Aecom has agreed to pay $11.8M to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting false claims to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the replacement of certain educational facilities located in Louisiana that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina, the Department of Justice said in a statement. The settlement resolves allegations that an Aecom project officer deployed to Louisiana for the Hurricane Katrina recovery effort submitted to FEMA fraudulent requests for disaster assistance funds for several educational facilities in New Orleans.
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