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U.S. Intervenes in Qui Tam Action Against AseraCare Hospice
The Justice Department announced that the United States has intervened in a qui tam lawsuit filed by whistleblowers Dawn Richardson and Marsha Brown against Golden Gate Ancillary LLC dba AseraCare Hospice (“AseraCare”) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. A qui tam action is a whistleblower lawsuit brought by… Read More »
Patient Exposes $150 Million Medicaid Fraud
Maxim Healthcare Services Inc. (“Maxim”), one of the nation’s largest providers of home healthcare services, has agreed to settle criminal and civil charges relating to a nationwide scheme to defraud Medicaid and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs of more than $61 million. To date, nine individuals, including two Florida residents, have pleaded guilty… Read More »
Maersk Line Whistleblower to Receive $3.6 Million From Qui Tam Settlement
Maersk Line Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Denmark-based A.P. Moller Maersk, has agreed to pay $31.9 million to settle a qui tam lawsuit initiated by whistleblower Jerry H. Brown II, a former industry insider, under the False Claims Act. A qui tam action is a whistleblower lawsuit brought by an individual as a “relator”… Read More »
Johnson and Johnson Settles Texas Qui Tam Action
Johnson and Johnson (“J&J”) has agreed to settle a Texas qui tam lawsuit brought by whistleblower Allen Jones for $158 million. The settlement ended the trial which had begun earlier this month. The qui tam complaint filed in 2004 alleged that J&J used false marketing practices in order to influence Medicaid officials to spend… Read More »
Boeing Settles Qui Tam Lawsuit
The Boeing Company (“Boeing”), one of the world’s largest aerospace companies, has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act relating to bills submitted to the United States Department of Defense (“DOD”) for the production and modification of Chinook helicopters. According to the Complaint, in 2003,… Read More »
Qui Tam Lawsuit Against New York City Settled for $70 Million
A qui tam action filed against New York City has settled for $70 million. A qui tam action is a whistleblower lawsuit brought by an individual as a “relator” on behalf of the federal government. The whistleblower lawsuit alleged that the New York City Human Resources Administration improperly overcharged the Federal Medicaid program for… Read More »
SEC Charges Stifel Nicolaus with Selling Fraudulent Investments to School District
The SEC has charged St. Louis-based brokerage firm Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. and a former senior executive with defrauding several Wisconsin school districts by selling them unsuitably risky and complex investments funded largely with borrowed money. The SEC is alleging that Stifel and Senior Vice President David W. Noack created a proprietary program to… Read More »