Insect Shield, US Settle Army Uniform Fraud Row for $1.4 Million

Insect Shield LLC and the estate of its co-owner will pay $1.4 million to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging the company billed the US Department of Defense for Army uniforms that lacked adequate insect repellent.

Whistleblower Emelia Downs, who sued in 2019, will get a $315,000 share of the settlement, the US Department of Justice said in a Wednesday press release.

• The DOJ “will aggressively pursue those who defraud the American taxpayers by failing to properly perform required testing on goods supplied to our soldiers,” said Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate of the Justice Department’s Civil ...