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Company: Avantor, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Avantor Inc.
Penalty: $5,325,000
Year: 2024
Date: July 31, 2024
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: Controlled Substances Act violation
Violation Description: Avantor, Inc., based in Radnor, PA, agreed to pay a total of $5.325 million to resolve multiple alleged violations of federal law. First, Avantor agreed to pay $5 million to resolve allegations that one of its subsidiaries, VWR International, LLC violated the False Claims Act by fraudulently overcharging federal agencies for goods purchased between 2008 and 2017. Avantor acquired VWR in 2017. The settlement also resolved a lawsuit originally brought by a former VWR employee under the whistleblower, or qui tam, provisions of the False Claims Act. In addition, Avantor agreed to pay $325,000 to resolve allegations that it and its subsidiaries, including VWR, failed to comply with a number of compliance obligations between 2013 and 2023 pertaining to its dealings in listed chemicals, which are regulated by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The company also entered into an administrative agreement with the DEA that imposed a variety of heightened accountability obligations.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Pennsylvania
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: miscellaneous manufacturing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: performance materials
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.