Civil Plaintiff
Academy Bus Settles a Fraud Lawsuit For $20.5 Million
Academy Bus has agreed to pay $20.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the state for overcharging New Jersey Transit for missed trips and over-billing for hours and miles driven.
The agreement represents the State’s largest-ever False Claims Act settlement outside the healthcare sector, said Acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck said in a statement.
The state joined a whistleblower lawsuit in 2020 against Hoboken-based Academy Bus LLC, which bills itself as the largest privately owned and operated transportation company in the country.
