Las Vegas, NV - Reno Geothermal Power Plant Operator Enters Into $5.5 Million Settlement With DOJ Over Grant Fraud Allegations

Several Reno companies that operate geothermal power plants in Nevada, California, Hawaii and elsewhere, have agreed to pay the United States $5.5 million to resolve civil fraud allegations that they unlawfully applied for and received millions in federal clean en... More...   $5500000 (10-31-2016 - NV)

Phoenix, AZ - Yavapai Regional Medical Center to Pay $5.85 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations

Yavapai Regional Medical Center (Yavapai), an Arizona not-for-profit community health system, has agreed to pay the United States $5.85 million to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by misreporting data about the hours worked by its employees on its annual cost reports,... More...   $5850000 (10-15-2016 - AZ)

San Antonio, TX - Illinois Furniture Importer and Manager Agree to Pay $1,525,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Under Civil Settlement with United States

Daniel Scott Goldman and his companies, Ecologic Industries LLC and OMNI SCM LLC will collectively pay $1,525,000 under a civil settlement with the United States Department of Justice. The settlement resolves a lawsuit brought... More...   $0 (10-02-2016 - TX)

Appellant Tam Kimberly Nguyen pled guilty to committing criminal
mischief, causing pecuniary loss of more than $1,500 but less than $20,000.2
The trial court found her guilty, ordered a presentence investigation report (PSI),
and, after a hearing, sentenced her to one year’s incarceration in state jail.
Sentencing occurred on J... More...   $0 (09-11-2016 - TX)

Los Angeles, CA - L.A. Nursing Home, Two Physicians Pay over $3.5 Million to Resolve Allegations They Participated in Illegal Patient-Transfer Scheme

A Los Angeles nursing home and two physicians who worked at the facility have paid $3,563,140 to resolve civil allegations that they participated in a scheme to improperly transfer patients recruited from the “Skid Row” district to a hospita... More...   $3500000 (09-10-2016 - )

New York, NY - Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces $2.95 Million Settlement With Hospital Group For Improperly Delaying Repayment Of Medicaid Funds

Continuum Admits That It Did Not Fully Reimburse Medicaid For Erroneously Billed Claims For Over Two Years

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Scott J. Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the... More...   $29500000 (08-25-2016 - NY)

Philadelphia, PA - Doctors and Medical Facilities in Lehigh Valley Pay $690,441 to Resolve Healthcare Fraud Allegations

Dr. Yasin Khan, Dr. Elizabeth Khan, Dr. Dong Ko, Westfield Hospital and affiliated entities including a related pain clinic, Lehigh Valley Pain Management, have agreed to pay $690,441 to the federal government to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Ac... More...   $690441 (08-17-2016 - PA)

Los Angeles, CA - Information Technology Companies to Pay $5.8 Million for Misrepresentations Relating to Small Business Status and Contract Fee Payments

En Pointe Gov. Inc., En Pointe Technologies Inc., En Pointe Technologies Sales Inc., Dominguez East Holdings LLC and Din Global Corp., all of Gardena, California, have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Ac... More...   $5800000 (07-06-2016 - CA)

Orlando, FL - Florida Cardiologist and His Practice Pay Millions and Agree to Three Years of Exclusion to Resolve Alleged False Billings for Unnecessary Procedures and Illegal Kickbacks

An Ocala, Florida, cardiologist, Dr. Asad Qamar, and his practice, the Institute of Cardiovascular Excellence (ICE), will pay $2 million, plus release any claim to $5.3 million in suspended Medicare funds... More...   $0 (07-04-2016 - FL)

Defendant Binh Thach appeals from the dismissal of his
petition for post-conviction relief (PCR) following an
evidentiary hearing. He contends his plea counsel was
constitutionally deficient by failing to discover readily
available medical records suggesting defendant suffered from a
serious mental condition at the time he committed his crimes and
by failing to secur... More...   $0 (06-30-2016 - NJ)

Appellant and relator Anthony Oliver brings this qui tam action alleging that Appellee Philip Morris USA violated the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733 (2006),1 by charging the Navy Exchange Service Command (“NEXCOM”) and the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (“AAFES”) prices for cigarettes that violated the terms of their contracts. The District Court concluded that it lacked ju... More...   $0 (06-22-2016 - DC)

San Francisco, CA - Pharmaceutical Companies To Pay $67 Million To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating To Tarceva

Pharmaceutical companies Genentech, Inc. and OSI Pharmaceuticals, LLC will pay $67 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that Genentech and OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. made misleading statements about the effectiveness of the drug Tarceva to treat non-small c... More...   $67000000 (06-07-2016 - CA)

California, CA - Glendale Man Who Stole and Distributed Trade Secrets Belonging to Former Employer Sentenced to One Year in Federal Prison

An electrical engineer from Glendale who was found guilty of violating the Economic Espionage Act for stealing and distributing trade secrets belonging to his former employer was sentenced to federal prison.

Derek Wai Hung Tam Sing, ... More...   $0 (06-06-2016 - CA)

San Diego, CA - Harper Construction Pays $5.4 Million to Resolve Allegations of Defrauding the United States

Harper Construction Company, Inc. has paid $5.4 million to the United States to resolve allegations that it fraudulently billed the government for work on multiple projects on military bases. It was alleged that Harper knowingly used sham small disadvantaged businesses and then fa... More...   $5400000 (06-06-2016 - CA)

This case arises in the context of the post-financial-crisis restructuring of the Full Spectrum Lending Division (“FSL”) of Countrywide Home Loans. Prior to the events at issue in this case, FSL had been the subprime lending division of Countrywide; after the collapse of the subprime market in 2007, Countrywide undertook a transformation of FSL into a prime origination division with the goal of se... More...   $0 (05-30-2016 - )

Nashville, TN - Construction Company Settles Allegations Of Fraud Involving A Disadvantaged Business Enterprise

Mountain States Contractors, LLC, an affiliated company of Jones Brothers agreed to pay the United States more than $2,250,000 to settle False Claims Act (“FCA”) allegations. The settlement resolves a civil investigation of Mountain States and affiliated companies for submittin... More...   $2500000 (05-16-2016 - TN)

Portland, OR - United States Recovers over $8 Million in False Claims Act Settlements for Fraud Against the VA and Medicare

Holiday Acquisition Corp. and Fortress Investment Group, LLC (collectively Holiday) agreed to pay $8.86 million to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations for submitting false claims to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to qualify veterans or ... More...   $8000000 (05-09-2016 - OR)

Portland, OR - United States Recovers over $8 Million in False Claims Act Settlements for Fraud Against the VA and Medicare

Holiday Acquisition Corp. and Fortress Investment Group, LLC (collectively Holiday) agreed to pay $8.86 million to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations for submitting false claims to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to qualify veterans or ... More...   $8000000 (05-05-2016 - OR)

Seattle, WA - California Company Settles Allegations It Underpaid Import Fees

A California-based corporation that imports sportswear for sale to various wholesale customers will pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it underpaid the import duties on shipments from 2010 to 2014. Winds Enterprises, Inc. is the California division of Winds Enterprises, Ltd.... More...   $0 (04-19-2016 - WA)

Miami, FL - Florida Pain Medicine and its Owners Agree to Pay Over One Million Dollars to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

Florida Pain Medicine Associates, Inc. (Florida Pain Medicine) and its owners, Drs. Bart Gatz, Alexis Renta, and Albert Rodriguez have agreed to pay $1.1 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare for medically unnec... More...   $1100000 (04-15-2016 - FL)

Columbia, SC - Respironics to Pay $34.8 Million for Allegedly Causing False Claims to Medicare, Medicaid and Tricare Related to the Sale of Masks Designed to Treat Sleep Apnea

Respironics Inc., based in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay $34.8 million to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations for paying kickbacks in the form of free call center services to durable medical e... More...   $35740000 (03-26-2016 - SC)

Billings, MT - Billings Hospital One of 51 Hospitals Nationwide to Pay More Than $23 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Related to Implantation of Cardiac Devices

The Department of Justice announced that it has reached settlements with 51 hospitals in 15 states for more than $23 million related to cardiac devices that were implanted in Medicare patients in violation of Medica... More...   $23000000 (02-20-2016 - MT)

In reviewing the district court's summary judgment
determination that no rational jury could find that Hamrick's
whistleblowing activity was the cause of his termination, we
"consider[] the record and all reasonable inferences therefrom in
the light most favorable" to Hamrick. Soto-Feliciano v. Villa
Cofresí Hotels, Inc., 779 F.3d 19, 22 (1st Cir. 2015) (alteration
i... More...   $0 (02-18-2016 - MA)

Los Angeles, CA - Glendale Man Found Guilty of 32 Counts of Stealing and Distributing Avionics Trade Secrets Belonging to Former Employer

An electrical engineer from Glendale has been convicted of 32 counts of violating the Economic Espionage Act for stealing trade secrets belonging to his former employer – a Pasadena-based aircraft avionics company – and distributing the proprietary mate... More...   $0 (01-06-2016 - CA)

Nashville, TN - Pharmacy Company and Owner Settle False Claims Act Lawsuit

Nashville Pharmacy Services, LLC, and its majority owner Kevin Hartman have agreed to pay up to $7.8 million to settle allegations that they overbilled Medicare and TennCare for pharmacy services, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Nashville Pharmacy Services’ primary locat... More...   $8300000 (01-05-2016 - TN)