According to the reports of foreign media, the legal experts said that in the litigation about the Oracle Company overcharged, the U.S. Justice Department might claim for one billion U.S. dollars.
On July the 29th, U.S. Department of Justice has appealed to the Alexandria federal court in Virginia. It claimed that during 1998 to 2006, the Oracle Company lured U.S. General Services Administration to buy 10.8-million-dollar software. At that time Cheap Patrik Schick Jersey , the company made false promises to General Services Administration, guaranteeing that it would offer the same discount to the General Services Department like other business customers. But in fact, the Oracle provide discount as high as 92% to its business customers. However, the General Services Administration only got discount of 25% to 40%.
The U.S. government has intervened in the litigation raised by the former employee of Oracle Paul Frascella under False Claims Act in 2007. The bill allows American citizens raise sues on behalf of the government. Under the bill, the U.S. government could double the amount of any successful claim in lawsuits. And it also can make up claims to each false statement for 11 more thousand U.S. dollars.
Washington Promotion Organization, Taxpayers Against Fraud also expressed: "Based on the assumptions of Oracle's 35% or more of overcharge, the fine from the litigation could easily reach 1 billion U.S. dollars."
John T. Boese, the lawyer from Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP said that the lawsuit might be settled through negotiation Cheap Luca Pellegrini Jersey , not through the courts judging of the trial. It was due to that among all the litigations intervened by the government under False Claims Act, about 98% eventually got compromise.
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