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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 -- Infirmary Health System Inc.

Posted  07/25/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Infirmary Health System Inc. On Monday, the Alabama-based hospital system, along with two affiliated clinics and Diagnostic Physicians Group (DPG), agreed to pay $24.5 million to resolve government allegations they violated the False Claims Act. Specifically, the government charged the group with violating the...

DOJ Catch of the Week -- Citigroup

Posted  07/18/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Citigroup.  On Monday, the bank agreed to pay $7 billion to resolve government claims related to Citigroup’s packaging, securitization, marketing, sale and issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS).  According to Attorney General Eric Holder, it was the bank's misconduct in this area that...

DOJ Catch of the Week – RE/MAX

Posted  07/11/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to RE/MAX Allegiance Relocation Services.  On Tuesday, the Virginia-based move management company agreed to pay roughly half a million dollars to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by overbilling the government for transportation services.  The settlement was the result of a coordinated effort by the...

DOJ Catch of the Week -- BNP Paribas

Posted  07/3/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to BNP Paribas. On Monday, the French banking giant agreed to pay $8.9 billion and plead guilty to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA) by processing billions of dollars of transactions on behalf of Sudanese, Iranian, and Cuban entities...

DOJ Catch Of The Week -- Omnicare

Posted  06/27/14
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

Posted  06/20/14
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

Posted  06/6/14
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

Posted  05/30/14
[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

Posted  05/23/14
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

Posted  05/15/14
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...
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