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General Electric

Misrepresentation of Test Procedures

Date: 01/10/1997 (Date of Settlement)

Misconduct Type: Government Contract Fraud

Enforcement Agency: Defense – General

Contracting Party: Defense - General

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $950,000

Disposition: Settlement

Synopsis: General Electric “paid the United States $950,000 for allegedly misrepresenting that it had conducted certain test procedures on circuit boards for hundreds of aircraft engine controls when in fact the tests were not conducted… [GE] sold hundreds of aircraft engines with engine control circuit boards that had not undergone required ionic cleanliness, electrostatic discharge and solder purity procedures. GE, in delivering the engines to the United States, said it had completed the tests.”