Whistleblower News From The Inside -- May 9, 2017
Posted 05/9/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Kansas medical supplier to pay $1M to settle False Claims Act charges -- Pos-T-Vac, Inc. allegedly submitted claims to Medicare for male vacuum erection supplies that were not medically necessary, lacked documentation of medical necessity, and/or were not properly ordered by a physician. DOJ (KS)
Barclays CEO to face shareholders amid whistleblower scandal -- "Barclays CEO...
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Over the weekend 
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Genzyme Corporation Pays $5.885 Million To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations; Judgment Involving Cases Against Nine Other Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Certified As Final Judgment, Allowing Appeal -- Berger & Montague, P.C., joins co-counsel Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP in settling a whistleblower lawsuit against pharmaceutical manufacturer Genzyme Corporation for a total of $5.885...
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Last Friday, a federal judge sentenced former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett to more than four years in prison for her role in steering $23 million in city contracts in exchange for kickbacks. Byrd-Bennett—who earned a $250,000 annual salary and had multiple pensions from previous jobs—received more than $2 million for her role in the...
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This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to Import Merchandising Concepts L.P. On Monday, the Texas-based importer (and two affiliated individuals) agreed to pay $275,000 to settle charges of violating the 
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Spain's High Court is to question seven former executives from HSBC's Swiss private bank as part of an investigation into alleged money laundering and tax fraud triggered by tax information leaks from former employee turned whistleblower Herve Falciani.
The court said in a ruling that it had decided to widen the investigation to study the flow of funds from HSBC's Swiss...
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Former Military Sealift Command Contractor Charged with Bribery and Fraud -- A former contractor at the Military Sealift Command was indicted for his role in a bribery and fraud conspiracy from approximately 1999 to 2014, in which he allegedly received almost $3 million dollars in bribes in exchange for assisting a government contractor and his company in obtaining and expanding...
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A new corruption scandal breaking in the small island country of Malta threatens to bring down the governing administration. This past Monday, Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat 
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Kansas chiropractor settles FCA suit for $1M – Kansas chiropractor Brian Schnitta settled allegations he submitted false claims to Medicare based on medically-unnecessary chiropractic treatments he claimed were used to treat peripheral neuropathy. The claimed procedures included nerve conduction tests, nerve block injections, and ultrasound needle guidance.