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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Covan International
Penalty: $51,358
Year: 2008
Date: July 21, 2008
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: bid-rigging
Violation Description: Seven freight forwarding companies -- Air Land Forwarders, Arpin International Group, Covan International, Jet Forwarding, and SIRVA, the parent company of Allied Freight Forwarding, Global Worldwide and North American Van Lines -- agreed to pay the United States a total of $666,237 for settle allegations of bid rigging in violation of the False Claims Act on Defense Department contracts to transport household goods for military families.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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