Teledyne subsidiary to pay $1.5M to resolve false claims act
Teledyne RISI, also known as Teledyne Electronic Safety Products, announced that it has been agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by supplying aircraft parts to the military that did not meet contract specifications.
Announced Jan. 5, Teledyne RISI is an aerospace and defense electronics company based in Chatsworth and also a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies, based in Thousand Oaks.
The settlement resolves allegations made against Teledyne ESP that state the company, while working as a subcontractor for U.S. Navy contracts, knowingly caused false claims to be submitted to the U.S. Navy in connection with its manufacture of Digital Recovery Sequencer units containing a microelectronic part that did not conform to the specifications reviewed and approved by the Navy.
Teledyne ESP allegedly obtained the non-conforming parts from a third-party broker that was neither an Original Equipment Manufacturer nor an authorized reseller of the part, according to the release. The DRS units with the alleged non-conforming part were delivered to the Navy between November 2011 and June 2012 and installed as part of ejection seat systems in military aircraft, according to the release.
“Our military aviators rely on defense supply chains to provide them with equipment that they can depend on, even in the most difficult conditions,” said Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate of the Justice Department’s Civil Division. “We will continue to hold accountable those who supply equipment to the U.S. military that does not conform to the contract specifications.”
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