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June 29, 2011
U.S. Department of Justice probes Home Depot over alleged Buy American Act violations
SAN FRANCISCO
Federal officials are investigating allegations that Home Depot is providing Chinese-made products and other foreign goods to government customers in violation of the Buy American Act.
The investigation was disclosed in a Department of Justice court filing earlier this year in a Los Angeles federal court. The DOJ is mulling whether to take over a whistle-blower lawsuit that alleges the country’s largest home improvement retail chain has violated the 1933 law mandating U.S. materials be used in public construction projects.
Home Depot is co-operating with the investigation and said it “would never knowingly sell prohibited goods under any circumstances.”
Associated Press
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