Ohio-based General Electric Aviation Systems (GEAS) has agreed to pay $6.58 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims in connection with contracts made with the Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. GEAS manufactures and sells integrated systems and components for...
Dr. Alfred Chan, and oncologist in Lakewood, Wash., and his wife Judy Chan have agreed to pay $3.1 million to settle allegations that they defrauded federal health care programs by overbilling for cancer treatment medication, U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan announced last week.
The government alleged that Dr. Chan, with the assistance of his wife, Judy, routinely billed federal...
Connecticut-based United Technologies Corporation has been found liable by a federal court for over $473 million in damages and penalties arising from a contract with the U.S. Air Force for fighter aircraft engines for F-15 and F-16 aircraft between 1985 and 1990, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.
United Technologies allegedly proposed prices for the engine...
New York-based Parkshore Home Health Care, dba Renaissance Home Health Care, a home health care services agency, agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that it provided unqualified home health aides to home health agencies, who in turn sent these unqualified aides into the homes of Medicaid recipients throughout New York City and then billed the Medicaid program for...
Virginia-based Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has paid $11.75 million to resolve allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act by charging inflated prices against grant money provided by the U.S. government to train first responder personnel to prevent and respond to terrorist attacks, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
SAIC...
Ohio-based companies TesTech and CESO have agreed to pay $2.88 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal agencies when they falsely claimed disadvantaged business status in order to obtain federal funds related to a number of federal transportation projects, the U.S. Department of Justice announced...
American Commercial Colleges Inc. (ACC), a Texas-based for-profit corporation, has agreed to pay the United States government up to $2.5 million, including interest, to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal student aid programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
In order to be eligible for...
Recent amendments to the federal False Claims Act have expanded whistleblower protections and increased penalties for violators. The amendments came in the form of the federal Deficit Reduction Act, the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act, the Affordable Care Act, and the Dodd-Frank Act.
California revamped its own False Claims Act earlier this year to bring it into...
ISTA Pharmaceuticals has pleaded guilty to federal felony charges of conspiracy to introduce a misbranded drug into interstate commerce and conspiracy to pay illegal remuneration in violation of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. In addition to criminal fines and asset forfeiture, ISTA has also entered into a civil...
Parkland Memorial Hospital of Dallas, Texas has agreed to pay a $1.4 million settlement to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare and Medicaid, the Dallas Morning News reported recently. Parkland has also agreed to enter into a corporate integrity agreement with federal health regulators to monitor future...
