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As Tennessee False Claims Act attorneys that represent individuals who want to blow the whistle on fraud, we wanted to advise that the Justice Department has filed a Complaint against Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. and created companies for submitting false claims in connection with KBR’s contract with the Army to provide logistical support in Iraq. KBR is an engineering, construction and services firm located in Houston, Texas. KBR allegedly made claims to the government, knowingly false, under a contract with the Army to provide wartime logistical support under the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program III (LOGCAP III). The award of LOGCAP III allegedly paved the way for the company to become a critical source for logistical support in Iraq including transportation, maintenance, food, shelter and facilities management. A complaint filed in Rock Island, IllinoisFederal Court in 2003 and 2004 alleged that KBR employees took kickbacks from Kuwaiti companies in connection with the award and oversight of subcontracts awarded to those companies. KBR then allegedly claimed reimbursement from the government for costs it incurred under the subcontracts that were allegedly inflated, excessive or for goods and services that were grossly deficient or never provided.
In merely one example, KBR allegedly awarded a subcontract to supply fuel tankers to a Kuwaiti company for more than three times the tanker’s value. As another example, KBR allegedly continued to make monthly lease payments to First Kuwaiti for trucks KBR had already returned to the subcontractor, and then billed the government for the costs of both of these subcontracts. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Rock Island has convicted ten companies and individuals in connection with wartime contracts in Iraq. This includes certain persons pleading guilty for taking kickbacks in return for awarding First Kuwaiti subcontracts. The original whistleblower, Bud Conyers, included in his complaint some of the allegations that were settled by way of the government’s current announcement.
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