The government of the United States is reportedly intending to join a 168澳洲5最新𒊎开奖结果:whistleblower lawsui♋t against Lance Armstrong and others who ran the US P🥀ostal Service-sponsored cycling team.

The ꦡ reported today that the US Department of Justice is set to file papers today joining the 'qui tam' suit, reportedly initiated by Floyd Landis. The suit alleges that the team defrauded the government by engaging in doping while under sponsorship of the Postal Service, actions which were contrary to the terms of the sponsorship agreement.

Qui tam suits are kept under seal, but the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:details of the suit were leaked to the NY Daily News last month. Named in the suit are Armstrong, manager Johan Bruyneel, financier Thomas Weisel, Armstrong’s agent Bill Stapleton and former Tailwind Sports president Bar🎀ton Knaggs.

Under the federal False Claims Act, citizens are able to file suit against those who defraud the government, and for their trouble can be awarded up to one-third of any money reclaimed by the government. Defenda🐼nts can be fined up to three times the amount - which in the case of the US Postal Service sponsorship agreem♊ent was over $30 million.

The suit was filed in 2010, but was bolstered by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Armstrong's recent confession to having doped during all seven of his Tour de France ▨victories. The US Postal Service sponsored the team during his first six Tour wins - 1999-2004. The US Anti-Doping Agency stripped Armstrong of all seven titles and banned him for life after cꦿompiling thousands of pages of evidence against him.

Armstrong's attorneys argued that the marketing benefit received from the team by the US Postal Service far out-stripped the amount given in sponsorship dollars, but according to the Wall Street Journal, that argument would only ser🅺ve to mitigate the overall awarꦇd, not decide the outcome of the case.