Law360, New York (August 24, 2011, 6:46 PM ET) -- The U.S. Court of Federal Claims on Wednesday upended a contractor’s bid to recover $3.8 million in payments from the federal government for a contract to maintain mobile homes issued after Hurricane Katrina, instead hitting it with a $352,000 judgment for fraudulent billing.
Judge Christine Miller ordered Mississippi-based Alcatec LLC to pay $275,050 in damages and $77,000 in penalties for submitting hundreds of false invoices to the Federal Emergency Management Agency while under contract, which required it to inspect mobile homes distributed to victims of the...
Katrina Trailer Contractor Loses $3.8M Recovery Bid
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