The Boeing Co., the world’s largest combined manufacturer of commercial jets and military aircraft, has agreed to pay nearly $4.4 million to settle a Federal False Claims Act whistleblower lawsuit in which the company was alleged to have submitted inflated bills to the U.S. government for work related to the Chinook Helicopter Program performed at Boeing’s plant in Ridley Park, Pa.
The settlement was made official on Dec. 23, 2011, and the docket was unsealed on Jan. 17 by U.S. District Court Senior Judge Norma L. Shapiro of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. A settlement approval hearing has been set for Feb. 27.
