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Raytheon Company
Raytheon Company, with 2005 sales of $21.9 billion, is an industry leader in defense and government electronics, space, information technology, technical services, and business and special mission aircraft. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 80,000 people worldwide.
Federal Contract $: $14771.1m
Total Number of Instances: 22
Total Misconduct dollar amount: $ 479.2m
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Instances of Misconduct
1. Aircraft Maintenance Overcharge
“Raytheon Aerospace Company has paid the government more than $400,000 to settle claims that it overcharged the government under a settlement reached on January 8…The government claimed that a Raytheon subsidiary, Beech Aerospace Systems, Inc., double-billed the Department of Defense for certain parts under a 1991 aircraft maintenance contract”, violating the False Claims Act, 31 USC § 3729 et seq.... more»
2. Contractor Kickbacks
According to a GAO report cited by Senator Harkin and Representative DeFazio, Raytheon paid $115,310 to settle allegations related to “contractor/subcontractor kickbacks.”... more»
3. Defective Pricing
According to a GAO report cited by Senator Harkin and Representative DeFazio, Raytheon paid $2,099,042 to settle allegations of “Defective Pricing.”... more»
4. F-14 and F-15 Aircraft Contract False Claims Act Violations
Hughes Aircraft Company, a Raytheon subsidiary, paid $2,113,000 to settle alleged violations of the False Claims Act, 31 USC § 3729 et seq. According to the government, "contract specifications required Hughes Aircraft Company to perform performance and acceptance tests on traveling wave tubes, components used in radar systems on F-14 and F-15 aircraft. Such testing was not accomplished on three different models of the tubes, and investigation also determined Hughes inflated labor hours billed to the Government.”... more»
5. Improper Classification of Costs
Raytheon paid $2.7 million to settle allegations that the company “charged the Government for costs incurred in marketing products to foreign governments. Since 1986, Raytheon’s cost accounting procedures have provided for separate accounting treatment of foreign and domestic marketing costs. These procedures, and the Cost Accounting Standards of the Federal Acquisition Regulations, require the allocation of Raytheon’s foreign marketing costs to contracts between Raytheon and its foreign customers, and allocation of its domestic marketing costs to U.S. Government contracts. The Government asserted that most of the activities of the Raytheon international development function were foreign marketing activities and that Raytheon improperly classified the costs as ‘division administration’ costs allocable to Government contracts.”... more»
6. Improper Communications Equipment Export
Raytheon settled charges that the company had improperly attempted to export troposcatter communications equipment to Pakistan between 1992 and 1997 in violation of the Arms Export Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.... more»
7. Improper Export of Defense Articles and Technical Data
Raytheon Company entered into a Consent Agreement to settle allegations that it violated the Arms Export Control Act, 22 U.S.C. § 2778(e), by exporting defense articles and technical data covered by the U.S. Munitions List to Canada without the required approvals from the Department of State, and in other circumstances, violated the terms and conditions of approvals that were provided by the State Department. Under the agreement, Raytheon will pay a civil penalty of $500,000 and a suspended penalty of $50,000 to be applied to the cost of an independent compliance audit.... more»
8. Electronic Equipment Testing False Claims Act Violations
“Hughes Aircraft Company [paid] the United States $4,050,000 to settle claims the company failed to perform certain tests on components used in advanced electronic equipment such as radar units for military aircraft, missile guidance units and delicate tracking equipment.” Allegedly, “Hughes supervisors instructed employees in the Environmental Test Area… to omit tests, to shorten required procedures,” in violation of the False Claims Act, 31 USC § 3729 et seq.... more»
9. Substitution/Nonconforming Product (1996)
According to a GAO report cited by Senator Harkin and Representative DeFazio, Raytheon paid $82,000 to settle allegations of providing the government with a “Substitution/Nonconforming Product."... more»
10. Substitution/Nonconforming Product (1995)
According to a GAO report cited by Senator Harkin and Representative DeFazio, Raytheon paid $95,000 to settle allegations of providing the government with a “Substitution/Nonconforming Product."... more»
11. United States v. Hughes Aircraft (Department of Defense Contract False Claims Act Violations)
Hughes Aircraft Company and Hughes Aircraft Mississippi, subsidiaries of Raytheon, paid $500,000 to settle allegations that they defrauded the government by not properly testing certain components of torpedoes and using non-conforming fasteners under several Department of Defense contracts in violation of the False Claims Act. An investigation by the Defense Criminal Investigative Service and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service found that Hughes failed to properly test certain electronic components of Advanced Capacity Mark 48 torpedoes sold to the United States Navy. It also found that Hughes used flawed fasteners such as stainless steel screws that failed to meet specifications contained in several other contracts.... more»
12. Yslava v. Hughes Aircraft (Drinking Water Contamination)
Hughes Aircraft, a subsidiary of Raytheon, allegedly contaminated the drinking water of Tucson, Arizona residents as the result of the dumping of TCE, a toxin. The company agreed to settle two related lawsuits in the matter for approximately $13 million, which included a medical monitoring program for residents.... more»
13. U.S. v. Culbertson (Mail Fraud)
Former Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems employee David L. Culbertson pleaded guilty to stealing several hundred thousand dollars from Raytheon (which in turn billed the National Reconnaissance Office) in connection with a cell phone program he operated for employees working on classified programs. Culbertson admitted that, from January 2003 through May 2006, he frequently sought multiple reimbursements from Raytheon for the same cell phone bills, essentially double- or triple-billing Raytheon and the federal government. Culbertson’s scheme was ultimately discovered through an internal audit in 2006, which prompted Raytheon to fire him in early 2007. Raytheon was fully cooperative with the federal government’s investigation and prosecution. Culbertson pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud and agreed to pay approximately $265,000 in restitution to Raytheon.... more»
14. Raytheon Securities Litigation
“In late 1999, the Company and two of its officers were named as defendants in several class action lawsuits. These lawsuits were consolidated into a single complaint in June 2000, when four additional former or present officers were named as defendants in a Consolidated and Amended Class Action Complaint (the “Consolidated Complaint”) with the caption In re: Raytheon Securities Litigation (Civil Action No. 12142-PBS), filed in the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts. The Consolidated Complaint principally alleged that the defendants violated federal securities laws by purportedly making misleading statements and by failing to disclose material information concerning the Company’s financial performance during the class period. In May 2004, without admitting any liability or wrongdoing, the Company reached an agreement to settle this class action lawsuit on behalf of the Company and all individual defendants. The terms of the settlement included a cash payment of $210 million and the issuance of warrants for the Company’s stock with a stipulated value of $200 million.”... more»
15. Violations of SEC Rules
In June 2006, Raytheon, its former Chairman and CEO, Daniel P. Burnham, and the former Deputy CFO and Controller of Raytheon Aircraft Company (RAC), Aldo R. Servello, settled with the SEC following an investigation into improper disclosure and accounting practices relating to Raytheon’s commercial aircraft manufacturing subsidiary. Pursuant to the settlement, Raytheon agreed to pay a penalty of $12 million and $1 in disgorgement. Burnham and Servello agreed to pay disgorgement of certain past bonus amounts, pre-judgment interest and penalties in the total amounts of $1,238,344 and $34,628, respectively. In March 2007, the SEC settled enforcement proceedings in the same matter against Franklyn A. Caine, the former CFO of Raytheon, Edward S. Pliner, Raytheon's former Controller and former lead auditor, and James E. Gray, the former CFO of RAC. The SEC charged that they were each involved in or aware of the improper practices. Without admitting or denying the SEC's allegations or findings, Caine, Pliner, and Gray agreed to pay a combined total of $1,501,867 to settle the charges.... more»
16. Missile Component Testing Dispute
The United States Department of the Army and Raytheon Company agreed to settle a dispute over testing on a component used in the Patriot Missile. The Army’s Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) alleged that Raytheon provided the Army’s Aviation and Missile Command with a component part – an internal thread ring – that did not meet all the contractual testing requirements for structural and mechanical properties of the component. The thread rings were manufactured from about 1999 through 2002. The government did not identify any performance or field failures connected to the thread rings in the Patriot Missile and claimed no deficiencies in the missile’s performance. As part of the settlement, Raytheon paid the government $212,915.... more»
17. TCE Contamination at Kansas Airport
The federal government recovered from Raytheon costs incurred under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) for the cleanup of trichloroethylene (TCE) at the Tri-County Public Airport in Herington, Kansas. Beech Aircraft Corporation, a predecessor to Raytheon Aircraft Company, operated the airfield during the 1950s. The court found Raytheon solely liable for TCE contamination of groundwater at the airport and ordered it to pay approximately $3.2 million for the Environmental Protection Agency’s response costs.... more»
18. Theft of Night Vision Scopes
Ray Dean Young, a former engineer at Raytheon, pled guilty to one count of theft of government property. Young was charged with stealing at least seven Thermal Weapons Sights (TWS), commonly known as night vision scopes, that were being built at Raytheon’s Dallas facility for the U.S. The government alleged that, from April 2004 through mid-June 2005, Young stole and sold the scopes to a neighbor who paid him over $50,000. Young faces a maximum statutory sentence of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and restitution. The Justice Department praised Raytheon for its cooperation in the investigation.... more»
19. EEOC v. Raytheon Technical Services (Racial Discrimination)
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a suit against Raytheon subsidiary Raytheon Technical Services, alleging that the company "failed to hire charging party as a painter when it became the new contractor at the military base because of his race, black." When it became apparent that the painter had more experience than the other painters that were hired, "the parties resolved the case through a consent decree providing $165,000 to charging party."... more»
20. Water Contamination (Tucson, AZ)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered Raytheon and the U.S. Air Force to clean up a migrating plume of contaminated groundwater found near a water treatment plant that serves 50,000 residents of Tucson, Arizona. Groundwater contaminated with excessive amounts of trichloroethylene (TCE) and dioxane (DX), chemical solvents believed to be human carcinogens, was found near the Tucson International Airport Area Superfund Site, where Raytheon and the Air Force share a facility called Air Force Plant 44. The contaminants migrated north of the facility and into the water treatment plant. For more than 50 years, aircraft and electronics facilities (including Raytheon and its predecessor, Hughes Aircraft) and unlined landfills have deposited various chemical contaminants into the site. The EPA's order requires Raytheon and the Air Force to install and operate an advanced oxidation process system to treat the solvents in the plume. If they disobey the order, the EPA will fine the parties up to $32,500 per day, per violation.... more»
21. Sher, et al. v. Raytheon (Groundwater Contamination)
Residents of the Azalea district of St. Petersburg, Florida filed a class action lawsuit against Raytheon, which operates an electronics manufacturing plant in their community. They claimed that toxic chemicals discharged by the plant, including dioxane, trichloroethylene (TCE) and vinyl chloride, contaminated the groundwater and endanger the health of the residents. In June 2011, the lawsuit was settled with Raytheon agreeing to pay up to $2,500 to each resident for home improvements. Raytheon is also responsible for cleaning up the pollution.... more»
22. High Resolution Optics Patent Infringement
Acacia Research Corporation’s High Resolution Optics Corporation subsidiary settled a lawsuit against the U.S. Government and Raytheon concerning infringement of HROC’s patent portfolio relating to advanced optics and optical systems. The parties settled for a total of $762,500, of which Raytheon was responsible for $191,125.... more»
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