Evans

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and No. 2:15-cv-00619-MCE-CKD THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ex rel. TAMARA EVANS, Plaintiff/Relator, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER v. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRAINING

AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER, and

DOES 1-10,

16 Defendants. 17 18 On March 19, 2015, Relator Tamara Evans (“Relator”) initiated this qui tam action on behalf of the United States and the State of California, alleging that Defendant Southern California Intergovernmental Training and Development Center (“Defendant” or “RTC”),1 violated the federal False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq. (“FCA”) by submitting false invoices for training classes RTC provided to California peace officers in accordance with the federal Violence Against Women Act of 1994, 108 Stat. 1941-42 (“VAWA”). Relator also claims that RTC did not provide supporting documentation for its invoices and further made false statements and/or certification in order to get the

1 Defendant was formerly known as the San Diego…