AECOM Whistleblower Asks High Court to Revive Army Fraud Claims

A former AECOM employee urged the U.S. Supreme Court to revive all of his fraud claims alleging that the defense contractor unlawfully billed the U.S. Army under a $2 billion Afghanistan facilities and vehicle support contract.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reinstated a portion of whistleblower Hassan Foreman’s False Claims Act suit alleging overbilling for hours not actually worked. But it backed dismissal of claims alleging that AECOM inflated a labor rate for when employees were actually working and improperly managed and tracked government property.

The Second Circuit’s conclusion—that those two claims were properly dismissed for ...