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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.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
February 24, 2017

				 Raciel Leon, manager of Mercy Home Care Inc. and a billing employee for D&D&D Home Health Care Inc., two Miami-area home health agencies, was sentenced to a 126 month prison term for his role in a $2.5 million Medicare fraud scheme.  The evidence at trial showed that Leon and his co-conspirators used the companies to submit false claims to Medicare based on services not medically necessary, not actually provided, and for patients procured through the payment of illegal kickbacks to doctors and patient recruiters.  DOJ				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Anti-Kickback and Stark, 
													  Lack of Medical Necessity, 
													  Medical Billing Fraud, 
													  Medicare, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
February 23, 2017

				 Houston-based Wood Group PSN Inc. was ordered to pay $7 million for falsely reporting over several years that personnel had performed safety inspections on offshore facilities in the Gulf of Mexico in the Western District of Louisiana, and $1.8 million for negligently discharging oil into the Gulf of Mexico in violation of the Clean Water Act after an explosion on an offshore facility.  The company was also ordered to pay $700,000 for community service projects in the areas where the criminal conduct took place.  DOJ				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Environmental Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
February 17, 2017

				 Pharmacia LLC (formerly known as Monsanto), Solutia Inc., ExxonMobil Oil Corp. and Cerro Flow Products have agreed as responsible parties to spend roughly $14.8 million to clean up six former waste disposal sites that comprise the Sauget Area 1 Superfund Site in Sauget, St. Clair County, Illinois.  DOJ				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Environmental Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
February 16, 2017

				 New Jersey doctor Kenneth D. Nahmu, his wife Ann Walsh and their oncology practice agreed to pay $1.7 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare for illegally importing and using unapproved chemotherapy drugs from foreign distributors.  DOJ (DNJ)				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Drug Switching, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Medicare, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
February 15, 2017

				 Nevada-based Sierra Nevada Corporation agreed to pay $14.9 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by misclassifying certain costs, resulting in inflated overhead rates paid to the company under various government contracts.  DOJ (EDCA)				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Defense Contract Fraud, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Pricing Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
February 10, 2017

				 Dr. Paul B. Tartell, an ENT physician practicing in Plantation, Florida and his practice Paul B. Tartell, M.D., P.L., have agreed to pay $750,000 to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by billing for surgical endoscopies with debridement and laryngeal stroboscopies that were not provided or not medically necessary.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Theodore Duay, a former patient of Dr. Tartell.  Mr. Duay will receive a whistleblower award of $135,000 from the proceeds of the government's recovery.  DOJ (SDFL)				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Lack of Medical Necessity, 
													  Medical Billing Fraud, 
													  Medicare, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
February 9, 2017

				 University Behavioral Health of El Paso agreed to pay $860,000 to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare tainted by the payment of kickbacks to a physician under the guise of a professional services agreement in return for the physician’s referral of patients to the hospital.  Specifically, the physician received payments above fair market value, or for services not rendered, and made improper referrals to the hospital for Medicare-reimbursed services.  DOJ (WDTX)				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Anti-Kickback and Stark, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Medicare, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
February 8, 2017

				 Florida-based Comprehensive Health Services, Inc., one of the country’s largest providers of workforce medical services, agreed to pay roughly $3.8 million to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act by double-billing and mischarging the government for medical services in connection with work it performed on an Internal Revenue Service contract.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by James J. Kerr, Jr.  He will receive a whistleblower reward of roughly $645,000 from the proceeds of the government’s recovery.  Whistleblower Insider				 					 

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

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
February 7, 2017

				 Florida physician Gary L. Marder, and the owner of the Allergy, Dermatology & Skin Cancer Centers in Port St. Lucie and Okeechobee, stipulated to a consent final judgment of over $18 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that Dr. Marder submitted claims to federal healthcare programs for medically unnecessary biopsies and radiation therapy services, radiation therapy services performed in contravention of standard practice regarding the amount of time between radiation treatments, and radiation therapy services performed without direct supervision and by unlicensed and/or unqualified physician assistants.  Dr. Kendall also allegedly submitted false claims to federal and state healthcare programs for laboratory services tainted by kickbacks to, and improper financial relationships with, Dr. Marder.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by Dr. Theodore A. Schiff under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  He will receive a yet-to-be-determined whistleblower award from the proceeds of the government's recovery.  DOJ (SDFL)				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Lack of Medical Necessity, 
													  Medicaid, 
													  Medicare, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			


											

						

								

									
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