"False Claims Act"

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The False Claims Act is the principal tool for recovering lost dollars due to contractor fraud. The False Claims Act is designed to allow any person to pursue contractor fraud and, if successful, to recover a reward for so doing.

False Claim cases involve government contracts covering everything from medical services to the smallest parts on the latest weapons system. But when a government contractor charges more than required or does not deliver a product or service as specified in its contract with the United States, the taxpayers may have been cheated.