AECOM Again Stops Whistleblower’s Afghanistan Fraud Claims

A false claims whistleblower lost his bid to revive a suit alleging that AECOM violated the False Claims Act by improperly billing the Army under a vehicle maintenance contract performed in Afghanistan, after a New York federal court said his proposed amended complaint doesn’t cure deficiencies.

Hassan Foreman’s claims that AECOM submitted inaccurate timesheets are the same as those alleged in a prior complaint that the court already dismissed as immaterial, Judge Louis L. Stanton of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York said Thursday.

Foreman’s amended complaint says it is plausible that the government continued ...