COMPANIES OPERATED BY NEW YORK MAN AGREE TO $1 MILLION SETTLEMENT OVER ALLEGED FALSE CLAIMS AND USE OF CHINESE‑MADE COMPONENTS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A New York man and two companies he operates have agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by supplying the U.S. Department of War (DOW) with Chinese-manufactured products and components in violation of the Buy American Act (BAA) and other federal military-procurement requirements.

Ranga Ranganathan, Nielsen Hardware Corporation (Nielsen), and J&P Khamken Industries, Inc. (JPK) entered into the settlement agreement with the United States and the qui tam relators. Ranganathan acquired the assets of Alabama-based JPK in May 2017. Niels...