Afghanistan Contractor Forfeits $25 Million After Watchdog Disclosure

Government Executive: A multi-agency probe of an Afghani contractor charged criminally with inflating prices for U.S. military supplies resulted in a $25 million civil forfeiture, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday.

The combined settlement in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia resolves a criminal case brought under the False Claims Act. The scheme was originally uncovered by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.

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