Complaint — No. 1:20-cv-07500 (Dkt. 1, D.N.J.)

Summary

A qui tam complaint filed under seal on June 19, 2020 as Document 1 in United States ex rel. Pat L. Christopher v. Christopher Construction Company, Inc., Dennis Christopher and Robert C. Christopher, Jr., No. 1:20-cv-07500-KMW-SAK, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq. The relator, a one-third owner of the company, alleges that the defendants' PPP loan application falsely certified that no owner with more than 20 percent equity was facing criminal charges, while the relator faced criminal charges brought by the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office that remain pending. The complaint states a bank loaned the company approximately $250,000.00 and alleges the defendants also falsely certified the loan was necessary. It seeks treble damages and a civil penalty of not less than $11,665.00 or more than $23,331 per claim.

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