AECOM Secures Dismissal of Whistleblower’s Army Fraud Lawsuit

AECOM defeated a whistleblower’s False Claims Act suit alleging improper labor billing under a US Army vehicle support contract performed in Afghanistan, a New York federal district court said.

Hassan Foreman failed to show that the company’s inadequate contract performance was material to government payment decisions, which is a requirement for FCA liability, Judge Louis L. Stanton of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York said in a Wednesday opinion granting the contractor summary judgment.

“The fact is that the Army was well aware of AECOM’s misdeeds, but they were immaterial to its decision to extend ...