Government
Jan. 5, 2012
Shipping company settles false claims case for $31.9 million
Maersk Line Ltd., the American subsidiary of the world's largest shipping container company, has agreed to pay the U.S. government $31.9 million to resolve allegations it overcharged for transporting cargo to U.S. troops abroad.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Maersk Line Ltd., the American subsidiary of the world's largest shipping container company, has agreed to pay the U.S. government $31.9 million to resolve allegations it overcharged the Department of Defense for transporting cargo to U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The settlement, brokered by assistant U.S. attorneys in San Francisco, continues a Department of Justice crackd...
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