Catch of the Week Archives - Constantine Cannon

Catch of the Week — Yukom Communications and Others Face CFTC Claims of Binary Options Fraud

Posted 08/16/19

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed suit against five entities and four individuals on August 12, 2019, in the Northern District of Illinois for running a $103 million fraudulent binary options scheme. The defendants, led by Israeli company Yukom Communications Ltd.,which marketed binary options using two websites known as BinaryBook and BigOption. In recent years, the CFTC has targeted fraudulent binary...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, Financial and Investment Fraud, Fraud in CFTC-Regulated Markets, Market Manipulation and Trading Violations, Misrepresentations,

Catch of the Week — Comprehensive Pain Specialists Targeted for Urine Drug Testing Fraud

Posted 07/26/19

Laboratory sample vial lying on procedure coding form

Our Catch of the Week goes to Comprehensive Pain Specialists (CPS), a now-shuttered pain-management chain that was once one of the largest in the nation, treating as many as 48,000 pain patients a month at about 60 clinics across 11 states. CPS shut down in 2018 with little warning to patients and employees. On Monday, July 22, the United States and the State of Tennessee announced their partial intervention in...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, Bundling and Unbundling, Catch of the Week, FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Improper Medical Personnel, Laboratory and IDTF, Lack of Medical Necessity, Medical Billing Fraud, Whistleblower Case,

Catch of the Week — Wound Care Device Manufacturer ACell Inc.

Posted 06/14/19
By Edward Baker

Our Catch of the Week goes to ACell Inc., a Maryland-based medical device manufacturer that pleaded guilty to violating the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) by failing to report that it had partially removed its wound-care product, MicroMatrix, from the market because it was contaminated with endotoxins, placing treated patients in danger of serious infection, even death, without informing the FDA that it...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, FCA Federal, FDA Fraud, Medical Devices and DME, Whistleblower Case,

Catch of the Week — Princess and Carnival Cruise Lines

Posted 06/7/19

Carnival Cruise Lines and subsidiary Princess will pay $20 million in criminal penalties for environmental transgressions and violations of probation. Princess and parent Carnival are just over two years into a five-year probation term that stems from Princess’s April 2017 felony conviction for deliberately dumping oil-contaminated wastewater into the open ocean and then engaging in an intentional coverup of its...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, Ocean Dumping,

DOJ Catch of the Week — Dr. Joseph Galichia

Posted 05/31/19

Paper Ripped Uncovering Medical Necessity Wording

This week's DOJ Catch of the Week goes to Kansas cardiologist Joseph Galichia. Yesterday, he agreed to pay $5.8 million to resolve allegations that he and his company, Galichia Medical Group, violated the False Claims Act by billing federal health care programs for medically unnecessary cardiac stent procedures. This is the government's third False Claims Act settlement with Dr. Galichia. Which may explain why he also...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Lack of Medical Necessity, Provider Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

Catch of the Week — Bosch Fined $100 Million Over Volkswagen Diesel Emissions Scandal

Posted 05/23/19

German prosecutors fined Bosch $100 million for its role in the 2015 Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal. The fine was imposed for negligent violation of supervisory obligations resulting from the use of Bosch software to mask illegal pollution levels in diesel-engine vehicles. Bosch, the world’s largest automotive supplier, developed the engine management control software used to provide emissions testers with...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, Environmental Fraud,

Catch of the Week — Pharmaceutical Company Allegedly Bribed Doctors with Trips to the Kentucky Derby

Posted 05/8/19

Cartoon of Sick Monkey and Horse Doctor Doing Check-Up

A recent settlement between the Department of Justice and US WorldMeds (“USWM”), show how creative, and how luxurious, kickbacks allegedly paid to physicians can be. The company, a pharmaceutical manufacturer, agreed to pay $17.5M to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to patients and doctors by boosting sales of two of their drugs, Apokyn (a drug used to treat Parkinson’s...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, Catch of the Week, Importance of Whistleblowers, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

Catch of the Week — Florida Hospital Chain CEO Settles False Billing Allegations

Posted 05/3/19

Emergency Room Hospital with Night Lights On

This week’s Catch of the Week highlights former hospital executive Gary D. Newsome’s settlement resolving false billing and kickback allegations. From 2008 to 2013, Newsome served as CEO of Naples, Florida-based hospital chain Health Management Associates, LLC (HMA). He will pay $3.46 million to resolve federal prosecutors’ claims that HMA, under his leadership, pressured doctors in the emergency department to...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Hospital Fraud,

Catch of the Week — Rocket and Missile Parts Manufacturer Hydro Extrusion Portland

Posted 04/26/19

Our Catch of the Week goes to Hydro Extrusion Portland, Inc., formerly Sapa Profiles Inc., an aluminum extrusion manufacturer that made parts used by NASA and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in rockets and missiles. The DOJ agreed to resolve criminal and civil claims relating to the manufacturer’s 19-year fraud scheme for $46 million in forfeitures, criminal fines, and amounts to settle civil False Claims Act...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, Contract Non-Compliance, FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud,

Catch of the Week — DOJ Settles False Claims Act Case Against Cybersecurity Company

Posted 04/18/19

Last week, the Department of Justice announced that Fortinet, Inc., a Silicon Valley-based cybersecurity company, has agreed to pay more than half a million dollars to resolve allegations that it lied about its compliance with the federal Trade Agreements Act (TAA). The allegations were brought to the government’s attention through a False Claims Act lawsuit filed by a whistleblower who worked in Fortinet’s...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, Cybersecurity and Data Breaches, Defense Contract Fraud, FCA Federal, Trade Agreements, Whistleblower Case,

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Catch of the Week — Yukom Communications and Others Face CFTC Claims of Binary Options Fraud

Catch of the Week — Comprehensive Pain Specialists Targeted for Urine Drug Testing Fraud

Catch of the Week — Wound Care Device Manufacturer ACell Inc.

Catch of the Week — Princess and Carnival Cruise Lines

DOJ Catch of the Week — Dr. Joseph Galichia

Catch of the Week — Bosch Fined $100 Million Over Volkswagen Diesel Emissions Scandal

Catch of the Week — Pharmaceutical Company Allegedly Bribed Doctors with Trips to the Kentucky Derby

Catch of the Week — Florida Hospital Chain CEO Settles False Billing Allegations

Catch of the Week — Rocket and Missile Parts Manufacturer Hydro Extrusion Portland

Catch of the Week — DOJ Settles False Claims Act Case Against Cybersecurity Company

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