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DOJ Enforcement Actions

					
The Department of Justice is the principal federal agency authorized to enforce the laws and defend the interests of the United States. As such, it oversees the enforcement of the False Claims Act, the foundation of the American whistleblower system, as well as numerous other laws.


The agency traces its origins to the Judiciary Act of 1789 which created the Office of the Attorney General, and the 1870 Act to Establish the Department of Justice, which established the agency as “an executive department of the government of the United States” with the Attorney General as its head.


The agency is comprised of numerous divisions with the Civil Division and in some instances, the Criminal Division, overseeing investigations and prosecutions under the False Claims Act. The U.S. Attorneys Office of the federal district where the False Claims Act case is filed also plays a key role in False Claims Act enforcement.


Below are summaries of recent DOJ settlements or successful resolutions under the False Claims Act as well as other successful prosecutions for fraud and misconduct. If you believe you have information about fraud which could give  rise to a claim for a whistleblower reward, please contact us to speak with one of our experienced whistleblower attorneys.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
December 12, 2022

				 Medical device manufacturer Coloplast will pay $14.5 million to resolve claims that in its contracts with the Department of Veteran’s Affairs the company overcharged the government and submitted false claims.  Coloplast self-disclosed to the government that in violation of the Trade Agreements Act it misreported country of origin and sold products from non-designated countries, and, in violation of applicable Price Reduction Clauses, failed to provide the government with required discounts.  USAO DC				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Drug and DME Pricing, 
													  Government Procurement Fraud, 
													  Medical Devices and DME, 
													  Pricing Fraud, 
													  Trade Agreements, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
December 9, 2022

				 White Glove Community Care, Inc., a home health agency in Brooklyn, has agreed to pay $1.2 million to the New York Medicaid program and return $2 million in unpaid wages to current and former employees, following a whistleblower’s lawsuit under the state and federal False Claims Acts.  A joint investigation by the NY AG and EDNY found that between 2012 and 2018, White Glove failed to pay its home health and personal care aides wages and benefits owed to them under the state’s Wage Parity Act, yet sought and received funds from the state’s Medicaid program for the full wages and benefits owed.  AG NY; USAO EDNY				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  FCA Federal, 
													  FCA State, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Home Health and Hospice, 
													  Medicaid, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
December 7, 2022

				 Dignity Health and the Tenet Healthcare hospitals Twin Cities Community Hospital and Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center will pay a total of $22.5 million to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims to Medi-Cal in connection with the ACA’s Medicaid Adult Expansion program.  The defendants, who contracted with Medi-Cal, agreed to provide healthcare services to this newly-insured population and return surplus funds if they did not spend at least 85% of the specified funds on eligible services.  The government alleged that the hospitals falsely billed for “Enhanced Services,” which allowed them to overstate AE spending, including by billing for services that were duplicative of services already required. The settlements resolve claims brought in a whistleblower action by Julio Bordas, who previously served as a Medical Director for CenCal Health, the County Organized Health System through which Medi-Cal contracted with the hospitals. Bordas will receive $3.9 million as his share of the federal recovery.  DOJ; USAO CD Cal; CA				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  FCA Federal, 
													  FCA State, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Hospital Fraud, 
													  Medicaid, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
December 5, 2022

				 An opioid abuse treatment facility in New Jersey has agreed to pay $3.15 million and enter into a three-year deferred prosecution agreement to resolve criminal and civil charges relating to alleged violations of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute.  Between 2009 and 2015, Camden Treatment Associates LLC (CTA) allegedly received kickbacks from a related company in exchange for exclusive orders of CTA’s methadone mixing services.  CTA then allegedly submitted false claims to Medicaid and obstructed a Medicaid contractor’s attempt to audit those claims in 2016 by falsifying patient records.  USAO NJ				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Anti-Kickback and Stark, 
													  Criminal Proceedings, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Medicaid, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
December 2, 2022

				 Global technology company ABB Ltd. will pay over $315 million for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Between 2014 and 2017, ABB paid bribes to Eskom Holdings Limited, a South African state-owned and controlled energy company. The bribes were paid to subcontractors associated with a South African government official and were used to obtain business advantages in the awarding of contracts. ABB conducted sham negotiations on pre-arranged pricing, and falsely recorded payments—portions of which were meant as bribes—to subcontractors as legitimate business expenses. DOJ; SEC				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  FCPA, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
November 29, 2022

				 Government contractor PowerSecure, Inc. agreed to pay $8.4 million to resolve claims that it failed to completely and accurately report disclose cost or pricing data in connection with securing a sole source contract for the repair and restoration of Puerto Rico’s power grid following the damage caused by Hurricane Maria.  The government asserted that such cost and pricing data was required by the Truth in Negotiations Act, and that PowerSecure’s failure to provide it violated the False Claims Act.  DOJ				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Government Procurement Fraud, 
													  Pricing Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
November 21, 2022

				 Michael and Betsy Feinberg, owners of Catharon Software Company and who lied about having developed software capable of generating large returns for investors and philanthropists, will spend 5 years in prison and pay restitution for the $5 million in victim losses. The software, called VDelta, was in fact not under development, yet over a period of 15 years, the Feinbergs lied to investors with false promises about the software’s completion, release date and capabilities. Their investors were comprised mostly of the Feinbergs’ friends and associates located in Sedona, Arizona. The stolen funds were used to pay the Feinbergs’ salaries and to pay for personal expenses. USAO AZ				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Financial and Investment Fraud, 
													  Misrepresentations, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
November 21, 2022

				 Ruixue “Serena” Shi will spend 20 years in federal prison and has been ordered to pay nearly $36 million in restitution for defrauding investors out of tens of millions of dollars. Shi, convicted on one count of wire fraud, was the general manager of Global House Buyer LLC, a China-based real estate company with an office in Los Angeles. Shi inked a deal with Dakota Development, a subsidiary of SBE Entertainment, to build a real estate development in the City of Coachella consisting of luxury condos, a hotel complex, and conference facilities. Shi solicited investments from mostly Chinese investors, preying on their ignorance of English and trust in the American economy, and led them to believe their investment would help them obtain an American visa. USAO CDCA				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Criminal Proceedings, 
													  Financial and Investment Fraud, 
													  Securities Fraud, 
													  Visa Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
November 21, 2022

				 Todd and Julie Chrisley, married television personalities and newly-convicted fraudsters, will spend 12 and 7 years in federal prison, respectively, for conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit tax evasion. The Chrisleys defrauded Atlanta-area community banks to obtain more than $36 million in personal loans by submitting false banking and personal financial statements. After funding their lavish, undeserved lifestyle with the multi-million-dollar loans, Todd Chrisley filed bankruptcy, walking away from over $20 million in loans. Both before and during the trial, the Chrisleys attempted to obstruct justice, including by submitting a fraudulent document in response to a grand jury subpoena. In addition to serving time in prison, the Chrisleys will be required to pay restitution in an amount to be determined later. USAO NDGA				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Financial and Investment Fraud, 
													  Financial Institution Fraud, 
													  Tax Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
November 14, 2022

				 The Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association and a related entity, which were created by the State of Florida to provide compensation for the medical, rehabilitative and custodial care of children who suffered certain categories of birth-related neurological injuries, will pay $51 million to resolve a whistleblower’s qui tam lawsuit, pursued on a non-intervened basis, alleging that they fraudulently caused NICA participants to submit their healthcare claims to Medicaid rather than NICA, in violation of Medicaid’s status as the payer of last resort under federal law.  The relators, Veronica Arven and the estate of Theodore Arven III, will receive $12,750,000 as their share of the recovery.  DOJ				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Medicaid, 
													  Medical Billing Fraud, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			


											

						

								

									
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