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Fluor Corporation

Coleman v. Fluor (Violations of the False Claims Act)

Date: 10/31/2005 (Date of Settlement)

Misconduct Type: Government Contract Fraud

Enforcement Agency: Multiple Agencies

Contracting Party: Multiple Agencies

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $12,500,000

Disposition: Settlement

Synopsis: Fluor agreed to a $12.5 million settlement in a suit filed under the Federal False Claims Act (False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729). "The suit filed on behalf of Cosby Coleman, a 15- year employee who worked in the company’s government contracting office, contended that from 1995 to 1998 Fluor knowingly over billed the government under the many cost-reimbursable contracts held by its Fluor Daniel subsidiary (now known as Fluor Enterprises) with the Departments of Energy and Defense...The costs disputed by Coleman included multi-million dollar bonuses paid to Fluor’s management, $13.2 million invested in raw land, $7.3 million spent for improvements to office buildings Fluor leased to other companies, $2.6 million spent for construction of a parking garage Fluor leased to another company, $410,000 spent for luxury condos in Palm Springs, $1.8 million spent on a fine art collection, $75,000 spent for a Mercedes Benz convertible driven by the company’s President and $20,000 spent for an antique Chippendale chair. Coleman alleged that he made numerous attempts to point out the violations to senior management, but no action was taken.”