AECOM Whistleblower to Argue War Needs Trumped Afghanistan Fraud

A whistleblower will tell a Manhattan federal appeals court Friday that his lawsuit against defense contractor AECOM alleging fraudulent billing under a $2 billion support contract in Afghanistan should be reinstated, even though the U.S. Army extended the contract several times while aware of the misconduct.

A New York-based district court found that the asserted fraud from workers’ inaccurate time sheets couldn’t have been significant because the contract payments continued. If the Army didn’t penalize the company, the alleged wrongdoing couldn’t be “material” under the False Claims Act, the court reasoned.

But former AECOM finance supervisor Hassan Foreman will ...