Qui Tam

September 18, 2015
PAE Government Services Inc. (PAE) and RM Asia (HK) Limited (RM Asia) have agreed to pay the federal government $1.45 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims related to a U.S. Army contract for services in Afghanistan, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. In 2007, the Army awarded PAE a contract to...
September 14, 2015
Walter Investment Management Corp. (WIMC) has agreed to pay the federal government $29.63 million to resolve allegations that WIMC knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims in connection with their participation in the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECM) program, which insures “...
August 14, 2015
Mercy Health Springfield Communities and Mercy Clinic Springfield Communities, formerly St. John’s Health System and St. John’s Clinic, respectively, have agreed to pay $5.5 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care program Medicare, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday...
August 20, 2015
U.S. Investigations Services (USIS) and its parent company, Altegrity, have agreed to forego collection on $30 million worth of payments supposedly owed by the federal government in order to resolve allegations that USIS knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday. USIS provided background investigations...
July 1, 2014
A federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled last week that the U.S. Justice Department may proceed with its False Claims Act lawsuit against Lance Armstrong, alleging that the cyclist defrauded the government when he accepted sponsorship money from the U.S. Postal Service  while taking performance-enhancing drugs, The Wall...
July 10, 2015
Covan World Wide Moving, Inc., Coleman American Moving Services, Inc., and other related entities with home offices in Dothan, Ala. have agreed to pay $5 million to settle allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government, the U.S. Attorney’s  Office of the District of South Carolina announced yesterday. The...
July 6, 2015
LB&B Associates Inc. and its principals, Lily A. Brandon and F. Edward Brandon, have agreed to pay $7.8 million to the federal government to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) 8(a) Business Development Program for Small Disadvantaged Businesses, the U.S....
June 24, 2015
Maryland-based Education Affiliates has agreed to pay $13 million to the federal government to resolve allegations knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.  EA is a for-profit education company that operates 50 campuses in the United States under various trade names,...
May 22, 2015
Missouri-based Medco Health Solutions Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Express Scripts Holding Company, based agreed to pay the federal government $7.9 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal health care program Medicare, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week.  Medco...
May 20, 2015
United Parcel Service (UPS) has agreed to pay $25 million to settle allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government in connection with its delivery of Next Day Air packages, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday. UPS provides delivery services to hundreds of federal agencies through contracts with the U.S...