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AP Moller-Maersk A/S

Inflated Shipping Costs to Military in Iraq and Afghanistan

Date: 01/03/2012 (Date of Settlement Announcement)

Misconduct Type: Government Contract Fraud

Enforcement Agency: Defense – General

Contracting Party: Defense - Army

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $31,900,000

Disposition: Settlement

Synopsis: Maersk Line Limited paid $31.9 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to the United States in connection with contracts to transport cargo in shipping containers to support U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. The government alleged that Maersk, a wholly-owned American subsidiary of A.P. Moller Maersk, knowingly overcharged the Department of Defense by falsely inflating invoices.