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Company: Duke University
Current Parent Company: Duke University
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $112,500,000
Year: 2019
Date: March 25, 2019
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Federal Contractor Abuses
Violation Description: Duke University agreed to pay the government $112.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting grant applications and progress reports that contained falsified research to the National Institutes of Health and to the Environmental Protection Agency.
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: North Carolina
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: non-profit
Major Industry of Current Parent: miscellaneous services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: university
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.