A bus company accused of overcharging New Jersey Transit for missed trips and over-billing for hours and miles driven will pay more than $20 million to
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The settlement stems from when 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.
Private bus companies and related parties will pay $20.5 million to resolve New Jersey False Claims Act allegations that they defrauded New Jersey Transit out of millions over several years, marking the state's largest False Claims Act deal outside health-care-related settlements, the state attorney general's office said Friday.