According to the Department of Justice, five Russian nationals and three Syrian nationals, were indicted for conspiring to violate U.S. economic sanctions against Syria and Crimea, by sending jet fuel to Syria and making U.S. dollar wires to Syria and to sanctioned entities in Syria without receiving a license...
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Category: Whistleblower Cases
Prominent Harvard and MIT trained plastic surgeon alleged to engage in billing fraud
A prominent Harvard and MIT plastic surgeon from New York, Dr. Joseph Pober A Park us accused by the state of false billing practices. In a separate legal action, Cigna Insurance alleges that Pober "unlawfully" got $393,715 in reimbursements from the insurance company from October 2011 to March 2014, court papers allege. The company...
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Skilled nursing company Signature HealthCare pays $30 million to settle federal case charging Medicare and Medicaid fraud
Signature HealthCARE, LLC (Signature), will pay more than $30 million to settle cases based on Medicare and Medicaid fraud charges for giving patients more therapy than they needed, even if they were sick and could not tolerate the therapy sessions. Signature, which owns and operates approximately 115 skilled nursing facilities,has agreed to resolve allegations...
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Fitness guru calling himself Dr. Dave, registered as health care provider now faces sentence for fraud of $3.9 million
David Williams called himself Dr. Dave and claimed he served clients in Las Vegas, Denver, Orlando, Seattle and Tucson.
In reality, he is a fitness expert from Fort Worth, has been charged by federal authorities with fraudulently billing health insurance companies more than $25 million and billing for medical services while impersonating a certified healthcare...
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Most extra-virgin olive oil tested failed to meet international standards say researchers at U of California
University of California–Davis researchers who tested commercial olive oil in 2010 found that 69 percent of imported “extra-virgin” samples failed to meet international standards. Deoleo USA, the manufacturer of Bertolli olive oil, is accused of being one of the companies and has recently resolved a class action lawsuit paying $7 million and an...
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DOJ obtains $1 Billion settlement from Bank admitting to $90 million in bribes to Gaddafi-era libyan officials and LIBOR manipulation
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Société Générale S.A. (Société Générale), a global financial services institution Société Générale S.A. (Société Générale), and its wholly-owned subsidiary, here have agreed to pay a combined total penalty of more than $860 million to settle charges by U.S. authorities with criminal authorities concerning a multi-year scheme...
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SEC gets court order stopping activities of Titanium Blockchain
The US Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a court order stopping the activities of Titanium Blockchain Infrastructure Services (TBIS), a blockchain startup. The company had raised $21 million from both local and international investors. The SEC said that the court had approved an emergency freezing of the company's assets as well as...
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Boston private equity firm pays over $550,000 for improper classification of full time employees as interns
Search Fund Accelerator, a Boston private equity firm will pay more than $550,000 in restitution and penalties associated with wage law violations stemming from the improper classification of full-time employees as interns. In the settlement announced by Attorney General Maura T. Healey, the company agreed to make changes to its internship program, and 174...
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Marine support services pays $20 million to settle allegations of over billing U.S. Navy
Inchcape Shipping Services Holdings Limited, one of the world's largest providers of marine support services, will pay $20 Million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly overbilling the U.S. Navy under contracts for ship husbanding services, the Department of Justice announced today. The company provided goods and services to...
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Pfizer pays $23.85 million to settle kickbacks allegations of the Justice Department
Pfizer, Inc. has agreed to pay $23.85 million to settle charges that it used a foundation as a conduit to pay the copays of Medicare patients taking three Pfizer drugs, in violation of the False Claims Act, the Justice Department announced today. The government alleged that Pfizer used a foundation as a mechanism...
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