Fraud Against Government
Synonyms
- Fraud on Government
January 21, 2015
Office Depot has agreed to pay $68.5 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to California government entities for office supplies, Corporate Crime Reporter reported last week.
The California entities were participants in the U.S. Communities purchasing program and thus guaranteed to receive Office Depot...
January 13, 2015
Ansun Biopharma, Inc. has agreed to pay $2 million to the United States to settle charge and allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California announced last week.
Ansun Biopharma, Inc., formerly known as NexBio, Inc., is...
December 19, 2014
Iron Mountain has agreed to pay $44.5 million to settle allegations that the company overcharged federal agencies for record storage services under General Services Administration (GSA) contracts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.
This settlement relates to contracts under which Iron Mountain provided record storage services to government entities through GSA...
Contract Fraud, False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, Qui Tam, Whistleblower, Whistleblower awards
January 5, 2015
The federal government has intervened in two lawsuits against Florida cardiologist Dr. Asad Qamar and his physician group, the Institute for Cardiovascular Excellence PLLC (ICE), alleging that Qamar and ICE knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary medical procedures, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today....
December 29, 2014
The federal government has filed a civil False Claims Act complaint against Omnicare Inc., alleging that the company solicited and received millions of dollars in kickbacks from pharmaceutical manufacturer Abbott Laboratories, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
In its complaint, the United States alleges that Omnicare solicited and received kickbacks from...
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, healthcare fraud, Medicaid Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Whistleblower
December 22, 2014
St. Helena Hospital has agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle allegations that the hospital knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the Medicare health care program, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced last week.
The settlement resolves allegations that St. Helena Hospital knowingly charged Medicare for...
False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, Heathcare Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Qui Tam, Whistleblower, Whistleblower awards
December 18, 2014
Edward O’Donnell, the former Countrywide Financial executive who blew the whistle on Bank of America, will receive over $57 million for helping the federal government collect a $16.65 billion penalty for false claims, the New York Times reported yesterday.
O’Donnell filed a lawsuit under the whistleblower provision of the False Claims Act, which allows private...
December 10, 2014
Supreme Group has agreed to pay $101 million to settle allegations that the company and/or its subsidiaries knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government for food and water supplied to the armed forces, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week.
According to court documents, Supreme Foodservice AG, together with Supreme...
November 17, 2014
Sevenson Environmental Services has agreed to pay $2.72 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government by accepting kickbacks, rigging bids, and passing inflated charges to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in connection with work performed at the Federal Creosote Superfund Site in...
December 1, 2014
The federal government has intervened in a lawsuit against Air Ideal Inc. and its owner, Kim Amkraut, for allegedly making false statements to the Small Business Administration (SBA) in order to obtain a certification that was then used to obtain government contracts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.
Under the Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone)...
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