False Claims / Whistleblowers
November 8, 2013
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...
False Claims Act, Hospice of the Comforter Inc., Medicare, Medicare Fraud, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
November 6, 2013
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...
False Claims Act, FDA, Johnson & Johnson, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorney
November 5, 2013
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,...
Axway Inc, California Proposition 65, False Claims Act, Prop 65 California, Prop 65 Warning, Proposition 65, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorney
October 30, 2013
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...
False Claims Act, Public interest lawyers, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorney
November 1, 2013
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...
False Claims Act, Public interest lawyers, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorney
October 8, 2013
The U.S. Attorney’s Office has intervened in a lawsuit against Pinnacle Bank (Pinnacle) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last month. The complaint alleges that Pinnacle made false statements to the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) regarding a loan under the SBA’s “504 Loan...
Contract Fraud, False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, Government Fraud, Qui Tam, Whistleblower
October 30, 2013
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-...
October 29, 2013
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...
October 23, 2013
The owners of Global Medical Direct, LLC and Global Medical Inc., have agreed to pay $7 million to resolve allegations against them in connection with a scheme to submit false claims to the federal Medicare and Tricare healthcare programs, the United States Attorney’s Office announced yesterday. Global Medical, Inc. and its parent company, Global Medical Direct, LLC, are...
California Proposition 65, False Claims Act, Medicare Fraud, Prop 65 California, Prop 65 Warning, Proposition 65, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act
October 22, 2013
Kmart Corporation has agreed to pay the United States and 32 participating states a total of $2.5 million to settle allegations of false prescription claims by its national pharmacy centers to government health insurance programs, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced yesterday.
Kmart allegedly violated the False Claims Act by billing government health care programs (...
California Proposition 65, Kmart, Medicaid, Prop 65 California, Prop 65 Warning, Proposition 65, Qui Tam, qui tam lawsuit, Tricare, Whistleblower Act
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