Supreme Foodservice GmbH (f/k/a Supreme Foodservice AG) and Supreme Foodservice FZE settled a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging overbilling on a contract to provide food and bottled water to U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The two companies and their parent corporation, Supreme Group B.V., paid $101 million (plus $1,450,000 in legal fees and expenses) to resolve the case. The lawsuit alleged that Supreme Foodservice defrauded the Department of Defense on the Subsistence Prime Vendor contract from approximately 2005 to 2010. Supreme Foodservice allegedly overbilled the government by failing to disclose that a subcontractor used to purchase goods was a wholly owned and controlled subsidiary. The lawsuit also alleged that Supreme Foodservice failed to disclose and pass through to the government rebates and discounts it obtained from its suppliers and charged inflated prices for bottled water and for transport services.