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October 29, 2010
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September 15, 2010 Drug Maker Forest Pleads Guilty; To Pay More Than $313 Million to Resolve Criminal Charges and False Claims Act Allegations
September 1, 2010 Allergan Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay $600 Million to Resolve Allegations of Off-Label Promotion of Botox®
August 30, 2010
Hewlett-Packard Agrees To Pay The United States $55 Million To Settle Allegations Of Fraud
August 20, 2010
Dominion & Marathon Oil to Pay $6.9 Million to Resolve Allegations of Royalty Underpayments from American Indian and Federal Lands
July 29, 2010 Georgia Defense Contractor and Its President to Pay $750,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
July 29, 2010 United States Files Complaint Against Oracle Alleging Contract Fraud
July 27, 2010 U.S. Files Suit Against Georgia Medical Center and Physician; Allegedly Submitted Claims for Worthless Services to Federal Health Care Programs
June 17, 2010 United States Files Claims Against Feed Dealers in USDA Livestock Feed Assistance Initiative Fraud Case
June 15, 2010 Two U.S. Citizens Arrested in Costa Rica in Connection with Business Opportunity Fraud Ventures
June 15, 2010 Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, Two Ohio Hospitals, and Physician Group to Pay $2.6 Million to Resolve Fraud Allegations
June 9, 2010 United States Settles False Claims Act Allegations with Cochlear Americas for $880,000
June 4, 2010 New York City Ambulance Companies Pay U.S. $2.85 Million to Resolve Claims for Fraudulent Medicare Appeals
June 4, 2010 Heart Device Manufacturer in Minnesota and Hospitals in Ohio & Kentucky to Pay Nearly $4 Million to Resolve Fraud Allegations
May 27, 2010
May 26, 2010 Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. to Pay Total of $16.5 Million for Overcharging the United States
May 21, 2010 The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati and the Christ Hospital to Pay $108 Million for Violating Anti-Kickback Statute and Defrauding Medicare and Medicaid
May 17, 2010 Nine Hospitals in Seven States to Pay U.S. More Than $9.4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Related to Kyphoplasty
May 6, 2010 New York Small Business Lender to Pay U.S. $26.3 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
May 5, 2010 U.S. Intervenes in Suit Against KBR and Panalpina Alleging Kickbacks Under the False Claims Act
May 4, 2010 Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics to Pay More Than $72 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Concerning TOBI
April 29, 2010
April 29, 2010 Schwarz Pharma Pays $22 Million to Settle False Claims Allegations Concerning Reimbursement for Unapproved Drugs
April 27, 2010 Pharmaceutical Giant AstraZeneca to Pay $520 Million for Off-label Drug Marketing
April 19, 2010 U.S. Seeks Permanent Injunction Against Florida-Based Drug Compounding Lab
April 14, 2010 Costa Rica-Based Business Opportunity Fraud Operator Sentenced to 115 Months in Prison by Miami Judge
April 12, 2010 Wyoming Used Car Dealer Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for Odometer Tampering Fraud Scheme
April 7, 2010 Stephen Schultz Sentenced in Connection with Costa Rica-Based Business Opportunity Fraud Ventures
April 7, 2010 Learning Tree International Inc. Agrees to Pay $4.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Improper Billing Practices and Retention of Federal Funds
April 5, 2010 Medical Device Manufacturer Guidant Pleads Guilty for Not Reporting Defibrillator Safety Problems to FDA
April 5, 2010 Mobil Oil Companies to Pay U.S. $32.2 Million to Resolve Allegations of Underpayment of Royalties from American Indian and Federal Lands
April 5, 2010 U.S. Joins Lawsuit Against Waycross, Georgia, Medical Center & Physician for Alleged False Claims Billings to Medicare and Medicaid
April 1, 2010 U.S. Sues Kellogg, Brown & Root for Alleged False Claims Act Violations Over Improper Costs for Private Security in Iraq
March 23, 2010 Florida Health Care Provider & Individual Physician to Pay $12 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
March 19, 2010 New Jersey Hospital to Pay $6.35 Million to Resolve Allegations of Inflating Charges to Obtain Higher Medicare Reimbursement
March 9, 2010 Chicago Hospital to Pay More Than $1.5 Million to Resolve Medicare False Claims Act Allegations
March 8, 2010 Houston Independent School District Agrees to Settle False Claims Allegations Involving the E-rate Program
March 8, 2010
New Justice Department Outreach Effort to Victims of Radiation Exposure Announced
March 2, 2010 KV Pharmaceutical Subsidiary Pleads Guilty to Two Felonies Regarding Oversized Drugs
March 2, 2010
February 26, 2010
February 25, 2010 Medical Device Manufacturer Guidant Charged in Failure to Report Defibrillator Safety Problems to FDA
February 25, 2010
February 22, 2010
February 19, 2010
February 17, 2010 West Palm Beach, Florida, Resident Charged in Multi-Million Dollar Cramming Scheme
February 12, 2010 Canadian Firm and U.S. Subsidiary to Pay $4 Million to Settle Lawsuit in Connection with Sale of Defective Bullet-Proof Vests
February 2, 2010
January 25, 2010 Former Los Angeles Medical Center Owners Agree to $10 Million Consent Judgment for Medicare and Medi-Cal Fraud Scheme
January 22, 2010 U.S. Citizen Pleads Guilty in Connection with Costa Rica-Based Business Opportunity Fraud Scheme
January 21, 2010 Wyoming Used Car Dealer Convicted in Federal Court for Odometer Tampering
January 20, 2010 National Dental Management Company Pays $24 Million to Resolve Fraud Allegations
January 15, 2010 U.S. Files Suit Against Johnson & Johnson for Paying Kickbacks to Nation’s Largest Nursing Home Pharmacy
January 14, 2010 British Citizen Pleads Guilty in Connection with Costa Rica-Based Business Opportunity Fraud Ventures
January 4, 2010 Minnesota Hospital to Pay U.S. to Resolve Allegations of False Claims Involving Unnecessary Admissions
December 29, 2009 Colorado-based Spectranetics Corporation to Pay $5 Million to Resolve Allegations Relating to Its Medical Devices
December 28, 2009 Michigan Health Care Provider to Pay United States $669,413 to Settle False Claims Allegations
December 23, 2009 Chevron to Pay U.S. More Than $45 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Claims for Royalties Underpayment
December 23, 2009 Visiting Physicians Association to Pay $9.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
December 22, 2009 Oklahoma Hospital Group Pays U.S. $13 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
December 17, 2009 Three New York City Home Health Agencies Pay $9.7 Million to the United States to Settle False Claims Act Claims
December 15, 2009 Parent Company of Two New Jersey Hospitals to Pay U.S. $7.95 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
December 15, 2009 University of Phoenix Settles False Claims Act Lawsuit for $67.5 Million
December 8, 2009 Syracuse Mortgage Underwriter to Pay United States Nearly $679,000 to Resolve Mortgage Fraud Allegations
December 7, 2009 U.S. Settles with Itochu Corp. and Itochu International Regarding Defective Bullet-Proof Vests
December 1, 2009 Los Angeles’ Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic Pays $3 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations
November 19, 2009 Justice Department Recovers $2.4 Billion in False Claims Cases in Fiscal Year 2009; More Than $24 Billion Since 1986
November 18, 2009 New Jersey Hospital to Pay $3 Million to Resolve Allegations of Medicare Fraud
November 16, 2009
November 12, 2009 Oregon Hospice Pays U.S. $1.83 Million to Settle False Claims Act Liability
November 6, 2009 United States Sues Kaman Dayron, Inc., Under False Claims Act
November 4, 2009
November 3, 2009 Nation’s Largest Nursing Home Pharmacy and Drug Manufacturer to Pay $112 Million to Settle False Claims Act Cases
October 30, 2009 Texas Hospital Group Pays U.S. $27.5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
October 30, 2009 U.S. Sues Canadian Company and U.S. Subsidiary for False Claims Act Allegations
October 20, 2009 Indiana Home Health Agency Pays Nearly $2 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
October 19, 2009 Four Pharmaceutical Companies Pay $124 Million for Submission of False Claims to Medicaid
October 13, 2009 AT&T Missouri Agrees to Settle False Claims Act Lawsuit Involving E-Rate Program
October 8, 2009 Harborside Healthcare to Pay U.S. $1.375 Million to Resolve Allegations of Kickbacks and Sham Durable Medical Services
September 30, 2009 New Jersey Hospital to Pay $8.3 Million for Alleged Kickbacks and Causing Submission of False Claims to Medicare
September 29, 2009 Indiana and Alabama Hospitals To Pay U.S. Over $8 Million To Settle False Claims Act Allegations
September 2, 2009 Justice Department Announces Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement in Its History
August 25, 2009 Covenant Medical Center to Pay U.S. $4.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
August 17, 2009 Consortium of 49 Massachusetts Law Enforcement Agencies to Pay U.S. $200,000 for Alleged False Claims
August 13, 2009 Boeing Company to Pay U.S. $25 Million to Resolve Allegations Related to Defective Work on KC-10 Aerial Refueling Aircraft
August 13, 2009
Dynamics Research Corporation to Pay $15 Million to Resolve Allegations of Kickbacks and False Claims Related to Air Force Contracts
August 3, 2009 U.S. Sues First Choice Armor & Equipment for Providing Defective Bullet-Proof Vests to Law Enforcement Agencies
July 21, 2009
New York State and New York City to Pay Record $540 Million to Settle Allegations of False Claims for Medicaid Funds
July 17, 2009 Tampa Bay Doctor Agrees to Pay United States $1.7 Million to Resolve Medicare Fraud Allegations
July 14, 2009 Endoscopic Technologies to Pay U.S. $1.4 Million to Resolve Allegations of Medicare Fraud
July 7, 2009 Justice Department Files Suit Against Cheese Manufacturer
July 2, 2009 U.S. Joins False Claims Act Suit Against Several Corporations and Individuals at Mississippi’s Stennis Space Center
July 1, 2009 United States Settles False Claims Act Allegations Against National Home Builder and Mortgage Lender
June 26, 2009 Dallas Independent School District Agrees to Settle False Claims Allegations Involving E-Rate Program
June 23, 2009 United States Settles Claims Alleging Bid Rigging Conspiracy with Two German Moving Companies
June 9, 2009 United States Files False Claims Act Suit Against California Mortgage Lender Capmark Finance
June 9, 2009 New Jersey University Hospital to Pay Additional $2 Million to Resolve Fraud Claims That Facility Double Billed Medicaid
June 2, 2009 Appeals Court Affirms Government’s Default Termination of Navy Contract for A-12 Stealth Attack Aircraft
May 29, 2009 Aventis Pharmaceutical to Pay U.S. $95.5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
May 22, 2009 Assistant Attorney General Tony West Announces New Members to Civil Division’s Senior Leadership
May 21, 2009 Maine Department of Education to Pay United States $1.5 Million to Settle False Claims Involving Migrant Education Program
May 21, 2009 Texas-Based Regency Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers to Pay U.S. $4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
May 21, 2009 Minnesota Hospitals to Pay U.S. $2.28 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
May 18, 2009 U.S. and 16 States Join Suits Against Pharmaceutical Giant, Wyeth
May 1, 2009 U.S. Intervenes in Suit Against Former Beef Suppliers to National School Lunch Program
April 24, 2009 Hurricane Katrina Contractor Accepts $4 Million Judgment Under the False Claims Act
April 20, 2009 Alta Colleges to Pay U.S. $7 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
April 15, 2009 GSA Contractor NetApp Agrees to Pay U.S. $128 Million to Resolve Contract Fraud Allegations
April 15, 2009 Quest Diagnostics to Pay U.S. $302 Million to Resolve Allegations That a Subsidiary Sold Misbranded Test Kits
April 2, 2009 Northrop Grumman Corp. Settles False Claims Act Case for Defective Satellite Parts
March 26, 2009 Houston’s Methodist Hospital to Pay U.S. More Than $9 Million to Resolve Allegations of Overcharging Medicare
March 25, 2009 Sikorsky Aircraft Pays $2.9 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
March 18, 2009 U.S. Sues Union Pacific R.R. for $37 Million for Allegedly Failing to Prevent Use of Rail Cars to Smuggle Narcotics Across Border
March 12, 2009 San Mateo County, California, to Pay U.S. $6.8 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations
March 6, 2009 United States Joins Suit Against Community Health Systems Inc. and Three of Its Hospitals in New Mexico
March 3, 2009 Kansas Cardiologist to Pay U.S. $1.3 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
March 2, 2009 United States Files Suit Against Missouri-Based Pharmaceutical to Block Manufacturing and Shipping of Unapproved Drugs
February 25, 2009 United States Files Complaint Against Forest Laboratories for Allegedly Violating the False Claims Act
February 19, 2009 United States Joins Suits Against Scios and Johnson & Johnson
February 13, 2009 AT&T Technical Services Corp. to Pay U.S. more than $8.2 Million to Settle False Claims Involving the E-Rate Program
February 13, 2009 APL Ltd. to Pay U.S. $26.3 Million to Resolve Fraud Allegations for Inflated Shipping Costs to Military in Iraq and Afghanistan
February 2, 2009 U.S. Recovers $19 Million from AMEC Construction Management to Settle Litigation Regarding Fraud, False Claims, Kickbacks & Re-Procurement Costs on Federal Construction Contracts
January 23, 2009 Canadian Company to Pay U.S. More Than $1 Million Related to Sale of Defective Bullet-proof Vests
January 15, 2009 Alabama-Based Hospice Company Pays U.S. $24.7 Million to Settle Health Care Fraud Claims
January 15, 2009 Eli Lilly and Company Agrees to Pay $1.415 Billion to Resolve Allegations of Off-label Promotion of Zyprexa
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