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Whistle-blower gets $220K in fraud settlement

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BURLINGTON, Vt. -

A Vermont man who blew the whistle on his employer will get $220,000 for his good deed.

Federal prosecutors say Brent Boerger discovered his employer, Applied Research Associates, overbilled the government for work on a defense contract.

ARA has now agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle with the government. Boerger gets 20 percent of that.

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