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Congressman Accuses Federal Investigators of Suppressing Safety Concerns at BP Offshore Oil Platform; New Life for False Claims Act Lawsuit?
Posted 12/4/14
By Jason Enzler
Congressman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) has accused government investigators of suppressing concerns about the safety of BP’s Atlantis oil drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico. According to a letter sent to the Secretary for the Department of the Interior, Congressman Grijalva claims that the agency’s Bureau of Ocean Energy and Management, Regulation, and Enforcement “mislead” Congress and...
December 3, 2014
PaymentsMD, LLC settled FTC charges alleging they misled thousands of consumers who signed up for an online billing portal by failing to adequately inform them that the company would seek highly detailed medical information from pharmacies, medical labs and insurance companies. The FTC alleges the companies used the sign-up process for a “Patient Portal” — where consumers could view their billing history — as a pathway to deceptively seek consumers’ consent to obtain detailed medical information about the consumers to create patient profiles. FTCWhistleblower News from the Inside - December 3, 2014
Posted 12/3/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Takita vehicular airbag hearing – Witnesses testified before Congress today about the defective airbags that have led to millions of recalled vehicles in past weeks. C-Span
False Claims Act lawsuit alleges violation of Buy America Act – Maryland contractor Masonry Solutions International is fighting efforts by a whistleblower to discover whether it used foreign sourced...
In Their Own Words - Markey
Posted 12/3/14
-- “Every single one of these Takata airbags could be a ticking time bomb.”
Senator Ed Markey commenting during a Congressional hearing on the defective airbags that have led to millions of vehicle recalls and have been attributed as the cause of several deaths and injuries.December 3, 2014
The CFTC ordered Christopher A. Engel and Pinnacle Forex Group LLC, both of Glen Rock, Pennsylvania, jointly to pay a $414,000 civil monetary penalty and restitution totaling $405,378 to defrauded customers for committing fraud and misappropriation in connection with operating a commodity pool that traded leveraged or margined off-exchange foreign currency contracts. CFTCDecember 2, 2014
Durable medical equipment supplier Regional Home Care, Inc., which does business as North Atlantic Medical Services, will pay a total of $852,378 to federal and state authorities for its violation of the False Claims Act by billing Medicare and Medicaid for unlicensed services for the treatment of respiratory ailments, such as oxygen deficiency and sleep apnea. MAMonthly Roundup -- November 2014
Posted 12/2/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Here is our look-back at the key whistleblower and fraud developments we have written about over the past month:
FEATURED POSTS AND COMMENTARY
This month’s featured posts and commentary included: DOJ Reports Continued Surge in False Claims Act Recoveries Prompted by Whistleblowers (here); SEC Releases Whistleblower Report for 2014: The Best Year Yet (here); Fifth Circuit Rules...
Whistleblower News from the Inside - December 2, 2014
Posted 12/2/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Car seat maker under investigation for delayed reporting of defect -- Federal safety regulators open investigation into whether Graco Children’s Products delayed reporting a safety defect that eventually led to the nation’s largest recall of children’s car seats. NYT
Maricopa County Community College District settles whistleblower suit -- The operator of community...
In Their Own Words - Carlee
Posted 12/2/14