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Catch of the Week

This archive includes posts from our “Catch of the Week” series, in which the Whistleblower Insider blog highlights particular government enforcement actions.  Return to:

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DOJ Catch of the Week -- Crédit Agricole

Posted  10/23/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to Paris-based Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, owned by Crédit Agricole S.A.  On Tuesday, the company, which operates in over thirty countries, agreed to forfeit $312 million and enter into a deferred prosecution agreement with the US Attorney’s Office of the District of Columbia for violating the...

DOJ Catch of the Week — Boeing

Posted  10/16/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to the Boeing Company.  On Wednesday, the Chicago-based aerospace and defense industry giant agreed to pay $18 million to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for labor charges on maintenance contracts with the US Air Force.  See DOJ Press Release. According to the government,...

DOJ Catch of the Week — PharMerica Corp.

Posted  10/9/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to Kentucky-based PharMerica Corp.  On Wednesday, the nation’s second-largest nursing home pharmacy agreed to pay $9.25 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by soliciting and receiving kickbacks from pharmaceutical manufacturer Abbott Laboratories in exchange for promoting the anti-epileptic...

DOJ Catch of the Week -- L-3 Communications

Posted  10/2/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to L-3 Communications Corporation and its affiliated entities Vertex Aerospace LLC and L-3 Communications Integrated Systems LP.  On Monday, the government defense contractor agreed to pay $4.63 million to resolve allegations it inflated labor hours for time spent by independent contractors at the military’s...

DOJ Catch Of the Week — Stewart Parnell; Peanut Corporation Of America

Posted  09/25/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to Stewart Parnell, former owner and president of Peanut Corporation of America.  On Monday, he was sentenced to 28 years in prison for his role in shipping salmonella-positive peanut products before the results of microbiological testing were received and falsifying microbiological test results.  It is the largest...

DOJ Catch Of the Week -- General Motors

Posted  09/18/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team  This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to General Motors.  Yesterday, the Detroit-based manufacturer of Chevrolet, Pontiac and Saturn brand vehicles, among others, entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with a host of federal regulators to settle criminal and civil charges of failing to disclose a deadly safety defect in its cars relating to the...

DOJ Catch of the Week — Genzyme Corporation

Posted  09/4/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to Genzyme Corporation, a wholly-owned biotechnology subsidiary of French pharmaceutical company Sanofi.  Yesterday, the company agreed to resolve criminal charges it violated the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) with regard to the unlawful distribution of the surgical device Seprafilm.  As part of the agreement,...

DOJ Catch Of The Week -- US Investigations Services

Posted  08/21/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to US Investigations Services Inc. (USIS) and its parent company, Altegrity.  On Wednesday, the Northern Virginia-based companies agreed to settle charges that USIS violated the False Claims Act by failing to provide proper background checks as required under its contract with the  Office of Personnel Management...

DOJ Catch Of The Week -- Technology Integration Group

Posted  08/14/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to PC Specialists Inc., doing business as Technology Integration Group (TIG).  On Tuesday, the San-Diego-based computer supply company agreed to pay $5.9 million to settle charges it inflated the price of computers sold through another company to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) for use at Sandia...

DOJ Catch Of The Week -- NuVasive Inc.

Posted  07/31/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to California-based medical device manufacturer NuVasive Inc.  Yesterday, the company agreed to pay $13.5 million to resolve charges it improperly promoted the company’s CoRoent System for spine surgeries for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.  The settlement also resolves allegations NuVasive...
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