A federal judge in New York City on April 10 dismissed a whistleblower lawsuit against AECOM dating to 2016, claiming that the company filed false and fraudulent claims to the U.S. government under a maintenance and operations support contract valued at $1.9 billion with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan.
The whistleblower, identified as former finance supervisor Hassan Foreman, alleged that AECOM violated the contract through improper billing by inflating person-hours worked, improper purchasing and tracking of government equipment by ordering items twice, various travel violations and signing a “crony” contract with a payroll processing company.