Full coverage of Medicare Part A benefits is said to be at risk within seven years as funding begins to run out. This could potentially lead to long-term effects that will be devastating to a large number of nursing homes and those who operate them, as well as the healthcare system as...
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Category: False Claims Act
Greenway Health LLC Electronic Health Records company pays $57.25 Million to settle False Claims Act case
Greenway Health LLC (Greenway), a Tampa, Florida-based developer of electronic health records (EHR) software, will pay $57.25 million to resolve allegations in a complaint filed by the United States under the False Claims Act alleging that Greenway caused its users to submit false claims to the government by misrepresenting the capabilities of...
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Department of Justice collects over $2.8 Billion from False Claims Act whistleblower cases in 2018
The Department of Justice collected more than $2.8 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2018, Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio and Assistant Attorney General Jody Hunt of the Department of Justice’s Civil Division announced...
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U.S. Customs finds Chinese aluminum makers cheating U.S. tariffs by changing true country of origin (China) and trans-shipping thru Malaysia
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has determined that Sun Bright International Corp. and Fair Importing Corp. two Chinese companies have evaded antidumping (AD) and countervailing duties (CVD) by importing aluminum extrusions into the U.S. from China by transshipment through Malaysia and mis-stating the true country of origin which was China.
CBP says it has...
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3 South Korean companies plead guilty and pay $236 million for bid rigging charges on fuel supply contracts to US Armed Forces
Three Companies Agree to Plead Guilty and Pay a Total of $236 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Damages South Korea-based companies SK Energy Co. Ltd., GS Caltex Corporation, and Hanjin Transportation Co. Ltd. have agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay criminal and civil fines for their involvement in...
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Northrop Grumman pays $27.45 million to end False Claims case alleging inflating hours and invoices on battlefield communications contracts
The Justice Department announced today that Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (NGSC) has agreed to settle civil allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. _3729, by overstating the number of hours its employees worked on two battlefield communications contracts with the United States Air Force. Under...
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Government files False Claims Act complaint against ophthalmologist supporting whistleblower
The government intervened and filed a complaint in a False Claims Act lawsuit against Aarti D. Pandya, M.D. a/k/a Arati D. Pandya, M.D., an ophthalmologist from Conyers, Georgia, and her practice Aarti D. Pandya, M.D., P.C. (“the Pandya Defendants”). The lawsuit alleges that the Pandya Defendants submitted false claims to Medicare for...
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U.S. imposed tariffs on China spikes major tariff evasion schemes according to customs with American businesses suffering major losses
According to an investigative report in the Wall Street Journal, the heavy tariffs imposed on Chinese goods has resulted in a large increase in tariff evasion schemes by Chinese companies seeking to sell their goods here. Customs officials, importers and shipping brokers say that the tariff increases are being countered by unscrupulous...
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Newly reported gene, mcr-1 imported from China in shrimp threatens last resort antibiotic colistin
A new gene is known as mcr-1 which can make bacteria resistant to colistin, a last-resort drug for some multidrug resistant infections-was first reported in China in November 2015 and in the United States in May 2016. The mcr-1 gene is on a plasmid, a small piece of DNA that is able to move...
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Defective Body Armor Company CEO Settles for $1.2 Million Under False Claims Act
The founder and former president of Second Chance Body Armor, Richard Davis, has agreed to settle with the government after a sale of defective bullet proof vests that lead to life-threatening situations. The vests were purchased for federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies. Under the False Claims Act, Davis will have to...
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