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August 29, 2013
Conax Florida Corp. agreed to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that the company submitted false claims to the government for improperly tested inertia reels and non-conforming voltage references. Inertia reels are part of a system designed to secure aircrew members in the event of a crash. Voltage references are electronic parts used in water-activated parachute releases. Both devices are used by the U.S. military and NASA. The allegations were first raised in a qui tam lawsuit filed under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act. DOJAugust 28, 2013
RPM International Inc. and its subsidiary, Tremco Inc. paid $61M to resolve allegations that Tremco filed false claims in connection with two multiple award schedule contracts with the General Services Administration for roofing supplies and services. The allegations were first raised in a qui tam lawsuit filed under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act. DOJAugust 27, 2013
Imagimed LLC and the company’s former owners and chief radiologist agreed to pay $3.57M to resolve allegations that they submitted to federal healthcare programs false claims for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) services. The allegations were first raised in a qui tam lawsuit filed under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act. DOJAugust 22, 2013
ATI Enterprises Inc. will pay the government $3.7M to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it falsely certified compliance with federal student aid programs’ eligibility requirements and submitted claims for ineligible students. The allegations were first raised in a qui tam lawsuit filed under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act. DOJJanuary 21, 2016
The CFPB required Herbies Auto Sales to pay $800,000 for violating the Truth in Lending Act and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Financial Protection Act by unlawfully advertising a misleadingly low APR without disclosing hidden charges and requirements. CFPBJanuary 21, 2016
New York will receive $47 million in a settlement with CenterLight Healthcare and CenterLight Health System, resolving allegations that CenterLight Healthcare’s Select Medicaid Managed Long Term Care Plan fraudulently billed Medicaid for services they did not provide to more than 1,200 Medicaid recipients. Under the settlement, CenterLight Healthcare admitted that it enrolled Medicaid beneficiaries who were referred by social adult day care centers even though the beneficiaries were not eligible to receive managed long-term care under the plan, and that the centers were providing services that did not qualify for reimbursement under New York State Department of Health standards, or CenterLight’s contract with DOH. Whistleblower David Heisler will receive a yet-to-be-determined whistleblower award. NYWhistleblower News From The Inside — January 21, 2016
Posted 01/21/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Colorado pays prison whistleblower $280,000 ‒ Maureen O'Keefe, a former top statistician who filed a whistleblower complaint accusing Colorado prison officials of skewing figures about mentally ill and violent convicts, will receive more than $280,000. The Denver Post
Whistleblower cleared in Central African Republic sex abuse case – The United Nations’ internal justice...