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.
Whistleblower Suit Against Lockheed Martin Leads to $29 Million Settlement
On February 6, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Lockheed Martin Corporation agreed to pay $29 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act through defective pricing on contracts for F-35 military aircraft. The settlement...
Nation’s Third Largest Clinical Laboratory Agrees to Pay Over $700,000 in False Claims Act Settlement
On January 17, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement of $704,249 between BioReference Health LLC, OPKO Health, Inc. (BioReference’s parent company,) and the United States, to resolve allegations of billing the government for unnecessary blood tests....
Whistleblower Receives More than $70k in LabCorp Settlement
On January 2, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Laboratory Corporation of America (LCA), Labcorp Tennessee, LLC (LCTN), and University Health System, Inc. (UHS) have paid $388,667 to settle False Claims Act charges that they allegedly prolonged the submission of...
Whistleblower Awarded $8.4 Million in Pfizer Settlement
On January 24, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Pfizer agreed to pay $59.7 million on behalf of its wholly-owned subsidiary Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. to settle allegations that Biohaven violated the False Claims Act through illegal...
Qui Tam Whistleblower Allegations of Kickbacks Result in $1.5 Million Settlement
On December 23, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia announced that an Arkansas-based drug wholesaler, BTW Solutions, LLC, agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations of violating federal laws in a case brought to light by...
False Claims Act Whistleblower Suit Results in $4 Million Settlement over PPP Fraud Allegations
On January 17, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan announced that Horn USA, Inc., a precision tool manufacturing company, agreed to pay $4 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by falsely obtaining...
Whistleblower Receives $2 Million for Exposing Alleged PPP Loan Fraud Scheme
On January 17, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that skilled nursing facilities chain Unified Care Services LLC (Unified Care), its affiliates and its owner agreed to pay $18 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims...
DOJ Reports a Record Number of Qui Tam Whistleblower Suits Were Filed in 2024
On January 15, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released Fiscal Year 2024 statistics for the False Claims Act. During FY 2024, settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act exceeded $2.9 billion. The False Claims Act’s qui tam whistleblower...
Bondi Affirms Support for False Claims Act’s Constitutionality
On January 15, Pam Bondi, President-elect Trump’s nomination to be the Attorney General of the United States, voiced her support for the constitutionality of the False Claims Act during her Senate confirmation hearing. The False Claims Act’s qui tam provisions,...
Qui Tam Provisions Are Constitutional, U.S. Government Claims in Brief
The U.S. federal government is urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to reverse a district court ruling which held that the False Claims Act’s qui tam whistleblower provisions are unconstitutional. In a brief filed on January...
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