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Company: Bechtel National Inc.
Current Parent Company: Bechtel
Penalty: $67,500,000
Year: 2016
Date: November 25, 2016
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Federal Contractor Abuses
Violation Description: Bechtel and URS agreed to pay a total of $125 million to resolve allegations that in the design and on-going construction of the U.S. Department of Energy's Waste Treatment & Immobilization Plant project in Hanford, Washington they falsely represented and charged DOE for deficient goods and services, which failed to be of the highest quality for nuclear facilities.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Eastern District of Washington
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Washington
Facility City: Hanford
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: construction and engineering
Specific Industry of Current Parent: construction & engineering
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