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Company: Age Refining Inc.
Penalty: $9,000,000
Year: 2006
Date: August 3, 2006
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: Age Refining Inc., the company's former affiliate, Age Transportation, and the founder and chairman emeritus of Age Refining agreed to pay the United States $9 million and reform its business practices as part of a settlement to resolve allegations of false certification in connection with government contracts. The settlement resolved allegations that San Antonio-based Age Refining falsely certified its compliance with the provisions of the Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone Act of 1997) program in order to entitle the company to a price evaluation preference in connection with bidding for JP-8 jet fuel and other contracts with the Department of Defense.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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