Christian Whistleblower Who Won $70M Was Motivated by ‘Moral Clarity’

Sarah Feinberg said she had the responsibility to do the right thing when she discovered fraud at her government contractor employer.

Sarah Feinberg was a Marine Corps combat veteran, a Wharton Business School graduate, and a Christian mother of three when she left her job at one of the country’s biggest defense contractors—and filed a lawsuit under a whistleblower statute. Feinberg says she was prompted by the Holy Spirit and her moral convictions.

Eight years later, in September 2023, her role as a whistleblower netted a $69.8 million payout, a portion of one of the government’s largest procurement settlements to date at $377.45 million.

Back in 2015, Feinberg had discovered that her employer, Booz Allen Hamilton, was essentially billing the US government to cover the costs of its unprofitable work for other countries and for private sector companies, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).

After trying to fix the billing problems internally for nine months, she came to believe that Booz Allen had no intention of ending their method of defrauding the US government. She resigned in 2016, got a lawyer, and filed a qui tam lawsuit under the False Claims Act.

The act levies monetary damages against those who attempt to swindle government programs. It also allows private citizens to sue on the government’s behalf and get a portion of the settlement or compensation. After several years of investigation and negotiations, Booz Allen and the US government settled.

Feinberg lives in the Washington, DC area and works as CFO at National Journal. She also volunteers as her church’s treasurer.

During an interview with CT on the first not-too-hot day of autumn, she apologizes for the noise of the helicopters flying above.

“The worst is when the Ospreys come through,” she says of the aircraft known for their noise and powerful ...

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