The US Department of Justice and Furuno USA Inc. reached a $695,063 settlement in a quitam lawsuit over the purchase of electronic navigation equipment.

The navigation equipment was purchased by the US Coast Guard, US Navy and the General Services Administration. The equipment was manufactured in China, even after Furuno USA was advised by the government that the Trade Agreements Act prohibited its manufacture in that country.

Of the $695,063 settlement, $158,864 will be paid to the private whistleblower who alerted the U.S. that the equipment was Chinese.

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