A federal jury has found that JM Eagle, the nation’s largest manufacturer of plastic pipe, violated the False Claims Act when it knowingly sold defective pipes to states and municipalities for use in drinking water, firefighting, irrigation and other public systems, the New York Times reported.
JM Eagle, formerly J-M Manufacturing, allegedly cut costs by using shoddy...
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...
Boston Scientific Corp. and its subsidiaries, Guidant LLC, Guidant Sales LLC and Cardiac Pacemakers Inc. (Guidant), have agreed to pay $30 million to settle allegations that Guidant knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the Medicare federal health program, the Justice Department announced yesterday. The government alleged that Guidant knowingly sold...
California-based Kan-Di-Ki, doing business as Diagnostic Laboratories and Radiology (Diagnostic Labs) has agreed to pay $17.5 million to resolve allegations that the company violated both the federal and California False Claims Acts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. Kan-Di-Ki allegedly paid kickbacks for the referral of mobile lab and radiology services...
Conax Florida Corp. and related companies have agreed to settle allegations that Conax knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the U.S. government in connection with improperly tested and non-conforming equipment, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last month.
Conax Florida Corp. designed and manufactured inertia reels and voltage references used...
Farideh Heidarpour, her billing company A.B.C. Billing Inc., and her son Ali Heidarpour (who was also her employee) have agreed to pay $1.7 million to settle allegations that her and her company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to workers’ compensation programs, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California Melinda Haag announced...
Emory University has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle allegations that the university violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare and Medicaid for clinical trial services that were not permitted by the Medicare and Medicaid rules, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last month.
Providers generally are not permitted to bill Medicare for medical care and services...
Ohio-based RPM International Inc. and its subsidiary, Tremco Inc., have agreed to pay $60.9 million to resolve allegations that Tremco knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims in connection with contracts with the General Services Administration (GSA), the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. Tremco is a manufacturer of construction...
New York-based Imagimed LLC and its former owners, William B. Wolf III and Dr. Timothy J. Greenan, and its former radiologist, Dr. Steven Winter, have agreed to pay $3.57 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal healthcare programs for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) services, the U.S. Department of...
ATI Enterprises, a Texas-based chain of career training schools operating in the southern and western United States, has agreed to pay the U.S. government $3.7 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal student aid programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last month. ATI Enterprises...
