Hassan Allam to pay USD 1.1 mn settlement in dispute with US companies

Construction firm Hassan Allam has agreed to pay a USD 1.1 mn settlement to the US government after being accused of allegedly violating the US False Claims and Foreign Assistance acts, Federal Times reports. The settlement comes after the US government pursued legal action against Washington Group International, Contrack International and Hassan Allam related to a joint venture they had formed in the 1990s to pursue USAID-funded water and wastewater projects in Egypt. Hassan Allam was allegedly “ineligible to participate in the joint venture but its participation was concealed, allowing the partnership to receive contracts to which they were not entitled,” the website claims. Contrack and Washington Group have already settled in the case, which was brought by “the Civil Division’s Commercial Litigation Branch, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Idaho and the USAID Office of Inspector General.”