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Company: Caribbean Petroleum Corporation, MetLife Capital Corporation and Water Quality Insurance Syndicate
Penalty: $83,500,000
Year: 2001
Date: January 19, 2001
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Caribbean Petroleum Corporation, MetLife Capital Corporation and Water Quality Insurance Syndicate agreed to pay $83.5 million to the United States and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to settle claims related to a 1994 barge grounding that caused an 800,000 gallon oil spill.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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