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Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD)
The federal government routinely awards contracts to companies with
histories of misconduct, including
…
contract fraud and other
violations. POGO believes that providing this website will help to
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the government spends billions of taxpayer dollars each year.
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Overcharging the Government
McKesson Corporation, a wholesale pharmaceutical distributor, agreed to pay the United States $3 million to settle claims that it defrauded the Department of Defense from October 1997 to December 2001. The settlement resolved “allegations that the San Francisco-based corporation defrauded the United States by knowingly charging the Defense Department’s medical treatment facilities more for pharmaceutical products than was allowable under its prime vendor contracts with the government.”
- Misconduct Type
- Government Contract Fraud
- Enforcement Agency
- Defense – General
- Contracting Party
- Defense - General
- Court Type
- Civil
- Disposition
- Settlement
- Date of Settlement
- 2/16/2006
| Contractors Involved |
Penalty |
| Total |
|
| McKesson |
$3,000,000
|
