Navistar To Pay U.S. $50 Million To Settle Complaint It Overcharged For MRAP Parts

摘要

Navistar Defense [NAV] will pay the U.S. government $50 million to settle a complaint that the vehicle manufacturer overcharged the military by inflating the cost of parts for Mine- Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles it produced for the Marine Corps between 2007 to 2012. The complaint was originally filed by Duquoin Burgess, a former contract director at Navistar, who alleged the company had doctored invoices to reflect fraudulent prices for various MRAP components, including the vehicles’ chassis, engines, and suspension systems. “Mr. Burgess showed enormous courage in bringing this fraud to the attention of the government,” attorney H. Vincent McKnight Jr., managing partner of Sanford Heisler Sharp who represented Burgess in the case, said in a statement. “This settlement reinforces the vital role that whistleblowers play in uncovering fraud.”