Maersk Settles False Claims Act Case with U.S. Government for Inflating Transport Costs
January 1, 2012In January 2012, Maersk Line Limited settled a False Claims Act case with the U.S. government, agreeing to pay $31.9 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly overcharged the Department of Defense for the transport of thousands of containers for use in the war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The False Claims Act suit was initially filed in San Francisco by a former...
