When public monies are involved, the potential exists for any contractor to find itself on the wrong end of a false claim proceeding.Contractors have been pursued for a wide variety of wrongful behavior including overbilling, falsifying of test certifications, bid-rigging, exaggerating hours worked, falsifying pricing data, misrepresentation of materials provided or services rendered, exaggerating the numbers of hours equipment is used, misrepresentations in monthly status reports, product or equipment substitutions in violation of contractual specifications, and failure to report construction defects. More