ACS settles qui tam claims for inflated payments
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS), headquartered in Dallas, Texas, has stepped up to the plate and agreed to pay the government $2,645,987.30 to resolve alleged False Claims Act allegations, announced U.S. Attorney Richard B. Roper of the Northern District of Texas. ACS allegedly violated the civil False Claims Act by submitting inflated claims for payment between 2002-2005 for programs run by and through the Federal Government.
ACS should be applauded for voluntarily admitting that it submitted inflated claims to a local agency that delivered services to workers using funds provided by the three federal departments. They took a swift cause of action after investigating the claims, by firing the four employees involved, accepting responsibility for not holding up their high standards on the contract and paying the fine for the misconduct..
If more corporations stood up and took responsibility for their actions, Corporate America would be a better place.
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