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EMC - Procurement Fraud/Education ($95.5 million)

A Constantine Cannon attorney represented two whistleblowers in a False Claims Act case alleging Education Management Corporation violated the recruiter incentive compensation ban, enrolling students regardless of whether they were suitable candidates.  In November 2015, the company agreed to pay $95.5 million to settle the action, the largest False Claims Act settlement to date involving the Department of Education.  The two whistleblowers (along with several others) received a whistleblower award of $11.3 million.  Read more -- Business Insider, DOJ, PR Newswire, CC.

Rose Cancer Center - Healthcare Fraud ($5.7 million)

Constantine Cannon represented a whistleblower in a False Claims Act case alleging Mississippi-based Rose Cancer Center used unqualified technicians performing bone marrow biopsies, diluted chemotherapy drugs, and falsified patient records to conceal the clinic’s fraudulent Medicare billings.  The physician who owned and ran the practice plead guilty to various Medicare fraud violations, forfeited $5.7 million, and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.  In August 2014, our client (along with three other whistleblowers) received a whistleblower award of $525,000 from the government's recovery.  Read more -- Clarion Ledger, CC.