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Company: Northrop Grumman Corporation
Current Parent Company: Northrop Grumman
Penalty: $62,000,000
Year: 2005
Date: March 1, 2005
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Federal Contractor Abuses
Violation Description: Northrop Grumman Corp. agreed to pay the United States $62 million to resolve allegations of overcharging the government by fraudulently accounting for materials purportedly used in multiple defense contracts and by fraudulently inflating the cost and misrepresenting the progress of a radar jamming device for the B-2 Stealth Bomber under an Air Force contract.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Northern District of Illinois
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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