4月10日,纽约市的一名联邦法官驳回了针对2016年的AECOM的举报诉讼,声称该公司根据维护和运营支持合同,向美国政府提出了虚假和欺诈性的索赔,该合同价值为19亿美元,该合同与美国陆军在阿富汗的美国陆军中提出。

举报人被确定为前财务主管哈桑·工人(Hassan Foreman),声称AECOM通过不当计费而违反了合同,通过膨胀人会小时工作,不正确的购买和跟踪政府设备,通过订购两次,各种旅行违规并签订了“违规行为”,并签订了“ crony”合同薪资处理公司。

根据文件,在向公司提出投诉后不久,AECOM将举报人放开。

The government had investigated the issues before the whistleblower claim was filed, and it extended the contract multiple times between 2010 and 2018 and continued to pay AECOM, Judge Louis Stanton said.

斯坦顿说,由于“案情的基本无效”,这一索赔被驳回,他认为,政府继续无视投诉,因为“没有足够的认真或结果证明诉讼或遣散关系的正当性”。

The judge also dismissed the retaliation claim by the whistleblower, but authorized the complaint to be refiled as amended for the fourth time.

Pat Conroy, a Dallas-based attorney for Foreman, declined comment on behalf of his client related to a possible appeal.