United States v. Levering

OPINION

STEEL, Senior District Judge:

The United States brought this civil action under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 231-235 (1970) against defendant Francis A. Levering, Jr., (“Levering”) to recover damages resulting from Levering’s alleged fraudulent conduct toward the Federal Housing Authority (“FHA”). The complaint alleges that Levering bribed two employees of the FHA to obtain preferential treatment on his applications for FHA mortgage insurance, with resulting loss to the FHA. Levering filed an answer in which he raised, inter alia, in paragraphs 58 and 59, the affirmative defenses…