False Claims-Qui Tam
Read the breaking stories of fraud against government, federal programs and contracts, and about recent qui tam actions, government interventions and legislative developments.
Grassley And Colleagues Introduce FCA Materiality Amendments
On July 26, a bipartisan group of senators, led by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), introduced legislation that would close loopholes in the False Claims Act, the U.S.’s most powerful anti-fraud law. The False Claims Amendments Act of 2021 takes aim...
St. Jude Medical To Pay $27 Million, Resolving FCA Allegations Of Selling Defective Implantable Defibrillators
St. Jude Medical Inc. (St. Jude) has agreed to pay $27 million to resolve whistleblower allegations that it knowingly sold defective heart devices, many of which were implanted into patients, according to a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) press release....
Ohio Hospital System To Pay $21.25 Million To Resolve Whistleblower Allegations Of Kickback Scheme
An Ohio-based hospital system, Akron General Health System (AGHS), has agreed to pay $21.25 million to resolve whistleblower claims that they violated the Anti-Kickback Statute of the False Claims Act. Beverly Brouse, the former Director of Internal Audit at AGHS,...
Florida Surgical Companies To Pay $3.4 Million To Resolve FCA Whistleblower Allegations
Two Florida surgical companies have agreed to pay $3.4 million to settle whistleblower claims of involvement in a kickback scheme that incentivized medically unnecessary kidney stone treatment procedures. Surgical Care Affiliates, LLC (SCA) and Orlando Center for Outpatient Surgery, LP...
AstraZeneca Whistleblower To Receive $2.4 Million For Damages And Lost Wages
On June 22, a federal jury awarded AstraZeneca whistleblower Suzanne Ivie over $2.4 million in back pay and noneconomic damages as compensation for alleged whistleblower retaliation. Ivie alleged that she was retaliated against and then wrongfully terminated by AstraZeneca after...
Nursing Company To Pay $11.2 Million To Resolve FCA Claims Of Substandard Nursing Services, Unnecessary Care
SavaSeniorCare LLC (Sava), a Georgia-based nursing home operating company, has agreed to pay the federal government $11.2 million to settle whistleblower allegations of “medically unnecessary rehabilitation therapy services and grossly substandard skilled nursing services,” according to a U.S. Department of...
Contractor To Pay $1.12 Million To Settle FCA Claims Of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Fraud
A Virginia-based government contractor has agreed to pay $1.12 million for alleged violations of the False Claims Act, according to a June 4 U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) press release. The contractor, 360 Patriot Enterprises, LLC (360 Patriot), is the...
Supreme Court Decision in Computer Access Case a Win for Whistleblowers
On June 3, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in the case of Van Buren v. United States. The 6-3 decision greatly limits the scope of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 (CFAA). The decision means that...
Defense Manufacturing Company To Pay $50 Million To Resolve Allegations Of Contract Price Inflation
Navistar Defense LLC (Navistar), a manufacturer of military vehicles, has agreed to pay the U.S. government $50 million to resolve allegations that Navistar used falsified documents to induce the U.S. Marine Corps to buy Navistar products at artificially inflated prices....
Health Care System to Pay $2.7 Million to Settle Whistleblower’s FCA Allegations
Upper Allegheny Health System (UAHS), a health care system which operates dental clinics in Southern New York and Pennsylvania, is to pay $2.7 million dollars to resolve federal and state False Claims Act (FCA) allegations, the U.S. Department of Justice...
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