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Company: Dow Chemical Co.
Current Parent Company: Dow Inc.
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Penalty: $456,665
Year: 2023
Date: September 1, 2023
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: Dow Chemical agreed to pay $456,665 for alleged violations by its former subsidiary, Poly Carb, Inc., of the federal False Claims Act and the Minnesota False Claims Act, by falsifying testing results in connection with several road construction projects administered by the Minnesota Department of Transportation, many of which were federally funded.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-District of Minnesota
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Minnesota
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Michigan
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: materials sciences
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