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Constantine Cannon Partners Featured in LAW360 for Victory Against Sutter Health

Posted 06/7/24

Constantine Cannon partners Matthew L. Cantor, Jean Kim, James J. Kovacs, and J. Wyatt Fore were recognized as Law360’s “Legal Lions of the Week” for their Ninth Circuit appellate victory in ongoing antitrust litigation against Sutter Health. Read the full story here.

New York-Based Eye Doctor Who Unnecessarily Billed Medicare/Medicaid Patients Has Agreed to Pay Nearly $2.5M in Settlement

Posted 06/7/24

A recent settlement acknowledges the healthcare fraud allegations made against a New York-based ophthalmologist, Dr. Sheldon Rabin, and his practice. According to a press release issued by the Eastern District of New York and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rabin and his related entities have agreed to pay nearly $2.5 million to resolve claims of fraudulent billing practices involving Medicare and...

Texas Pharmacy Owner Sentenced for Illegal Kickbacks and Money Laundering in $59M Settlement

Posted 06/5/24

In a recent case of healthcare fraud, a pharmacy owner from Fort Worth, Texas, has been sentenced to four years and four months in prison and has been ordered to pay over $59 million in restitution for his role in an alleged illegal kickback and money laundering scheme. Specifically, the allegations of fraud involved TRICARE, the federal program that provides health insurance benefits to active and retired military...

In Their Own Words....RightToWarn.AI

Posted 06/5/24

“These risks [posed by Artificial Intelligence (‘AI’) technologies] range from the further entrenchment of existing inequalities, to manipulation and misinformation, to the loss of control of autonomous AI systems potentially resulting in human extinction. ... So long as there is no effective government oversight of these corporations, current and former employees are among the few people who can hold them...

CFTC Awards $4.5 Million to Whistleblower

Posted 06/4/24

Yesterday, June 3, 2024, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a $4.5 million award to a whistleblower who provided detailed information and assistance to the Division of Enforcement (DOE). Pursuant to agency practice, the DOE did not disclose the identity of the whistleblower or the associated enforcement action. The CFTC maintains strict confidentiality over its whistleblowers. The CFTC did...

Spinal Device Manufacturer Innovasis Inc. Agrees to $12M Settlement to Resolve Kickback Claims Alleging Illegal Payments and Gifts to Surgeons

Posted 06/4/24

In a recent legal development, spinal device manufacturer Innovasis Inc. along with two of its top executives, Brent Felix and Garth Felix, have agreed to pay $12 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act. A recent United States Department of Justice press release revealed that Innovasis Inc. allegedly provided improper kickback payments to spine surgeons to promote the use of...

Scoundrel Spotlight — Chang Goo Yoon

Posted 05/29/24

This week's Scoundrel in the Spotlight is Chang Goo Yoon, the former owner of several physical therapy clinics in the Greater Boston area. He was indicted in May 2021 and convicted in January 2024 of healthcare fraud following a seven-day jury trial. Yesterday (May 28), U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani sentenced Yoon to 27 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Judge Talwani also ordered...

NY Attorney General Secures Historically Large Settlement with Cryptocurrency Companies and Asks Whistleblowers to Come Forward

Posted 05/28/24

The Office of the New York Attorney General (“NYAG”) recently announced that it reached a settlement worth $2 billion with cryptocurrency firms Genesis Global Capital, LLC; Genesis Asia Pacific PTE, LTD.; and Genesis Global Holdco, LLC (collectively, “Genesis”). The settlement, which the press release reports to be “the largest against a cryptocurrency company in state history,” will “establish a victims...

DOJ CATCH OF THE WEEK — DANIEL HURT

Posted 05/28/24

This week's Department of Justice (DOJ) Catch of the Week goes to Florida medical lab owner Daniel Hurt and his companies Fountain Health Services, Verify Health, Landmark Diagnostics, First Choice Laboratory, and Sonoran Desert Pathology Associates. Last Friday (May 24), DOJ announced their agreement to pay roughly $27 million to settle charges they violated the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute by billing...

Busy Week For False Claims Act Enforcement

Posted 05/24/24

It was a busy week for Department of Justice (DOJ) fraud enforcement with the agency resolving several False Claims Act matters covering a wide range of fraud and misconduct. The False Claims Act was enacted during the Civil War to go after war profiteers trying to defraud the Union Army with lame mules, empty munitions, and the like. It has since become the government's primary fraud-fighting tool through which the...

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