San Francisco, Californian qui tam lawyers represented the United States in a False Claims Action. Reported by Kent Morlan Arthur R. Jahr III, Elbert G. Bowers, Susan V. Andrews, Archie R. Jackson, Anthony Smith, Donald K. Wadsworth, and Robert McLean, former employees and contractors

Dallas, Texas, qui tam lawyers represented the United States of America on a False Claims Act violation theory. Digested by: Kent Morlan Magnolia Diagnostics, a clinical laboratory based in Dallas, Texas, and its owners, John Bains and Kelly Bains, billed Medicare for medically unneces

Tulsa, Oklahoma, qui tam lawyers represented the United States of America on a False Claims Act violation. Under the Federal False Claims Act, private individuals act as qui tam, “whistleblowers,” and may bring lawsuits against entities that have committed fraud against the government. A qui tam Civil Complaint was filed by GNGH2, Inc. in December 2024, alleging that Speridian Technologies

San Francisco, California, qui tam lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a violation of the False Claims Act. Reported by Kent Morlan Circle Medical Care of California operates an online telehealth platform through which it offers mental health treatment and primary care medical service

Beaumont, Texas, civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a qui tam action claiming that the Defendants violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by causing the submission of false or invalid diagnosis codes to the Medicare Advantage program. Reported by Kent Morlan The United`

Charlotte, North Carolina civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on behalf of the United States on a qui tam theory. Reported by Kent Morlan GNGH2 Inc. sued Vsoft Corporation claiming that it misrepresented that it was a small business with less than 3

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with illegally importing 27 protected parrots and parakeets in a modified spare tire in the trunk of a car. Reported by Kent Morlan Sydney Johnson, age 27, of Santee and Brandon Marion, age 38, of Temecula tried to sneak 11 orange-fronted parakeets (Eupsittula canicularis) and 16 white-fronted Amazon parrots

Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with international parental kidnapping. Reported by Kent Morlan Hao Qiu, age 39, a citizen of China, has three children with a United States citizen who resided in Fayette County. Qiu and the children’s mother negotiated an agreement, through their attorneys in a custody case, for Qiu to drive the children on a

Chattanooga, Tennessee commercial litigation qui tam lawyer represented the the Plaintiff who sued on a false claims act violation theory. Echelon Fitness Multimedia, LLC (Echelon), a Chattanooga, Tennessee-based company that sells connected fitness equipment, such as smart bikes, treadmills, and rowers and provides digital memberships that offer live and on-demand classes, sued on a False Cla

Atlanta, Georgia commercial litigation lawyers represented Advanced Urology, Inc. and Dr. Jitesh Patel accused of violation the False Claims Act by billing Medicare and Medicaid for services that were either unnecessary or never performed. The government’s investigation began after a former Advanced Urology employee filed a whistleblower complaint alleging that Advanced Urology performed unn

Phoenix, Arizona, qui tam lawyers represented the United States on a whistle blower claim. Tri-City Cardiology, P.C., and Dr. Jaskamal Kahlon, Dr. Joshua D. Cohen, and Dr. M. Joshua Berkowitz were accused of violating the the False Claims Act by performing medically unnecessary vein ablations “Paying for unnecessary medical procedures reduces federal programs’ capacity to pay for truly

Detroit, Michigan, qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a whistleblower claim. Team Rehabilitation Services, LLC (“Team Rehab”), operates approximately 140 physical therapy clinics in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Georgia, agreed to pay $4,969,494 to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for payment for physical therapy serv

Lexington, Kentucky, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a qui tam (whistleblower) claim. Segepo-FSM, Inc. was accused of falsely certifying it was eligible to apply for and receive forgiveness of its $503,900 second-draw PPP loan. Segepo-FSM, Inc. stated that it had fewer than 300 employees in its application. At the time of its loan and forgiveness applications, Segepo

Providence, Rhode Island, quit tam lawyers represented the Defendant accused of r participating in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud, securities fraud, mail fraud, and other violations. In the Statement of Facts included in the NPA, Zynex also admits the following: Zynex fraudulently obtained millions of dollars from government and private health care payors and patients by subm

Charlotte, North Carolina, qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a False Claims Act violation theory. The United States filed its complaint-in-intervention in December 2023 alleging that Insect Shield LLC, located in North Carolina, and the Estate of Richard Lane, a co-founder and co-owner of Insect Shield, a subcontractor to multiple defense contractors who manufacture Army unif

Atlanta, Georgia, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of using medical assistants to perform infusion services in violation of Georgia law and submitted claims for those services to Medicare in violation of the False Claims Act. “Physicians who disrega

Muskogee, Oklahoma, qui tam lawyers represented the Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act. From 2021 to 2024, Traditions Health, LLC, of McAlester, Oklahoma, submitted claims to Medicare from its McAlester, Oklahoma, location for home health services that were not medically necessary. It also resolves claims that, between 2019 and 2024, Traditions paid remuneration to physician-me

Wilmington, Delaware, qui tam lawyers Brian Farnan and Mike Farnan represented the Plaintiff who sue on a False Claims Act fraud theory. Semblex Corporation, a Delaware corporation,improperly obtained a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) for which it was not eligible. Semblex engineers and manufactures advanced cold-formed fas

San Francisco, California, qui tam lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendant on a False Claims Act violation theory. Under the Medicare Advantage (MA) Program, also known as Medicare Part C, Medicare beneficiaries may opt out of traditional Medicare and enroll in private health plans offered by insurance companies known as Medicare Advantage Organizations, or MAOs. The Centers f

Wilmington, Delaware, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of improperly obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) for which it was not eligible. PPP was an emergency loan program established by Congress in March 2020 under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act and adm

New York, New York commercial litigation lawyer represented the plaintiff on a qui tam claim. NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN HUDSON VALLEY HOSPITAL (“NYPHV”), which, prior to 2015, was known as Hudson Valley Hospital Center (“Hudson Valley”). The settlement resolves allegations that NYPHV improperly paid millions of dollars to a Westchester-based oncology practice (the “Oncology Practice”

Boston, Massachusetts, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act by obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan for which it was not eligible. Congress enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) on March 29, 2020, to provide emergency financial assistance to the millions of Americans who were sufferi

Milwuakee, Wisconsin qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sue on a False Claims Act Violation theory. The Greenland USA Entities own and develop real estate projects and are part of a large multinational corporation ultimately owned by the Greenland Holding Group Company Limited, a Chinese company with tens of thousands of employees worldwide. In applying for their PPP loans, the Gr

Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the False Claims Act. Ceratizit USA LLC (Ceratizit), a Charlotte, North Carolina-based distributor of tungsten carbide products, has agreed to pay $54.4 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly and improperly failing to pay duties owed on tungsten carbide product

Austin, Texas, qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a False Claims Act fraud claim. Dr. Mark Malone, Advanced Pain Care, and related entities have agreed to pay the United States and the State of Texas $13,625,000 to resolve allegations they submitted false claims for urine drug testing to federal and state healthcare programs. The United States will receive $13,590,544.88 and Texas will