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Company: Pratt & Whitney
Current Parent Company: RTX Corporation
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Penalty: $50,325,000
Year: 2008
Date: August 1, 2008
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Federal Contractor Abuses
Violation Description: Pratt & Whitney and its subcontractor, PCC Airfoils LLC, agreed to pay the United States a total of $52,325,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they knowingly sold defective turbine blade replacements for jet engines used in military aircraft. Pratt's share included a payment of $45.5 million and services worth $4.825 million.
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: Massachusetts
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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