Janke v. Price

In January 1994 defendant-appellee Abbott Washroom Systems, Inc., d/b/a Abbott Fire Extinguisher Company (Abbott), and a vice-president of Abbott, Roy A. Chambers, were indicted on three counts charging violations of the False Claims Act, 18 U.S.C. 287 and aiding and abetting those offenses, 18 U.S.C. 2. The charges concerned presenting false, fictitious or fraudulent claims for services on fire extinguishers to government employees at FortCarson, Colorado. The gist of the offenses alleged was that CO2 and drychemical fire extinguishers were stickered and stamped ("pencil-whipped") as if they had been serviced properly and that billings for services not properly performed were presented for November 1991 and later for September and October 1992.