Catch of the Week

DOJ Catch Of The Week -- Omnicare

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Ohio-based Omnicare Inc., the country’s largest provider of pharmaceuticals and pharmacy services to nursing homes.  On Wednesday, the company agreed to pay $124 million to settle government charges of offering improper financial incentives to skilled nursing facilities in return for their continued selection of...

DOJ Catch of the Week -- SunTrust

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to SunTrust Mortgage Inc., the mortgage lending arm of SunTrust Bank. On Tuesday, the Justice Department, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and virtually every state attorney general in the country, reached a $968 million agreement with the bank to resolve...

DOJ Catch of the Week – Quality Egg

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Iowa-based egg producer Quality Egg. On Tuesday, this former powerhouse in the egg industry pleaded guilty to, and agreed to a $6.8 million fine for, bribing government safety inspectors and violating food safety rules which ultimately led to a nationwide salmonella outbreak in 2010. If accepted by the court, it will...

DOJ Catch Of The Week -- King's Daughters Medical Center

[caption id="attachment_3703" align="alignright" width="300"] Source: King's Daughter Medical Center[/caption] By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to King's Daughters Medical Center.  On Wednesday, this large hospital in northeast Kentucky agreed to pay $41 million to resolve government charges that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims...

DOJ Catch of the Week -- Credit Suisse

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Credit Suisse. On Monday the Swiss banking giant pled guilty to criminal charges of conspiring to help thousands of US taxpayers evade taxes and agreed to pay fines and restitution amounting to $2.6 billion. See DOJ press release. It is the first big bank to plead guilty to illegal activity since Drexel Burnham...

DOJ Catch of the Week -- Sallie Mae

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice fraud "catch of the week" goes to student loan giant Sallie Mae and its former loan-servicing arm, Navient Solutions. On Tuesday, the companies agreed to pay nearly $100 million to settle allegations that they violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by charging members of the military excessive interest rates and late fees on student...

DOJ Catch of the Week -- Baptist Health

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's False Claims Act "Catch of the Week" goes to Baptist Health Systems Inc., a network of affiliated hospitals and medical providers in the Jacksonville, Florida area. On Tuesday, the company agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle allegations that its subsidiaries violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary...