October 01, 2005
A qui tam suit filed by a former Wackenhut employee accuses the firm of billing Miami-Dade County for “phantom” security work that was never performed.
The suit accuses Wackenhut of overcharging the county under contracts to provide security guards for the county’s Juvenile Assessment Center and the Miami-Dade Transit Department, costing the city up to $4.5 million a year.
The Miami Herald reported on the suit on September 28, 2005.