Whistle-blower Stephanie Schweizer wasn’t interested in settling her government-contracting fraud suit for $1.2 million, an amount far from the $165 million in claims she lodged against the international copy and printing equipment company where she had worked.
Over Schweizer’s objection, the U.S. Department of Justice last year successfully asked a federal trial judge in Washington to end the litigation, saying that the government has unfettered power to settle and dismiss a False Claims Act complaint. Schweizer disagreed with the terms of the deal and the dismissal of the case, and, as a result, has not received any money.
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