Lucent Technologies World Services will pay the U.S. $4.2 million...
Lucent Technologies World Services will pay the U.S. $4.2 million in a settlement over False Claims Act allegations. The U.S. claimed the company had submitted misleading testing certifications to the U.S. Army connected to its construction and modernization of Iraq’s…
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emergency communications system, the Department of Justice said Friday. The army awarded the Alcatel-Lucent subsidiary a $250 million contract in March 2004 to build Iraq’s Advanced First Responder Network, a 911-style emergency response and first responder communications system, Justice said. The settlement also resolves a December 2008 “whistleblower” lawsuit filed by Geoffrey Wilson, the former contract manager for the project. He will receive $758,000 from the settlement for suing in a Washington state federal court on behalf of the U.S. under the False Claims Act (http://xrl.us/bnq8me).