CIVIL SETTLEMENT FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT/FALSE CLAIMS
July 14, 2017 | Investigative Summaries
On July 14, 2017, Sevier Valley Oil Company (Sevier), Rock Canyon Oil Company, and Ron Osborne Trucking agreed to pay a cumulative settlement of $225,000 to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Utah, on behalf of Amtrak. The settlement is the result of an August 2016 civil complaint against Sevier for providing contaminated fuel that caused eight Amtrak locomotives to break down. Sevier filed a third-party complaint against Rock Canyon Oil Company, which sourced some of the contaminated fuel, and against Ron Osborne Trucking, which transported some of the contaminated fuel.