War Profiteers

Congress Passes False Claims Act Allowing Citizens to Sue War Profiteers After Contractor Fraud Crisis

1863-03-02 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

President Lincoln signs the False Claims Act into law on March 2, 1863, creating a revolutionary mechanism to combat rampant war profiteering after unscrupulous contractors sell the Union Army defective equipment including sawdust-filled crates instead of muskets, diseased mules, substandard …

Abraham Lincoln U.S. Congress War profiteers false-claims-act war-profiteering whistleblower-protection accountability qui-tam

War of 1812 Declared, Enabling Widespread Profiteering and Contractor Fraud

1812-06-18 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

The United States Congress declares war on Great Britain, initiating the War of 1812 ostensibly over British impressment of American sailors, trade restrictions, and western expansion conflicts. The declaration creates immediate opportunities for systematic profiteering, contractor fraud, and …

President James Madison U.S. Congress British Empire War profiteers war-profiteering institutional-corruption military-industrial-complex contractor-fraud