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The Norfolk-based Maersk Line Limited and its Danish affiliate, Maersk Line, the world's largest container shipping firm, have agreed to pay the federal government $31.9 million to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims sistema containers related to shipments of cargo containers in support of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The settlement was announced by the U.S. Justice sistema containers Department on Tuesday, the culmination of a lawsuit filed under whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Maersk agreed to a global settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice related to allegations that the companies "inaccurately billed the U.S. military for certain assessorial services rendered during sistema containers war-time conditions in Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan," according sistema containers to Maersk's statement.
"Once Maersk became aware of the allegations we commenced an extensive internal review of the U.S. Military contract and discovered additional billing discrepancies sistema containers in the execution sistema containers of the contract," according to Philbin's statement. "We voluntarily disclosed these findings to the U.S. Military and the Department of Justice in an effort to proactively resolve any issues and/or potential disagreements."
"Contractors that submit false claims sistema containers for monies they are not owed cost the government millions sistema containers of dollars every year," said Melinda Haag, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California. "This settlement should send a strong signal that the government