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The current administration’s focus on immigration played out in a recent False Claims Act (“FCA”) matter in which a federal contractor was alleged to have billed for unauthorized workers in violation of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.222-54">FAR 52.222‑54</a>&nbsp;(Employment Eligibility Verification, “E-Verify”).

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On September 18, 2025, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that Bayonne Drydock and Repair Corporation (“Bayonne”)&nbsp;<a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/government-contractor-pay-over-4-million-settle-false-claims-act-allegations">agreed to pay $4,043,810.56</a>&nbsp;to resolve allegations that unauthorized workers worked on Bayonne’s Navy contracts over multiple years.

According to DOJ’s press release, in 2016, the Department of Homeland Security sent a “Notice of Suspect Documents” to a subcontractor controlled by Bayonne’s Risk Manager, questioning the work authorization of certain subcontractor employees. While the Risk Manager terminated the unauthorized employees, she re-hired some of them through another subcontractor that she controlled. Bayonne’s settlement agreement with DOJ asserts that between 2016 and 2020, Bayonne billed the government for the work of approximately 52 unauthorized employees working for entities owned or controlled by Bayonne’s Risk Manager. The settlement agreement also confirmed that the Risk Manager pled guilty to criminal charges stemming from her role with Bayonne and its subcontractors.

Read the full post on our&nbsp;<a href="https://governmentcontractsnavigator.com/2025/09/29/e%e2%80%91verify-far-52-222%e2%80%9154-and-renewed-fca-risk-what-contractors-need-to-know/">Government Contracts Navigator</a>&nbsp;blog.

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Also published in&nbsp;Westlaw Today&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a href="https://today.westlaw.com/Document/Ife245e609e1a11f09ae883eda0cbd3b0/View/FullText.html?transitionType=CategoryPageItem&amp;contextData=(sc.Default)&amp;firstPage=true">E‐Verify, FAR 52.222‐54, and Renewed FCA Risk: What Contractors Need to Know</a>,&nbsp;September 30, 2025.

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