate profits.
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