A federal district court in New York City must now reconsider part of its decision to dismiss a former employee whistleblower’s complaint that an AECOM unit fraudulently billed the U.S. Army under a $1.9-billion contract it held for maintenance and support in Afghanistan, the U.S. appeals court in New York ruled Nov. 19.
The contract was held by AECOM's management services business, which worked for federal clients but was sold in early 2020 to a private equity consortium and now is a separate company called Amentum.