| News and Current Events 2009 |
April 15, 2009
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Computer & Data Storage Company to pay $128 Million to Resolve Claims it Overcharged the Government for Software, and Data Storage. Former Employee Who Filed Claim to Receive Over $19 Million as a Reward. |
April 15, 2009
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Quest Diagnostics to pay $302 Million to Resolve Claims it Misbranded Medical Test Kits. Private Relator Who Filed Claim to Receive $45 Million as a Reward. |
April 2, 2009
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Northrop Grumman Corp to pay $325 Million for Selling Defective Satellite Parts. Private Relator Who Filed Claim to Receive $48.75 Million as a Reward. |
March 12, 2009
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San Mateo County, California, to pay $6.8 Million to resolve claims that it Submitted False Claims to Medicare. County Employee Who Filed Claim to Receive over $1 Million as a Reward. |
February 13, 2009
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APL LTD to pay $26.3 Million to resolve claims, asserted by one of its employees, that it Submitted Inflated Shipping Bills to the Government. Employee Who Filed Claim to Receive $5.2 Million as a Reward. |
January 15, 2009
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Eli Lilly & Company to pay $1.415 Billion to resolve claims, asserted in four qui tam cases, that it Improperly Marketed Zyprexa. Employees Who Filed Claim to Receive $4.9 Million as a Reward. |
January 1, 2009
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U.S. Justice Department Discloses that Civil Fraud Recoveries Reach $1.34 Billion for 2008. Persons who filed qui tam actions received over $198 Million in Rewards in 2008. |
| News and Current Events 2008 |
December 8, 2008
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L-3 Communications to pay $4 Million to resolve claims, asserted by one of its employees, that it Submitted Inflated Bills to the Government. Employee Who Filed Claim to Receive $720,000 as a Reward. |
December 3, 2008
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New Jersey Based MedQuest to pay $6.6 Million to resolve claims, asserted by private Relators, that it Submitted Inflated Bills for Medical Transcription services to the Government. Relators Who Filed Claims to Receive over $500,000 as a Reward. |
November 25, 2008
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Bayer Healthcare MedQuest to pay $97.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Paying Kickbacks to Diabetic Suppliers. |
September 29, 2008
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Walgreens to pay $9.9 Million to Resolve Claims that it Falsely Billed Medicaid. Walgreens Employees Who Filed the Claims to Receive over $1.4 Million as a Reward. |
September 15, 2008
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Staten Island University Hospital to pay $74 Million to Settle Allegations of Medicaid & Medicare Fraud Asserted by Private Relators. Relators Who Filed Claims to Receive Over $9 Million as a Reward. |
August 1, 2008
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Pratt & Whitney and PCC Airfoils to Pay More Than $52 Million to Settle Allegations of Selling Defective Jet Engine Parts. |
July 22, 2008
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Cox Medical Centers to Pay $60 Million to Settle Allegations of Fraudulent Medicare Payments. |
May 23, 2008
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Toray Industries to pay $61.75 Million to Settle Allegations of Price Fixing Asserted by Private Relators. Relators who filed claims to receive up to 25%. |
May 22, 2008
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Medtronic Spine to pay $75 Million to Settle False Claims Allegations of Defrauding Medicare filed by two former employees. Former Employees who filed claims to receive $14.9 Million as a Reward. |
May 13, 2008
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Computer Sciences Corporation to pay $1.37 Million to Settle Allegations of Kickbacks Asserted by Private Relators. Relators who filed claims to receive up to 25%. |
April 14, 2008
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Florida Radiologist to pay $7 Million to Settle Allegations of Health Care Fraud asserted by Former Employee. Former Employee to receive $1.75 Million as a Reward. |
April 10, 2008
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Protective Products International Pays $960,000 to Settle Claims of Supplying Defective Zylon Bulletproof Vests. |
April 9, 2008
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North Carolina Dental Service Chain Pays $10 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations. |
March 26, 2008
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National Air Cargo to pay $28 Million to Settle Allegations of Defrauding the Department of Defense, Asserted by Former Employee. Former Employee to receive $3.3 Million as a Reward. |
March 18, 2008
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CVS to pay $36.7 Million to Settle Allegations of Medicaid Prescription Fraud asserted against it by a Pharmacist. Pharmacist to receive over $4.3 Million as a Reward. |
March 4, 2008
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Cathedral Healthcare System to pay $5.3 Million to Settle Allegations of Medicaid Fraud asserted against it by Private Relators. Relators to receive nearly $850,000 as a Reward. |
February 14, 2008
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Respiratory Equipment & Supplies Company to pay $17 Million to Settle Health Care Fraud Allegations. |
February 8, 2008
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Merck to pay $650 Million to settle claims of Medicaid fraud filed by former employee. Former employee who filed claims expected to receive $68 Million as a reward. |
| News and Current Events 2007 |
December 27, 2007
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Sioux Manufacturing Corporation pays $2 Million to resolve allegations that it deliberately and systematically “shorted” an average of 10,000 strands of Kevlar from the helmets of U.S. Soldiers. |
November 1, 2007
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U.S. Justice Department discloses that civil fraud recoveries under the False Claims Act reached $2 Billion for 2007. Persons who filed qui tam claims received over $177 Million in rewards in 2007. |
September 10, 2007
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Aventis pays over $190 Million to Settle Drug Pricing Fraud allegations asserted by private relator. Person who asserted the allegations to receive approximately $32 Million as a reward. |
August 16, 2007
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IBM Corporation and PriceWaterhouseCoopers to pay over $5.2 Million to Settle False Claim allegations asserted by private relators. Persons who filed claims expected to receive up to $1.3 Million for having filed the claims. |
August 15, 2007
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Burlington Resources Inc. to pay $97.5 Million to resolve qui tam claims raised by private relator. Relator expected to receive up to $24.3 Million for having filed the claims. |
August 7, 2007
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Crane Co. to pay $7.5 Million to Settle False Claim allegations asserted by former employee. Former employee who filed claims expected to receive up to $1.8 Million as a reward. |
July 30, 2007
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Oakland City University to pay $5.3 Million to Settle False Claim allegations asserted by former employee. Former employee who filed claims expected to receive up to $1.4 Million as a reward. |
| News and Current Events 2006 |
November 21, 2006
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U.S. Justice Department discloses that civil fraud recoveries reach $3.1 Billion for 2006, the largest amount recovered in a single year. Persons who filed qui tam claims received over $190 Million in 2006. |
October 5, 2006
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American Medical Response to pay $9 Million to resolve qui tam claims raised by former employees. Former employees to receive over $1.6 Million for having filed the claims. |
September 26, 2006
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Horizon West to pay $14.7 Million to resolve qui tam claims raised by former employee. Former employee expected to receive up to $3.6 Million for having filed the claims. |
July 13, 2006
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Wall Street money manager Mario Gabelli and Affiliates to pay $130 Million for allegedly defrauding the FCC. Persons who filed claims to receive $32.2 Million. |
June 30, 2006
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Boeing to pay $615 Million to resolve Fraud Allegations. |
June 29, 2006
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Tenet Healthcare Corporation to pay $900 Million to resolve claims of unlawful billing practices. Relators expected to receive up to $225 Million. |
June 27, 2006
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State of Indiana & ITS Intelenet Commission agree to pay $8.2 Million to Settle False Claims Involving E-Rate Program. |
June 27, 2006
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AT&T to pay over $2.9 Million to Resolve Allegations of Contracting Fraud. Relator expected to receive share. |
June 15, 2006
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St. Barnabas Corporation to pay $265 Million to resolve allegations of Defrauding Medicare. Relators expected to receive up to $66.2 Million. |
| News and Current Events 2005 |
October 17, 2005
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Serono Corporation to pay $704 Million to resolve conspiracy allegations filed by former employees. Former employees to receive $51.8 Million for having filed claims. |
October 11, 2005
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Engineering and construction companies to pay nearly $25 Million to settle claims, by former employee, that the companies submitted inflated claims on Amtrak project to electrify rail corridor between New Haven and Boston. |
September 20, 2005
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GlaxoSmithKline to pay $150 Million to settle claims asserted by a private relator, who asserted that Glaxo set up a scheme to increase its sales of drugs through “marketing the spread.” Private relator to receive $26 Million for having filed the claims. |
September 8, 2005
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Massachusetts Attorney General intervenes in Relator’s lawsuit which claims that Caremark overbilled Massachusetts pharmacy plans for prescription drugs and related services. |
July 11, 2005
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PriceWaterHouseCoopers LLP. to pay $41.9 Million to settle qui tam claims that it submitted false claims to the government for travel reimbursements. Relator to receive share. |
June 23, 2005
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New York based Turner Construction Company will pay $6.6 Million to settle claims that it submitted false claims on construction projects which included construction of the federal courthouse on Long Island. |
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