Cycling: US joins Armstrong suit
US government alleges that the doping cyclist defrauded former sponsor US Postal Service.
WASHINGTON:
Seeking ‘tens of millions’ paid to Lance Armstrong for ‘years of broken promises’, the US government joined a lawsuit Friday alleging the doping cyclist defrauded former sponsor US Postal Service. The government filed paperwork in federal court to join a lawsuit by Floyd Landis – a former Armstrong teammate stripped of the 2006 Tour de France crown for doping – after talks with Armstrong over damages issues broke down. “Lance Armstrong and his cycling team took more than $30 million from the US Postal Service,” said Ronald Machen, US Attorney for the District of Columbia. “This lawsuit is designed to help the Postal Service recoup the tens of millions of dollars it paid out to (Armstrong’s) cycling team based on years of broken promises.”
Published in The Express Tribune, February 24th, 2013.
Seeking ‘tens of millions’ paid to Lance Armstrong for ‘years of broken promises’, the US government joined a lawsuit Friday alleging the doping cyclist defrauded former sponsor US Postal Service. The government filed paperwork in federal court to join a lawsuit by Floyd Landis – a former Armstrong teammate stripped of the 2006 Tour de France crown for doping – after talks with Armstrong over damages issues broke down. “Lance Armstrong and his cycling team took more than $30 million from the US Postal Service,” said Ronald Machen, US Attorney for the District of Columbia. “This lawsuit is designed to help the Postal Service recoup the tens of millions of dollars it paid out to (Armstrong’s) cycling team based on years of broken promises.”
Published in The Express Tribune, February 24th, 2013.