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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Agility Public Warehousing Co. KSC
Current Parent Company: Agility
Penalty: $95,000,000
Year: 2017
Date: May 26, 2017
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Federal Contractor Abuses
Violation Description: Agility Public Warehousing Co. KSC (Agility), a Kuwaiti company, agreed to globally resolve criminal, civil, and administrative cases arising from allegations that Agility overcharged the United States when performing contracts with the Department of Defense to supply food for U.S. troops from 2003 through 2010. As part of the global resolution, Agility agreed to pay $95 million to resolve civil fraud claims, to forgo administrative claims against the United States seeking $249 million in additional payments under its military food contracts, and to plead guilty to a criminal misdemeanor offense for theft of government funds.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil and criminal
HQ Country of Current Parent: Kuwait
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: freight and logistics
Specific Industry of Current Parent: logistics
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