The United States has intervened in five lawsuits against Insys Therapeutics Inc., alleging violations of the False Claims Act in marketing of Subsys, an opioid painkiller manufactured and sold by Insys. Subsys is a sublingual spray form of fentanyl, a powerful, but highly addictive, opioid painkiller.Ā In 2012, Subsys...
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Category: False Claims Act
Toyobo Japanese fiber maker pays $55 Million to end False Claims Case over defective fiber in bullet proof vests
Toyobo Co. Ltd. of Japan and its American subsidiary, Toyobo U.S.A. Inc., f/k/a Toyobo America Inc. (collectively, Toyobo), have agreed to pay $66 million to resolve claims under the False Claims Act that they sold defective Zylon fiber used in bullet proof vests that the United States purchased for federal, state, local, and...
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Mattress company settles case for fraudulent statements about imports of mattresses from China
A California-based company Nectar Sleep has agreed to stop making false claims that its Chinese-made mattresses are assembled in the United States, under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
According to the FTC's complaint, Nectar Brand LLC claimed in promotional materials that its mattresses were "Designed and Assembled in USA," but in fact the...
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Cardiologist receives $6 million in False Claims Act Settlement
Pennsylvania cardiologist who sued his former colleagues and UPMC Hamot will receive $6 million as part of the $20.75 million whistleblower settlement.
According to GoEarie, Tullio Emanuele, M.D., claimed Hamot and the other defendant, Medicor Associates Inc., knowingly submitted claims to the Medicare and Medicaid programs that violated the AntiKickback Statute...
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FALSE CLAIMS ACT WHISTLEBLOWER CASES HALTING CHINESE PRODUCTS FROM ENTERING U.S. BY REVEALING TARIFF EVASION SCHEMES
By Jeffrey A. Newman
The United States customs authorities are well aware that thousands of Chinese and other foreign goods are being illegally shipped into the U.S. in ways designed to evade U.S. customs duties on such things as steel, honey, furniture, clothing, shrimp, catfish and much more. These products are being "transshipped" from China...
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INTENTIONAL VIOLATION OF “BUY AND HIRE AMERICAN LAWS”Ā RESULTING IN FALSE CLAIMS ACT CASES
BUY AND HIRE AMERICAN
Federal and State Governments are increasing enforcement of āBuy American Hire Americanā laws, in light of Executive Order 13788 issued in April 2017. Essentially every contractor and subcontractor on a federally funded project supplying construction materials must certify that the materials used are in compliance...
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Bassett Mirror Company pays $10.5 million to settle whistleblower False Claims case for evaded customs duties on goods from China
Bassett Mirror Company, has agreed to pay the United States $10.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly making false statements on customs declarations to avoid paying antidumping duties on wooden bedroom furniture imported from the Peopleās Republic of China (PRC), the Justice Department announced today.
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Kool Smiles dental clinics pay $23.9 million to settle whistleblower False Claims Act case of Medicaid fraud
Dental management company Benevis LLC (formerly known as NCDR LLC) and more than 130 of its affiliated Kool Smiles dental clinics for which Benevis provides business management and administrative services, will pay the United States and participating states a total of $23.9 million, plus interest, to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted false claims for...
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Healthcare Fraud Investigations Lead to $2.4 Billion in Recovered Funds
The Justice Department Nets Billions in 2017 Through Healthcare Fraud Cases
The Department of Justice announced that in 2017 it recovered $2.4 billion from federal healthcare fraud cases. According to Health Payer Intelligence, this total added up to well over half of all the money recovered by the DOJ fraud investigations.
Healthcare fraud...
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Kmart Corporation to Pay U.S. $32.3 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations for Overbilling Federal Health Programs for Generic Prescription Drugs
Kmart Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sears Holdings Corporation (SHC), has agreed to pay $32.3 million to the United States to settle allegations that in-store pharmacies in Kmart stores failed to report discounted prescription drug prices to Medicare Part D, Medicaid, and TRICARE.
The False Claims Act lawsuit, which was filed in 2008 by...
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