The False Claims Act enables a private citizen with unique knowledge of fraud committed against the federal government (such as health care fraud, contract fraud, and tax fraud) to file a lawsuit under seal (not accessible to the public) seeking treble (triple the amount) damages on behalf of the government... Read more about the False Claims Act
CA, Inc. (CA) has agreed to pay the United States $8 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in connection with contracts administered by the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Defense (DOD), the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced earlier this week.
The U.S. government, which purchased software maintenance services from CA, alleged that CA knowingly double-billed federal agencies by charging for periods of software maintenance for which... full text
Ohio-based pharmacy service provider Omnicare Inc. has agreed to pay $120 million to settle allegations that the company violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act. Omnicare is one of the nation’s largest providers of pharmacy services to the elderly.
Omnicare allegedly offered skilled nursing facilities steep discounts for drugs for their Medicare Part A patients, sometimes even below cost, in order to induce referrals of those facilities’ non-Medicare Part A... full text
LG Chem Michigan, Inc. (LGCMI) will pay the United States $1.2 million to resolve allegations, under the False Claims Act, that the company improperly sought and obtained federal funds to pay employees who were engaged in recreational and volunteer activities, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced last week. This amount is in addition to the $8,500 that LGCMI refunded to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) based on the same allegations.
DOE awarded LGCMI over $150 million in funds under... full text
Hospice of the Comforter Inc. (HOTCI) has agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to the Medicare program for hospice services provided to patients who were not eligible for the Medicare hospice benefit, the Justice Department announced earlier this week.
The government alleged that HOTCI engaged in practices that resulted in billing Medicare for patients who were not terminally ill. HOTCI allegedly directed its... full text
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) will pay more than $2.2 billion to resolve criminal and civil liability allegations relating to the prescription drugs Risperdal, Invega and Natrecor, including promotion for uses not approved as safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and, payment of kickbacks to physicians and to pharmacy providers, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week. The global resolution is one of the largest health care fraud settlements in... full text
Axway, Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $6.2 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that it and its predecessors provided the General Services Administration (GSA) with defective pricing information in order to obtain and maintain a contract permitting them to sell software licenses and related services to federal agencies at inflated prices, the Department of Justice announced last week.
Axway, Inc. allegedly provided GSA with commercial pricing information that... full text
Infosys Corporation has agreed to pay $34 million to settle allegations of systematic visa fraud and abuse of immigration processes, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced earlier this week. The $34 million payment made by Infosys, an Indian company involved in consulting, technology, and outsourcing, represents the largest payment ever levied in an immigration case.
Infosys brings foreign nationals into the United States in order to perform work and fulfill contracts with its... full text
John Lombardi has filed a lawsuit against his previous employer, George Washington University (GW), for unlawful termination in connection with his attempts to blow the whistle on GW’s contract fraud on the Department of State.
GW obtained subcontracts through Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) for orders related to the federally funded Global Anti-Terrorism Training Assistance project, for which Lombardi was to be the Principal Investigator. According to the... full text
The government has intervened in a lawsuit filed under the False Claims Act against United States Investigations Services LLC (USIS) in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, the Department of Justice announced today. The lawsuit alleges that USIS failed to perform quality control reviews in connection with its background investigations for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
USIS was contracted with OPM to perform background investigations on individuals seeking... full text
Fox Rx, Inc. has filed a complaint against Walgreens Company in the federal district court of the Southern District of New York for violations of the False Claims Act. Walgreens allegedly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to state and federal health care programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.
Fox Rx alleges that Walgreens routinely overbilled Medicare and Medicaid by failing to substitute generic drugs for brand-name medication, in violation of state laws that required... full text
