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Whistleblower News From The Inside — October 19, 2015
Posted 10/19/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
United States Resolves $237 Million False Claims Act Judgment against South Carolina Hospital that Made Illegal Payments to Referring Physicians -- The Department of Justice announced today that it has resolved a $237 million judgment, secured after a trial in 2013, against Tuomey Healthcare System for illegally billing the Medicare program for services referred by physicians...
October 19, 2015
The CFTC filed a lawsuit against Igor B. Oystacher and his proprietary trading company, 3 Red Trading LLC, both of Chicago, Illinois, charging the defendants with spoofing and employment of a manipulative and deceptive device while trading futures on four different futures exchanges. CFTCOctober 15, 2015
Partner Mary Inman was quoted in the Al.com article, Jury finds hospice company filed false Medicare claims in 104 of 121 case, and the Modern Healthcare article, Hospice company AseraCare loses first round of False Claims trial.In Their Own Words — Inman
Posted 10/16/15
-- “The deck was definitely stacked against [the government] in this trial, in that the jury was only allowed to see such a narrow sliver of the evidence, and even with that sliver, the fact that they found that the overwhelming majority of claims were false is great.”
Mary Inman, a partner at Constantine Cannon, commenting on the jury’s findings in the AseraCare False Claims Act trial. Click here for more.DOJ Catch of the Week — Boeing
Posted 10/16/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to the Boeing Company. On Wednesday, the Chicago-based aerospace and defense industry giant agreed to pay $18 million to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for labor charges on maintenance contracts with the US Air Force. See DOJ Press Release.
According to the government,...
Whistleblower News From The Inside — October 16, 2015
Posted 10/16/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Hospice company AseraCare loses first round of False Claims trial -- A jury in Alabama delivered a blow to AseraCare on Thursday when it found 104 of 121 hospice claims were false or unsupported in a case seeking to determine whether the hospice provider admitted Medicare beneficiaries who were not eligible for end-of-life care, sending “a very strong signal to the for-profit...
Deflate-Gate Revisited: Court Strikes Down NFL Suspension of Tom Brady
Posted 10/15/15
By Tim McCormack and Gordon Schnell (Published in Huffington Post)
Sure, we have some resolution in the whole Deflategate scandal now that New York federal judge Richard Berman vacated the NFL's 4-game suspension of New England star quarterback Tom Brady. Brady -- largely redeemed, Hall-of-Fame legacy safe and sound. The NFL -- another legal smackdown, highlighting its rudderless direction and need for...
In Their Own Words -- NHS Whistleblower
Posted 10/15/15
-- “Taste disappears, appetite is gone. There is hair thinning and spasms in the voicebox. And all for nothing.”
NHS Whistleblower describing the effects of chemotherapy administered to patients who did not need it.Whistleblower News From The Inside -- October 15, 2015
Posted 10/15/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Mental Health Providers Plead Guilty in $70 Million Fraud Scheme – An owner, a clinical director, and a therapist pleaded guilty Wednesday for their roles in a health care fraud scheme involving three Miami-based mental health centers that purported to provide intensive mental health services to Medicare beneficiaries. From 2008 through 2010, the clinics billed Medicare for...