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Furniture Supplier VARI Will Pay $1.1M to Settle False Claims Allegations For Overcharging Federal Agencies

Posted 04/21/25

Texas-based companies Varidesk, LLC and Vari Sales Corporation (both doing business as VARI) will pay $1,100,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by overcharging the General Services Administration (GSA) on their contracts from Dec. 8, 2016, through June 30, 2019. The settlement resolves allegations that VARI knowingly failed to give the government matching price discounts that were...

Tagged in: False Claims Act, government contract fraud, qui tam,

DOJ Shows Continued Commitment to Use False Claims Act to Target Procurement Fraud

Posted 04/14/25

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Lawyer Team Last Wednesday (April 9), the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Virginia-based government contractor DynCorp International agreed to pay $21 million to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act by overbilling the State Department under its longtime contract to train Iraqi “CIVPOL” police forces. This is just the latest example of DOJ using the...

Tagged in: False Claims Act, Government Procurement Fraud,

Enforcement Push Targeting COVID-19 PPP Loan Fraud Continues: Entities Agree to Pay $12M+ to Settle False Claims Act Charges

Posted 04/11/25

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team The emergency phase of COVID-19 might be over, but the government is still uncovering pandemic-related loan fraud as it continues to announce many enforcement actions. This week, the government announced two Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud enforcement actions. One case was brought by a whistleblower and involved a Virginia-based non-profit. A separate case...

Tagged in: COVID-19, False Claims Act, qui tam,

Military Contractor Pays $15.7M to Settle False Claims Act Charges of Failing to Comply with Required Military Specs

Posted 04/9/25

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team On April 1, TE Connectivity Corporation subsidiary DRI Relays agreed to pay $15.7 million to settle Department of Justice (DOJ) charges of violating the False Claims Act by supplying military parts that did not meet military specifications. DRI makes electrical relays and sockets for various military applications, with manufacturing locations in New York and...

Tagged in: False Claims Act, Government Procurement Fraud, qui tam,

Government Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Vohra Wound Physicians Management and Its Owner

Posted 04/9/25

On April 4, the government announced it filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against Vohra Wound Physicians Management LLC (Vohra), its entities, and its founder Dr. Ameet Vohra. Among other violations, the government alleged the company submitted false claims to Medicare for upcoded and medically unnecessary wound care services. Vohra, one of the country’s largest wound care providers, has contracts...

Tagged in: False Claims Act, Healthcare Fraud, Medicare, qui tam,

Network that Offers Programs for Adults with Disabilities Agrees to Pay $5M to Settle False Claims Act Case

Posted 04/7/25

The government announced it settled a civil fraud lawsuit against Community Options, Inc., (“COI”) and Community Options New York, Inc., (“CONY,” and together with COI, the “Defendants” or “Community Options”) for fraudulently billing Medicaid for services without necessary and accurate documentation and failing to report and return overpayments to Medicaid. Defendants agreed to pay the United States...

Tagged in: False Claims Act, Medicaid, Medicaid fraud, qui tam,

DOJ Announces Major Medicare Advantage Fraud Settlement - Brought By a Whistleblower Of Course

Posted 03/31/25

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team On March 26, California-based Seoul Medical Group Inc. and its subsidiary Advanced Medical Management agreed to pay $58,740,000 to settle Department of Justice (DOJ) and whistleblower charges they violated the False Claims Act by bilking the Medicare Advantage program out of millions of dollars through false diagnoses of their patients. Seoul Medical's former founder...

Tagged in: False Claims Act, Medicare Advantage Fraud, qui tam,

Cybersecurity 101: What Can We Learn from the White House’s Signal Slip Up and MORSECORP’s $4M+ False Claims Act Settlement

Posted 03/31/25

If the White House’s faux pax using Signal last week wasn’t enough of a wakeup call for the lax cybersecurity folks out there, we don’t know what is. Unless you’re off the grid, you’ve likely already been bombarded with news about The Atlantic’s journalist who was added to a government group chat and received confidential information about attack plans. As more communications and transactions naturally...

Tagged in: Cybersecurity and Data Breaches, False Claims Act, qui tam,

Scamming the System: $10M+ Paid to Settle COVID-19 PPP Loan Fraud Allegations in 2 Cases Brought by Whistleblowers

Posted 03/28/25

In the deluge of recent enforcement actions battling COVID-19 fraud, the government announced that a wide range of companies fraudulently certified their loan eligibility and received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans intended for qualifying small businesses seeking emergency relief under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Just in the past few weeks, two separate companies, a...

Tagged in: COVID-19, False Claims Act, qui tam,

A COVID-19 Club Con: The Detroit Club Owners and Operators Settle False Claims Act Allegations

Posted 03/25/25

In the latest example of the government’s ongoing crackdown on Covid-19 fraud, a Michigan-based hotel, social club, and restaurant, The Detroit Club, along with its owners and operators, will pay $357,669 to settle allegations that they defrauded COVID-19 pandemic relief programs in violation of the False Claims Act. The settling parties/defendants include Detroit Management Corporation, Lynn Kassotis, Citi...

Tagged in: COVID-19, False Claims Act, qui tam,

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Furniture Supplier VARI Will Pay $1.1M to Settle False Claims Allegations For Overcharging Federal Agencies

DOJ Shows Continued Commitment to Use False Claims Act to Target Procurement Fraud

Enforcement Push Targeting COVID-19 PPP Loan Fraud Continues: Entities Agree to Pay $12M+ to Settle False Claims Act Charges

Military Contractor Pays $15.7M to Settle False Claims Act Charges of Failing to Comply with Required Military Specs

Government Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Vohra Wound Physicians Management and Its Owner

Network that Offers Programs for Adults with Disabilities Agrees to Pay $5M to Settle False Claims Act Case

DOJ Announces Major Medicare Advantage Fraud Settlement - Brought By a Whistleblower Of Course

Cybersecurity 101: What Can We Learn from the White House’s Signal Slip Up and MORSECORP’s $4M+ False Claims Act Settlement

Scamming the System: $10M+ Paid to Settle COVID-19 PPP Loan Fraud Allegations in 2 Cases Brought by Whistleblowers

A COVID-19 Club Con: The Detroit Club Owners and Operators Settle False Claims Act Allegations

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