[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: "U.S. sues Lockheed, others for alleged kickbacks on nuclear site cleanup, " Hanford, WA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

U.S. sues Lockheed, others for alleged kickbacks on nuclear site cleanup

by Lisa Lambert and Mike Stone
Reuters
February 8, 2019

WASHINGTON - The United States has sued Lockheed Martin Corp, Lockheed Martin Services Inc, and Mission Support Alliance LLC, as well as a Lockheed executive for alleged false claims and kickbacks on a multibillion-dollar contract to clean up a nuclear site, the Justice Department said on Friday. 

The complaint alleges Lockheed paid more than $1 million to Mission Support Alliance executives in order to win a $232 million subcontract for providing management and technology support at the Hanford, Washington site from 2010 through the middle of 2016 at inflated rates. 

It also says the defendants lied about the amount of profit included in Lockheed’s billing rates. 

A Lockheed Martin spokeswoman denied the allegations, saying the company “rejects the suggestion that the corporation or its executives engaged in any wrongdoing. Lockheed Martin will defend this matter vigorously.”

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For the entire article, see
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-lockheed/u-s-sues-lockheed-others-for-alleged-kickbacks-and-lying-on-cleanup-of-nuclear-site-idUSKCN1PX2EL

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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