June 12, 2012
The two whistleblowers who accused Accenture LLP of illegally rigging bids for federal technology contracts were awarded on Tuesday $14 million of the federal government's $63.7 million settlement of the False Claims Act suit with the company.
September 12, 2011
Accenture LLP has agreed to pay about $63.7 million to settle an Arkansas whistleblower suit from an ex-employee and an associate accusing the company of illegally rigging bids for federal technology contracts, the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday.
December 20, 2010
Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to force Accenture LLP to give up the name of an employee who approved tacking $2 million onto a subcontractor’s pricing proposal before passing it on to the U.S. government — key evidence, they say, in a massive False Claims Act case against the company.
April 20, 2007
The United States has intervened in three whistleblower suits accusing Accenture LLP, Hewlett-Packard Co. and Sun Microsystems Inc. of engaging in a long-running kickbacks scheme for technology contracts with a slew of government agencies.