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General Electric

Johnson v. General Electric (Failure to Meet Product Requirements)

Date: 08/08/1995 (Date of Settlement)

Misconduct Type: Government Contract Fraud

Enforcement Agency: Justice

Contracting Party: Defense - General

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $9,331,140

Disposition: Settlement

Synopsis: General Electric agreed to pay the United States $7.2 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that the company’s Aircraft Engines business group in Evendale, Ohio, sold several thousand jet engines to the military that did not comply with military electrical bonding and electromagnetic interference testing requirements. The allegations referred to F110-GE-100 and F110-GE-129 engines installed in the Air Force’s F-16 single-engine fighter jet, F101-GE-102 engines installed in the B-1B Bomber, CFM56-2B engines installed in Air Force tankers, and other engines used in various Air Force, Navy and Army aircraft. As part of the settlement, GE also paid $2.1 million in legal fees and expenses to the former employee who originally filed the lawsuit.