United States Ex Rel. McBride v. Halliburton Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHN M. FACCIOLA, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This is a qui tam action brought by Julie McBride, the relator, against Halliburton Company and other corporate defendants, including the company relator worked for, Services Employees International, Inc. The defendants, collectively called “KBR,” provided support services to the military in Iraq. Relator worked as a Morale, Welfare and Recreation (“MWR”) director, and claims, inter alia, that KBR “inflated headcounts (collected via ‘situation reports,’ commonly referred to as ‘Sit Reps’) documenting usage of…