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Feds Join Whistleblower Case Against Sikorsky
http://www.courant.com/business/hc-sikorsky-fraud-whistleblower-20140815,0,3440280.storyFeds Join Whistleblower Case Against Sikorsky
By BRIAN DOWLING
4:01 p.m. EDT, August 15, 2014
U.S. attorneys have intervened in a whistleblower suit against United Technologies Corp.'s Sikorsky Aircraft Co. that alleges one of its subsidiaries used a sister company to illegally mark up replacement parts provided through a defense contract to the Navy.
Mary Patzer, the plaintiff, was formerly the assistant controller of Sikorsky subsidiary Derco Aerospace in Wisconsin. Derco purchased parts for the contract, then provided them to a different Sikorsky business that forwarded them to the military.
Her case alleges that Derco marked up the parts 20 percent, while the government's contract with Sikorsky mandated that the parts be provided at cost. When the parts were sent from Sikorsky to the government, invoices accompanying the shipments made no note of the mark-up, Patzer said.
In a statement, Sikorsky spokesman Paul Jackson said the "allegations in the complaint have no merit, and we intend to defend this lawsuit vigorously."
