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Boeing Company

United States ex rel. Smith, et al. v. Boeing (Using Defective Airplane Parts)

Date: 04/18/2006 (Date of Filing)

Misconduct Type: Government Contract Fraud

Enforcement Agency: Multiple Agencies

Contracting Party: Multiple Agencies

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $0

Disposition: Pending

Synopsis: Jeannine Prewitt, Taylor Smith and James Ailes, members of an internal Boeing procurement/quality assurance audit team, filed a whistle-blower lawsuit against Boeing and its subcontractor, AHF Ducommun. They claim Boeing and Ducommun sold 46 aircraft containing over 3,000 bogus, nonconforming and unapproved parts to the government, concealed this information and submitted false claims for payment, and then retaliated against them when they attempted to notify senior company officials and the government.