Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
A landlord / property manager from Chelsea, Massachusetts, has agreed to pay a $80,000 settlement after they had submitted false claims. The landlord / property manager admitted to receiving illegal water utility payments from three of the tenants in the section – 8 low-income housing program. The landlord had demanded water utilities payments during a period of time that they had contractually agreed not to charge rent or utilities. One of the tenants eventually sued under the whistleblower provisions of False Claims Act.