The federal government is collecting $9 million from Global Computer Enterprises in the form of a False Claims Act settlement, FederalNewsRadio.com reported yesterday. After GCE filed chapter 11 protection in September, the Labor Department and the General Services Administration had to pay the company $23 million to get access to financial systems and data. The Justice Department brought up charges against GCE and its owner Raed Muslimani claiming that the company "misrepresented and/or concealed that it was utilizing engineers and other employees who were expressly prohibited from working on the contracts due to their citizenship/immigration statuses," in contracts with Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), GSA, the Secret Service and the Coast Guard. DoJ said in a May 7 press release that GCE and Muslimani do not admit to any wrongdoing, but agreed to pay the $9 million fine.
