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DOJ Catch Of The Week -- Nashville Pharmacy Services

Posted 01/8/16

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to Nashville Pharmacy Services, LLC, and its majority owner Kevin Hartman. On Tuesday, Mr. Hartman and his Nashville-based pharmacy that specializes in dispensing HIV and AIDS-related medications agreed to pay up to $7.8 million to settle charges they overbilled Medicare and TennCare for pharmacy services. Click here...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, Drug and DME Pricing, FCA Federal, FCA State, Medical Billing Fraud, Pharma Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

Top-10 False Claims Act Kickback Recoveries For 2015

Posted 01/7/16

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Here is our look-back at the top-10 Department of Justice False Claims Act recoveries in 2015 for violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute and/or the Stark Law. 10. AA ADVANCED CARE -- Felix Gonzalez, owner of Miami home health care company AA Advanced Care, was ordered to pay $21.4 million in restitution (and sentenced to 113 months in prison) for billing Medicare...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, FCA Federal, Top 10,

In Their Own Words — Mead

Posted 01/7/16

-- “There has been testimony that we risk a situation where people ‘meet and plea’: They meet their lawyer in court and then accept a plea deal immediately.”

Deputy Chief Public Defender Rob Mead explaining how lack of funding at the Public Defender’s office can affect his department’s ability to represent clients.

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Whistleblower News From The Inside — January 7, 2016

Posted 01/7/16

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team India’s Supreme Court asks for whistleblower protections – The country’s most powerful court has asked the government to enact legislation or administrative mechanisms to protect whistleblowers. India Times Lobbyist seeks funding to limit fraud liability of for-profit colleges – Steve Gunderson, a former congressman turned lobbyist, is asking for $80,000 to pay...

Top-5 DOJ Environmental Fraud Settlements For 2015

Posted 01/6/16

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Here is our look-back at the top-5 DOJ settlements for environmental fraud or misconduct for 2015. 5. PECHINEY PLASTIC -- Pechiney Plastic Packaging Inc. agreed to pay roughly $29.5 million and perform cleanup work of about $62.5 million in connection with contaminated soil and groundwater at the Pohatcong Valley Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site in New...

Tagged in: Environmental Fraud, Top 10,

Top-10 DOJ Prison Sentences For Fraud In 2015

Posted 01/6/16

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Here is our look-back at the top-10 prison sentences secured by the Department of Justice for healthcare, financial and other types of fraud in 2015. 10. CHRISTOPHER CIAMPA -- The U.S. Army soldier stationed in Afghanistan was sentenced to 10 years for submitting fake Transportation Movement Requests (TMRs) for thousands of gallons of fuel that were neither...

Tagged in: Ponzi Schemes, Top 10,

In Their Own Words — Binney

Posted 01/6/16

--“Britain should not go further down this road and risk making the same mistakes as my country did, or they will end up perpetuating the loss of life.”

Former NSA security chief, William Binney, commenting on Britain’s proposal to expand its blanket surveillance programs, programs Mr. Binney believe inundate analysts with so much information that they overlook signs of imminent terrorist attacks.

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Whistleblower News From The Inside -- January 6, 2016

Posted 01/6/16

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Cancer whistleblower strikes again – George Karadsheh, the whistleblower who helped imprison Dr. Fardid Fata for treating cancer-free patients with chemotherapy, has filed another complaint with allegations against new defendants. The Detroit News Teenage Mutant Ninja Fraudsters? – A former vice president at Viacom has sued the company, claiming she faced retaliation...

Top-10 Prison Sentences For Medicare Fraud In 2015

Posted 01/5/16

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Here is our look-back at the top-10 prison sentences for Medicare fraud in 2015.

10. SYLVIA WALTER-EZE -- The former owner of medical equipment supply company Ezcor Medical Supply was sentenced to 97 months (and to pay roughly $2 million in restitution) for billing more than $3.5 million to Medicare and Medi-Cal for products not medically necessary and paying illegal...

Tagged in: Healthcare Fraud, Top 10,

In Their Own Words — Schubert

Posted 01/5/16

-- "Happy Manipulating!!!"

Takata airbag engineer, Bob Schubert, in an email referencing the results of company airbag tests, which was among the documents recently unsealed as part of a personal injury lawsuit against Takata. Click here for more.

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