The most recent case brought against MOX Services, contractor in charge of the failed plutonium fuel (MOX) project at SRS, moves slowly though the federal court system. We would guess there might be a settlement in the case, with the former MOX worker and his lawyers raking in a tidy sum for MOX Service’s misbehavior. Why isn’t Congress investigating MOX Services and NNSA for fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement of the MOX debacle???
At issue in the fraud complaint filed by a former MOX Services workers: “Plaintiff-Relator Peter Michael Wanco, Jr. brings this Complaint on behalf of himself and the United States of America pursuant to the federal False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., against Defendants Orano Federal Services, LLC (Orano) and Defendant MOX Services, LLC – a partnership between Orano and non-defendant CB&I Project Services Group, LLC – to recover damages and civil penalties arising from a false claims scheme that has defrauded the U.S. Department of Energy through the fraudulent payment of relocation bonuses to workers that never intended to relocate in order to entice those workers to accept employment with Defendants in furtherance of their contract at DOE’s Savannah River Site (SRS). 1:19-cv-00196-JMC Date Filed 02/12/20”
Key court documents posted by the federal court in Columbia, SC on February 12, 2020, in case 1:19-cv-00196-JMC (and access here is free of charge, unlike access via the court’s PACER system):
MOX Services answer to plaintiff Feb 12 2020
MOX Services answer 2 to plaintiff Feb 12 2020
MOX Services brief for judgement Feb 12 2020
Conference and scheduling order Feb 12 2020
“A conference of the parties pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) (“Rule 26(f) conference”) shall be held March 3, 2020. — Motions to join other parties and amend the pleadings (Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(3)(A)) shall be filed no later than April 27, 2020. — Discovery shall be completed no later than July 27, 2020 — All other motions, except (a) those relating to the admissibility of evidence at trial and (b) those to compel discovery, shall be filed no later than August 10, 2020 — This case is subject to being called for jury selection and trial on or after December 1, 2020”