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