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Andrei Shleifer

American economist; professor at Harvard University. Project director of a U.S.-funded advisory project in Russia run by the Harvard Institute for International Development.

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United States v. President and Fellows of Harvard College

  1. Aug 2005 Settled with U.S. Department of Justice: $2M, without admission of liability 12The judge held him liable on one False Claims Act count, conspiracy, in June 2004, without a trial. He says he would have prevailed and settled because his legal fees would have passed what he paid. The Crimson gives the USAID bar as two years for both men.

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  • U.S. Department of Justice Aug 2005 $2M, without admission of liability Scholarship & press 12

    The judge held him liable on one False Claims Act count, conspiracy, in June 2004, without a trial. He says he would have prevailed and settled because his legal fees would have passed what he paid. The Crimson gives the USAID bar as two years for both men.

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  • United States v. President and Fellows of Harvard College defendant; held liable on the conspiracy count only; settled without admission Primary record 3

    He won on Count I, Count II was left open, and all defendants won on common-law fraud. The judge did not decide whether the project's conflict rules bound him. All claims against his wife and against Hay's then-girlfriend had been dismissed.

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  1. Aug 2005 Andrei Shleifer settled with U.S. Department of Justice
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  1. Harvard Settles Suit For $26.5 M, The Harvard Crimson, 5 Aug 2005. Scholarship & press
    But neither Shleifer nor Hay acknowledged any liability.
  2. Russia Case (and Dust) Settle, Harvard Magazine, 1 Nov 2005. Scholarship & press
    Shleifer agreed to pay $2 million to the government
    Shleifer has also been disbarred from USAID work for two years, and Hay for five.
    Jones professor of economics Andrei Shleifer ’82, remains a tenured Harvard professor
  3. United States v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, 323 F. Supp. 2d 151 (D. Mass. 2004), memorandum and order of Judge Woodlock, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (Caselaw Access Project), 28 Jun 2004. Primary record
    Andrei Shleifer served as a Project Director of the Russia Project throughout the two agreements.
    On Count III (§ 3729(a)(3)), the government’s summary judgment motion is GRANTED against Hay and Shleifer
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