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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.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
March 3, 2015

				 Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit arrested Christopher A. Days, owner of Better Days of North Central Florida, LLC., for more than $65,000 in Medicaid fraud for billing for services not rendered and failing to properly document for services rendered.  FL				 					 

						
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March 2, 2015

				 Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced a lawsuit against BP Inc. for wrongfully obtaining more than $33.3 million in reimbursement to clean up leaks from BP-owned underground storage tanks in Ohio.  The state alleges that BP knowingly “double dipped” — taking money both from insurers and the Petroleum Board fund that comes from fees paid by the owners of underground storage tanks, such as gas station owners — to cover the cost of correcting accidental leaks from underground storage tanks at hundreds of BP gas stations throughout Ohio.  OH				 					 

						
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February 26, 2015

				 New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced joint lawsuits with the Federal Trade Commission aiming to shut down two abusive debt collection rings operating in the Buffalo area and targeting consumers nationwide.  According to the complaints, Four Star Resolution, LLC and Vantage Point Services, LLC used threats and abusive language, including false threats that consumers would be arrested, to collect more than $45M in supposed debts.  NY				 					 

						
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February 26, 2015

				 Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General announced the arrest of Dr. Daniel Ronchetta, Chiropractic Physician Assistant John Crowe and patient recruiter Frank Barrios for allegedly defrauding Medicaid and Medicare by paying and receiving kickbacks in return for providing false home health prescriptions and plans of care to patient recruiters.  FL				 					 

						
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February 25, 2015

				 New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced a settlement with nonprofit Regional Aid for Interim Needs, Inc. (RAIN) for diverting $800,000 in Medicaid funds to make mortgage payments on the agency’s administrative headquarters in violation of the organization’s funding agreements with the NYC Human Resource Administration.  Under the settlement, RAIN, which provides home attendant services to elderly residents in the Bronx, must repay the illegally diverted $800,000 back to the Medicaid program.  NY				 					 

						
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February 18, 2015

				 New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and New York City Corporation Counsel Zachary W. Carter announced the filing of a multimillion-dollar lawsuit alleging that United Parcel Service, Inc. unlawfully shipped over 136 million contraband cigarettes across New York State in violation of federal and state laws.  NY				 					 

						
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February 13, 2015

				 New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced a felony indictment today charging Moazzam Ifzal “Mark” Malik with stealing over $250,000 from five investors by fraudulently soliciting them to invest in his purported hedge funds, including Seven Sages Capital, L.P. and Wolf Hedge LLC.  Malik is accused of luring investors with false representations that he managed a multi-million dollar hedge fund that would guarantee high returns, and then diverted their monies for his own personal use.  NY				 					 

						
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February 11, 2015

				 Ohio Attorney General DeWine announced a lawsuit against Buffalo-based debt collector Nationwide Recovery Group LLC and its owner, Michael P. McCarthy, for violating the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by allegedly impersonating Ohio government agencies and threatening consumers with arrest while attempting to collect debts.  While operating in Ohio, the business also allegedly used the fictitious names Gallagher Mediation and the Law Firm of John McGuire to mislead consumers.  OH				 					 

						
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February 11, 2015

				 New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the sentencing to prison (for 1 1/3 to 4 years) of Haricharan Malhotra, a Suffolk County convenience store operator who pleaded guilty for participating in a multi-year larceny scheme to illegally trade cash for almost $1M in Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (formerly known as the Food Stamp Program) benefits.  NY				 					 

						
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February 11, 2015

				 Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane announced Advance America will pay Pennsylvania consumers $8M in restitution as part of a settlement to resolve claims the company illegally provided payday loans, some with interest rates as high as 368 percent.  PA				 					 

						
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