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Nuke Plant Contractor Pays $18.4 Million To Settle Allegations of Nearly Six Years of Timecard Fraud

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, April 24th, 2024

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Nuke Plant Contractor Pays $18.4 Million To Settle Allegations of Nearly Six Years of Timecard Fraud

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The Department of Justice on Tuesday said Consolidated Nuclear Security paid $18.4 million to settle allegations of timecard fraud at the Pantex Plant that date back to the company’s takeover of the facility in 2014. “[B]etween July 1, 2014, and June 30, 2020, [Consolidated Nuclear Security] knowingly submitted false claims to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) for time not worked at NNSA’s Pantex Site near Amarillo, Texas,” the Department of Justice wrote in a press release. The plant is…

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