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Government Announces Million Dollar Settlement with Surety for Alleged Violations of False Claims Act

In the summer of 2017, a District Judge sitting in the District of Columbia issued a decision holding that a surety could be held liable under the False Claims Act where it becomes aware of facts suggesting that a bonded principal is fraudulently participating in a government set-aside program and nonetheless continues to do business with that principal. United States ex rel Scollick v.

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