The U.S. District Court in Kansas threw out a whistle-blower case seeking nearly $800 million in damages from Black & Veatch Special Projects Corp.
Two former employees, Kevin Thomas and Carolyn Thomas, claimed that the company filed fraudulent diplomas for employees to obtain work permits in Afghanistan for a project funded by the U.S. government. The former employees filed suit with the U.S. government in 2011 under whistle-blower laws, seeking trebled damages on a $266 million project funded…
The U.S. District Court in Kansas threw out a whistle-blower case seeking nearly $800 million in damages from Black & Veatch Special Projects Corp.
Two former employees, Kevin Thomas and Carolyn Thomas, claimed that the company filed fraudulent diplomas for employees to obtain work permits in Afghanistan for a project funded by the U.S. government. The former employees filed suit with the U.S. government in 2011 under whistle-blower laws, seeking trebled damages on a $266 million project funded…