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March 31, 2015

Germany-based Robert Bosch GmbH, the world’s largest independent auto parts supplier, agreed to plead guilty and pay a $57.8 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for spark plugs, oxygen sensors and starter motors sold to automobile and internal combustion engine manufacturers in the US and elsewhere.  DOJ

Tagged in: Bribery and Bid-Rigging,

March 31, 2015

Ohio-based Robinson Health System Inc. agreed to pay $10 million to settle claims it violated the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Statute by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians.  DOJ

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, FCA Federal, Hospital Fraud,

March 26, 2015

Ebrahim Shabudin, former Chief Operating Officer and Chief Credit Officer of United Commercial Bank, was convicted of securities fraud and other corporate fraud offenses stemming from the failure of the bank.  DOJ

Tagged in: Securities Fraud,

March 25, 2015

Thomas E. Jackson and Preston J. Harrison, operators of Ohio-based Imperial Integrated Health Research and Development LLC, were convicted of defrauding their company’s investors and diverting investors’ funds for their own personal use in connection with their sale of the sports energy drink OXYwater.  DOJ

Tagged in: Securities Fraud,

March 25, 2015

Schlumberger Oilfield Holdings Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Schlumberger Ltd., agreed to enter a guilty plea and pay a $232,708,356 penalty for violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by willfully facilitating illegal transactions and engaging in trade with Iran and Sudan.  Whistleblower Insider

Tagged in: Financial and Investment Fraud, Financial Institution Fraud,

March 24, 2015

MTU America Inc., a subsidiary of Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG, agreed to pay a $1.2 million penalty to settle charges it violated the Clean Air Act by failing to ensure its compliance with federal emission standards for its heavy-duty diesel non-road engines used in mining, marine and power generation vehicles and equipment.  DOJ

Tagged in: Environmental Fraud,

March 23, 2015

California-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Allianz SE, agreed to pay $44 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by issuing insurance policies that were ineligible under the US Department of Agriculture’s federal crop insurance program and falsifying documents in support of the improper issuances.  DOJ

Tagged in: Crop Insurance, FCA Federal,

March 23, 2015

Former principal vice president of Bechtel Corporation Asem Elgawhary was sentenced to 42 months in prison for accepting $5.2 million in kickbacks to manipulate the competitive bidding process for state-run power contracts in Egypt.  One of the power companies who supplied the bribes, Alstom S.A., pleaded guilty in December to violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.  DOJ

Tagged in: Bribery and Bid-Rigging, FCPA,

March 23, 2015

Michigan-based Portage Hospital, LLC agreed to pay $4,446,392 to settle allegations its hospital-owned home health care agency, Portage Health Home Care & Hospice, violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare for unnecessary or unwarranted physical therapy services.  DOJ

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Home Health and Hospice, Hospital Fraud, Lack of Medical Necessity,

March 20, 2015

A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted Hakop Gambaryan, owner of Colonial Medical Supply, of four counts of health care fraud in connection with a $3.3 million Medicare fraud scheme.  According to evidence presented at trial, Gambaryan paid cash kickbacks to medical clinics for fraudulent prescriptions for durable medical equipment, such as expensive power wheelchairs, which the patients did not need, and then used these fraudulent prescriptions to bill Medicare.  DOJ

Tagged in: Healthcare Fraud, Lack of Medical Necessity, Medical Devices and DME,

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