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Company: Northrop Grumman Corp.
Current Parent Company: Northrop Grumman
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Penalty: $325,000,000
Year: 2009
Date: April 2, 2009
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Federal Contractor Abuses
Violation Description: Northrop Grumman Corp., its subsidiary Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corp., and its predecessor TRW Inc. agreed to pay $325 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that Northrop provided and billed the National Reconnaissance Office for defective microelectronic parts known as Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Virginia
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: aerospace and military contracting
Specific Industry of Current Parent: aerospace & military contracting
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