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State Enforcement Actions

					
Each state enforces its laws and defends its interests, and states often work with the federal government in investigating and prosecuting corporate frauds.  Whistleblowers with knowledge of fraud or wrongful conduct that involves state or local funds or programs may be able to bring a claim under a state or local False Claims Act, and may be eligible to receive a monetary reward and protection against retaliation.


Below are summaries of recent settlements, successful prosecutions, and enforcement actions by states. If you believe you have information about fraud which could give rise to a claim under a State or Local False Claims Act or other whistleblower reward provision, please contact us to speak with one of our experienced whistleblower attorneys.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
April 10, 2015

				 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the $300,000 settlement of an antitrust investigation into Pennsylvania-based Benco Dental Supply Company’s participation in an illegal group boycott in the dental supply market.  TX				 			
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
April 10, 2015

				 The Federal Trade Commission and Illinois Attorney General’s Office obtained a court order temporarily halting a fake debt collection scam located in Aurora, Illinois, which allegedly used threats and intimidation tactics to coerce consumers to pay payday loan debts they either did not owe, or did not owe to the defendants.  Defendants named in the case include: K.I.P., LLC; Charles Dickey, individually and as an owner, member, or managing member of K.I.P., LLC, and also doing business as (d/b/a) Ezell Williams and Associates, Corp.; Ezell Williams, LLC; Excel Receivables, Corp.; Second Chance Financial Credit, Corp.; Second Chance Financial, LLC; Payday Loan Recovery Group, LLC; Payday Loan Recovery Group; Payday Loan Recovery; International Recovery Services, LLC; International Recovery Services; and D&R Recovery.  FTC				 			
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
April 9, 2015

				 Oscar Lee Benton, the owner of Benton Travel Group, was sentenced to up to 10 days in jail and a $360,000 fine after the Georgia Attorney General’s office took him to court for scamming customers and failing to refund the money he had been ordered to pay back to customers for cancelling travel plans and refusing to provide refunds.  GA				 			
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
April 9, 2015

				 New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced a lawsuit against the board of directors of two Brooklyn-based nonprofits, Brooklyn Child & Family Services, Inc. and Project Teen Aid Housing Development Fund Corp., for alleged gross negligence and failed management of the organizations, including pilfering funds, otherwise seeking personal profits and failing to pay employee wages.  NY				 			
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
April 7, 2015

				 Dr. Punyamurtula Kishore along with his company Preventive Medicine Associates, Inc. pleaded guilty for running a Medicaid fraud scheme involving millions of dollars in taxpayer funds.  Kishore was sentenced to 360 days in jail and ordered to pay $9.3 million in restitution.  Based on the government’s investigation, Dr. Kishore used bribes, or kickbacks, to induce sober house owners to send their residents’ urine drug screening business to his laboratories for testing.  MA				 					 

						
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April 7, 2015

				 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced New Jersey-based pharmaceutical product manufacturer Glenmark Generics Inc. USA agreed to pay $25 million to resolve the State’s investigation under the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act against Glenmark for fraudulently reporting inflated drug prices to the Medicaid program.  TX

				 					 

						
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April 1, 2015

				 The New Jersey Bureau of Securities has ordered Charles J. Boyer III and James A. Wilson to pay $1 million for allegedly operating a Ponzi scheme under which they transferred approximately $177,000 of investor funds into their own personal accounts rather than investing the funds as represented to investors.  NJ				 					 

						
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April 1, 2015

				 Keli House Community Services, Inc., a nonprofit serving New Yorkers with disabilities and their families, agreed to reimburse New York’s Medicaid program $363,643 for using unqualified individuals to provide services to Medicaid recipients who participated in the Home and Community Based Services Program offered by the New York State Office of Persons with Developmental Disabilities.  NY				 					 

						
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March 31, 2015

				 New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced his office and the Attorneys General of Oregon, Minnesota, Missouri and Texas filed lawsuits against Orbital Publishing Group, Inc. for mailing millions of unauthorized and allegedly misleading magazine and newspaper subscription notices to consumers nationwide.  The solicitations were sent without the permission of the publishers and overcharged consumers.  NY				 					 

						
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March 30, 2015

				 New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced a landmark agreement with Pennsylvania-based retail giant GNC to implement new standards in authenticating herbal supplements, ensuring their purity, and educating consumers about their chemical content.  GNC will be required to implement these new procedures in all of its more than 6,000 stores nationwide, making this agreement the first in the nation to require testing standards for herbal supplements that exceed current FDA requirements.  NY				 					 

						
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