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February 18, 2014
Vector Planning and Service Inc. (VPSI) has agreed to pay the government $6.5 million to settle False Claim Act allegations that the company inflated claims for payments under several Navy contracts, the Justice Department announced today.
VPSI, an information technology and systems engineering firm, has a number of contracts with the U.S. Navy to provide information...
Contract Fraud, False Claims Act, Government Contract, qui tam lawsuit, Vector Planning and Services Inc., Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
February 14, 2014
MPRI Inc. has agreed to pay $3.2 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it submitted false labor charges on a contract to support the Army in Afghanistan, the Justice Department announced earlier this week.
MPRI allegedly billed for employees who had been granted leave and were out of the country and were thus not working. Under its contract with...
Contract Fraud, False Claims Act, MPRI Inc., qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
February 10, 2014
A lawsuit against StarKist’s parent company, Dongwon Industries (Dongwon), has been filed under the False Claims Act for making false statements to secure vessel certification and fishing licenses, Undercurrent News announced last week.
Allegedly, Dongwon knowingly submitted false information to obtain documentation allowing two Korean owned companies, Majestic Blue and...
Dongwon Industries, False Claims Act, Fraud, liscences, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
February 5, 2014
JPMorgan Chase (JPMC) will pay $614 million for violating the False Claims Act by knowingly originating and underwriting non-compliant mortgage loans submitted for insurance coverage and guarantees, the Department of Justice announced yesterday.
JPMC admitted that, for more than a decade, it approved thousands of Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans and hundreds of...
January 31, 2014
Prime Healthcare Services Inc. (PHS) is being sued by an employee whistleblower, Karin Berntsen, for allegations under the False Claims Act that they knowingly falsified patients’ admission information, Law360 announced earlier this month.
PHS allegedly directed hospital staff to falsify patients’ diagnoses in order to charge the highest amount to Medicare and...
False Claims Act, Medicaid, Medicaid Fraud, Medicare, Medicare Fraud, Prime Healthcare Services Inc., qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
January 29, 2014
Saint Joseph Health System, Inc. has agreed to pay the U.S. Government $16.5 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that they submitted false or fraudulent claims to the Medicare and Kentucky Medicaid programs for a variety of medically unnecessary heart procedures, the Justice Department announced today.
Several doctors working at the Saint Joseph London...
False Claims Act, Medicaid, Medicare Fraud, qui tam lawsuit, Saint Joseph, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
January 27, 2014
Two orthopedic clinics, Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinics P.C. and Appalachian Orthopaedic Clinics P.C., will pay a combined $1.85 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that they knowingly billed state and federal health care programs for re-imported osteoarthritis medications, known as viscosupplements, the Department of Justice announced last week. ...
False Claims Act, Medicaid Fraud, Medicare Fraud, orthopedic clinics, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
January 16, 2014
New York City (NYC) has agreed to pay $1.37 million to resolve allegations that the city’s Department of Education (DOE) violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicaid, the Department of Justice announced earlier this week.
Medicaid pays DOE a flat fee of $223 for each student to whom DOE provides at least two psychological counseling sessions in a...
January 24, 2014
The government has filed a complaint against Kellogg, Brown & Root Services Inc. (KBR) and Kuwaiti companies La Nouvelle General Trading & Contracting Co. (La Nouvelle) and First Kuwaiti Trading Co. (First Kuwaiti) for submitting false claims in connection with KBR’s contract with the Army to provide logistical support in Iraq, the Department of Justice...
Contract Fraud, False Claims Act, Iraq, KBR, qui tam lawsuit, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
January 23, 2014
General Electric Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC (GE Hitachi) has agreed to pay $2.7 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it made false statements and claims to the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) concerning an advanced nuclear reactor design, the Department of Justice announced today.
GE Hitachi allegedly...
False Claims Act, G.E., Hitachi Nuclear, qui tam lawsuit, steam dryer, Whistleblower Act, whistleblower attorneys
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