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General Dynamics

F-16 Overcharge

Date: 02/07/1995 (Date of Settlement)

Misconduct Type: Cost/Labor Mischarge

Enforcement Agency: Justice

Contracting Party: Defense - Air Force

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $1,800,000

Disposition: Settlement

Synopsis: General Dynamics settled a lawsuit alleging that it overcharged the Department of Defense for testing F-16 fighter jets. Four former company employees who tested the F-16s at Edwards Air Force Base “claimed that General Dynamics billed DOD for thousands of hours that were never worked, using falsified time cards from employees who regularly left the plant early. The fraud occurred from 1982 to 1986 and involved about 50 employees.”