United States ex rel. Bachert v. Triple Canopy, Inc.

T. S. Ellis, III, United States District Judge

In this False Claims Act ("FCA")1 and state law wrongful discharge action, the relator, Stephen Bachert, brought suit on behalf of the United States against Triple Canopy, Inc ("defendant"). Specifically, Bachert alleges that defendant submitted false claims to the U.S. State Department related to a contract to provide security services at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. Bachert further alleges that defendant retaliated against him by transferring him, assigning him to a lesser paying job, and constructively discharging him, in violation of…