Louis Dreyfus Energy Services, a Connecticut energy company, has paid $4 million to resolve allegations that over a period of more than three years it underpaid the federal government for natural gas extracted from federal lands. In 2004, Louis Dreyfus entered into an ongoing contract with the United States for natural gas that included a discount on deliveries for which the normal pipeline was not available. Louis Dreyfus, however, allegedly claimed the discount even on days when it was able to ship gas using the pipeline, lying to the government in order to pay less for the gas. The case was brought under the federal False Claims Act in the District of Colorado.

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