A Whistleblower Partners attorneys’ whistleblower client exposed a conspiracy by the five largest oil companies in South Korea to artificially inflate prices on fuel contracts for U.S. military bases, leading to a $363 million recovery. Amid the challenging environment for whistleblowers in South Korea, our attorneys helped the whistleblower navigate some daunting personal crises. The whistleblower received a $37 million award, which represents the highest-ever federal whistleblower reward percentage in an intervened case that settled for more than $100 million. See Barron’s.
The case also led to the creation of the Department of Justice’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF), which has since successfully brought a number of antitrust enforcement actions to stop bid-rigging by other contractors.
