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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.

				

			

			
						
					
			 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
October 24, 2017

				 A federal judge awarded the government roughly $2 million in a verdict against Maryland-based home health care company Dynamic Visions, Inc. for violating the False Claims Act because its employees repeatedly and routinely falsified records to obtain funds from Medicaid.  Specifically, a government investigation found many of the company's patient files did not contain physician authorizations, called “plans of care,” as required under applicable regulations; contained plans of care that were not signed by physicians or other qualified health care workers; or contained forged signatures in order to cover up the lack of a physician’s authorization. DOJ (DDC)				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Home Health and Hospice, 
													  Lack of Medical Necessity, 
													  Medicaid, 
													  Medical Billing Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
October 20, 2017

				 Jacksonville-based toxicology lab Total Lab Care, LLC agreed to pay $212,500 to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute by improperly paying a physician for referring toxicology samples.  DOJ (MDFL)				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Anti-Kickback and Stark, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Laboratory and IDTF, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
October 16, 2017

				 Virginia-based defense contractor Triple Canopy, Inc. agreed to pay $2.6 million to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for payment to the Department of Defense for unqualified security guards stationed in Iraq.  Specifically, the government alleged that Triple Canopy knowingly billed the government for security guards who could not pass contractually required firearms proficiency tests and that Triple Canopy concealed the guards’ inability to satisfy the firearms testing requirements by creating false test scorecards that Triple Canopy was required to maintain for government review.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by a former Triple Canopy employee.  The whistleblower will receive an award of roughly $500,000 from the proceeds of the government's recovery.  DOJ (EDVA)				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Contract Non-Compliance, 
													  Defense Contract Fraud, 
													  Falsifying Invoices, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
October 13, 2017

				 First Coast Cardiovascular Institute, P.A. agreed to pay roughly $450,000 to settle charges of violating the False Claims Act by knowingly delaying repayment of more than $175,000 in overpayments owed to Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Specifically, the government alleged the company accrued credit balances or overpayments owed to federal health care programs and despite repeated warning failed to pay back the money it owed.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by former First Coast employee Douglas Malie.  He will receive a whistleblower award of $90,000 from the proceeds of the government's recovery.  DOJ (MDFL)				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Provider Fraud, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
October 10, 2017

				 A federal jury convicted William Whyte, the owner and CEO of Virginia-based armored vehicle company Armet Armored Vehicles, for his role in a scheme to provide the U.S. Department of Defense with armored gun trucks that did not meet ballistic and blast protection requirements set out in the company’s contracts with the United States. DOJ				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Contract Non-Compliance, 
													  Defense Contract Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
October 10, 2017

				 Sage Tee LLC, a subcontractor at the Department of Energy's Hanford Site, and its owner Laura Shikashio, agreed to pay $235,000 to settle charges they violated the False Claims Act in connection with improperly receiving two small business subcontracts at DOE's Hanford nuclear site.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  The whistleblower will receive an award from the proceeds of the government's recovery. DOJ (EDWA)				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Environmental Fraud, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Government Procurement Fraud, 
													  Set-Asides and Preferences, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
October 4, 2017

				 A federal court ordered consumer products distributor Spectrum Brands Inc. to pay $1.9 million in civil penalties for failing to timely report dangerously defective Black & Decker SpaceMaker coffee carafes and for continuing to distribute the carafes following a recall.  The civil penalty follows a 2016 court ruling that Spectrum and its former subsidiary, Applica Consumer Products Inc., violated the Consumer Product Safety Act by waiting years to inform the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) of customer reports about handles that suddenly broke or separated from carafes of hot coffee. DOJ				 			
	
		
		
	


 			


											

						

								

									
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