Formal US complaint against Armstrong
April 25, 2013, Thursday
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THE United States Justice Department filed a formal complaint on Tuesday against Lance Armstrong, saying the doping-disgraced cyclist and team owners defrauded the US Postal Service of sponsorship money.
The government, which said in February that it would join a whistle-blower lawsuit brought by former Armstrong teammate Floyd Landis in 2010, says the USPS spent about US$40 million in sponsor money and gave Armstrong US$17 million. Armstrong admitted last January that he took performance-enhancing drugs when he won the Tour de France seven times after having been stripped of the crowns based upon a US Anti-Doping Agency investigation. That prompted the US government's involvement in the fraud case, and it is now seeking triple damages in a jury trial.
The government, which said in February that it would join a whistle-blower lawsuit brought by former Armstrong teammate Floyd Landis in 2010, says the USPS spent about US$40 million in sponsor money and gave Armstrong US$17 million. Armstrong admitted last January that he took performance-enhancing drugs when he won the Tour de France seven times after having been stripped of the crowns based upon a US Anti-Doping Agency investigation. That prompted the US government's involvement in the fraud case, and it is now seeking triple damages in a jury trial.
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