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Company: Maersk Line Limited
Current Parent Company: Maersk
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Penalty: $31,900,000
Year: 2012
Date: January 3, 2012
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Federal Contractor Abuses
Violation Description: Maersk Line Limited agreed to pay the government $31.9 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to the United States in connection with contracts to transport cargo in shipping containers to support U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: Denmark
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: freight and logistics
Specific Industry of Current Parent: ocean shipping
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.