A federal jury found for whistleblowers in reaching a verdict that State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. knowingly provided fraudulent claims to the federal government under the flood insurance program for Hurricane Katrina regarding damage to at least one home, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Tuesday. In reaching its special verdict, the jury found that State Farm...
Fluor Corp. has agreed to pay a $1.1 million settlement to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act when it allegedly used federal money to pay lobbyists, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.
Fluor Hanford operated the Hazardous Materials Management and Emergency Response (HAMMER) training center for the Department of Energy from 2005 to 2009....
A former hospice physician recently secured a $750,000 settlement from the City of San Francisco after he filed complaints alleging that his layoff was the result of retaliation for whistleblower complaints that San Francisco’s Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center (“Laguna Honda Hospital”) had misused patient funds and knowingly entered into a...
CDW-Government LLC (CDW-G), a wholly owned subsidiary of Illinois company CDW Corporation, has agreed to pay $5.66 million to resolve false claims allegations in connection with a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) contract, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.
CDW-G allegedly improperly charged government purchasers for shipping, sold products to the U.S....
The University of California has agreed to pay a $1.2 million settlement to resolve allegations of falsification of medical records and poor supervision of patients, the Los Angeles Times reported yesterday.
The suit was brought by whistleblower Dr. Dennis O’Connor, a former professor of anesthesiology at the UC Irvine School of Medicine. He alleged that anesthesia...
On March 21, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld the district court’s decision to find Anchor Mortgage Corporation and its CEO John Munson liable for false claims submitted in loan guaranty applications to the U.S. government, but reversed the “gross trebling” calculation of the damages in favor of “net trebling,” which...
Alabama-based Caddell Construction has agreed to pay a $1.15 million settlement to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly making false reports to the Army Corps of Engineers that they had hired and were mentoring a Native American-owned company to work construction projects, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
The United States alleged...
Hospice of Arizona, L.C., American Hospice Management LLC, and American Hospice Management Holdings LLC, have agreed to pay $12 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly defrauding Medicare, the Department of Justice announced today.
Hospice of Arizona and its related entities allegedly engaged in practices that resulted in the...
Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld the federal district court's decision that the two whistleblowers, or relators, in Rille et al v. Accenture, LLP et al, No. 11-2054 (8th Cir. 2013) were entitled to a 15% share of the federal government's $46 million False Claims Act settlement with Hewlett-Packard, amounting to a $6.9 million...
Tennessee-based Grace Healthcare LLC and its affiliate Grace Ancillary Services LLC (collectively, Grace) have agreed to pay $2.7 million to settle allegations that they knowingly submitted false claims to the Medicare and TennCare/Medicaid programs for unnecessary rehabilitation therapy, the Department of Justice announced last week.
The suit alleged that from 2007 to 2011,...
