Contractor Agrees to Pay $2.4 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

NEWARK, N.J. B A Vernon, New Jersey company will pay $2.4 million to resolve allegations that it overbilled the United States Postal Service on facilities management contracts, Senior Counsel Phillip Lamparello announced today.

The settlement resolves allegations that from August 1, 2020 through August 12, 2025, Phillips-Glenwood Construction, Inc. made false claims in conjunction with its contract for construction and facilities maintenance of USPS facilities in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.  More specifically, Phillips-Glenwood allegedly submitted to the USPS false and altered documentation inflating its labor hours and materials purchases in its requests for payment for work performed.

Senior Counsel Lamparello credited special agents of the United States Postal Service, Office of Inspector General, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Colleen Ehlich, for the investigation of the allegations against Phillips-Glenwood.   

The United States is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark C. Orlowski of the U.S. Attorney’s Health Care Fraud and Opioids Enforcement Unit in Newark.