United States ex rel. Grupp v. DHL Express (USA), Inc.

BACKGROUND

JOHN T. CURTIN, District Judge.

This is a qui tam action brought by the relators on behalf of the United States for alleged violations of the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq. Relators assert that the defendants have violated the FCA by improperly billing the United States for jet fuel surcharges on deliveries that traveled solely by ground transportation. Specifically, relators allege that the defendants “falsely and fraudulently misrepresented that certain Next Day and 2nd Day shipments were delivered by air such that jet fuel surcharges were necessary, when, in…