qui tam lawsuit

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 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...
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 (...