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December 16, 2014 By AMK

War zone food contractor pleads guilty to overcharging

A major supplier of food and bottled water to U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan on Monday of last week pleaded guilty to overcharging the Defense Logistics Agency by $48 million.

Supreme Food Service, whose parent company is based in the Netherlands, agreed to pay $434 million to settle criminal and civil charges for its handling of an $8.8 million contract that was terminated in 2013, according to news reports.

The case decided in U.S. District Court in Eastern Pennsylvania was brought in part by a whistleblower employed by the company, who will receive $16.2 million, plus $1.5 million for attorney’s fees and expenses, according to Bloomberg.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.govexec.com/contracting/2014/12/war-zone-food-contractor-pleads-guilty-overcharging/100824/

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: DoD, fraud, overcharge

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