The Virginia Department of Social Services is paying the United States $7,150,436 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in its use of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Department of Justice announced today. SNAP was formerly known as the Food Stamp Program. Under SNAP, the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
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Category: False Claims Act
IRS whistleblower program awards skyrocket by 322% says IRS report
The IRS Whistleblower Office released its 2016 annual report and whistleblower awards have skyrocketed 322%. Last year, the Whistleblower Office made 418 awards, totaling about $61 million a 322% increase over the 99 awards paid in 2015. The number of claims were up too, about 6.4% since 2015.
The...
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United Shore Financial to pay $48 million for approving ineligible loans for FHA mortgage insurance
United Shore Financial Services LLC (USFS) has agreed to pay the United States $48 million to end allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly originating and underwriting mortgage loans insured by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Federal Housing Administration (FHA) that did not meet applicable requirements, the...
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Jury awards record $93 million verdict against Allied Capital for mortgage lending False Claims in its “shadow branches”
A federal court jury rendered a $100 million verdict against Allied Capital and bank principal Jim Hodge for violating U.S. laws in its mortgage lending operations. The federal Housing and Urban Development agency requires banks, mortgage companies, lenders…to have licensed offices, in the form of salaries, offices rents and other overhead as...
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Customs violations and False Claims Act whistleblower cases focus of President elect Trump administration
Whistleblower cases involving companies that submit false declarations to reduce or avoid customs duties are on the rise and penalties are skyrocketing. The False Claims Act allows a private citizen whistleblower with unique and primary information about customs fraud to take an action on behalf of the federal government. Whistleblowers are coming forward to...
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Hedge Fund branch sues Allergan and Forest Labs as whistleblower alleging false claims on high drug price due to invalid patent
An organization called Lower Drug Prices for Consumers has filed an interesting case against Allergan and Forest Labs involving Allergan/Forrest Labs U.S. Patent No. 6,545,040 that is listed in the FDA Orange Book as covering the drug Bystolic. The basic false claims argument is that the market price of Bystolic is high because of...
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Lifecare Centers of America False Claims Act case settles but amount unknown until Oct 31
Life Care Centers of America one of the nation's largest skilled nursing providers and the controversial topic of statistical sampling will end in a settlement, according to a brief filed Thursday.
The False Claims Act lawsuit against Life Care Centers of America, accused the company of providing unnecessary therapy services to maximize...
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Medical device maker Chief of Sales of Acclarant Inc. convicted by federal jury for distributing misbranded med devices
William Facteau, 47, and Patrick Fabian, 49,The former Chief Executive Officer and Vice President of Sales of Acclarent, Inc., a medical device company, were convicted by a Boston federal jury in connection with distributing adulterated and misbranded medical devices. The jury concluded that Facteau and Fabian caused the unlawful distribution of a medical...
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Uncle Sam sues DynCorp alleging overbloated and fraudulent invoices for training Iraqi police
The Department of Justice has filed a False Claims Act complaint against DynCorp International Inc. (DynCorp), a subsidiary of Delta Tucker Holdings Inc, alleging that it knowingly submitted inflated claims in connection with a State Department contract to train Iraqi police forces (CIVPOL contract), the Department of Justice announced today. The United States...
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Physical therapy company pays 7 million to Uncle Sam for Medicare Tricare fraud
Drayer Physical Therapy Institute, LLC (“Drayer”). Drayer has locations in South Carolina and 14 other states from Pennsylvania to Oklahoma is paying the Government $7 million to resolve allegations that it submitted invoices to Medicare, TRICARE, and Federal Employee Health Benefit Programs for services being provided to multiple patients simultaneously as though...
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