March 14, 2013
A Virginia federal judge Wednesday struck down arbitration agreements attached to the employment contracts of two former firearms instructors of a Blackwater successor who accused the company of violating the False Claims Act by fabricating employee training reports.
December 10, 2012
A Virginia magistrate judge on Friday ordered Academi Training Center Inc. to turn over 21 pages of unredacted documents to qui tam plaintiffs accusing the company of fabricating firearms training reports for employees tasked with protecting dignitaries, a month after the plaintiffs claimed the discovery may shed light on a key arbitration agreement.
July 16, 2012
Academi Training Center Inc., the war zone security contractor formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide, fabricated firearms training reports for employees tasked with protecting dignitaries and terminated whistleblowers who alerted their bosses to the misconduct, according to a False Claims Act lawsuit filed Thursday.