A settlement has been reached in a whistleblower class action lawsuit brought against Accenture LLP who is accused of submitting or causing to be submit false claims for payment under numerous contracts with agencies of the United States for information technology services.
According to the settlement Accenture has agreed to resolve allegations that it received kickbacks for its recommendations of hardware and software to the government, fraudulently inflated prices and rigged bids in connection with federal information technology contracts.The whistleblower's portion of the government's recovery has not been disclosed.
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