Aey, Inc. v. United States

OPINION AND ORDER

LETTOW, Judge.

In this contract case, AEY, Inc. (“AEY”) contends that the United States Army (“the Army”) wrongfully withheld payment on two invoices submitted by AEY for ammunition delivered to the Army for use by Afghan troops and police. The government counterclaims that AEY is liable for forfeiture of its claims because the two invoices at issue pertain to a contract tainted by fraud in an unrelated, earlier aspect of contractual performance and that AEY additionally is liable for damages under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729, for pri- or false invoices submitted…