Grant and Research Fraud
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June 11, 2018
Two Massachusetts landlords, Latchmin Nannan and David Nannan, and a property manager, Rhea Nannan, will collectively pay $57,000 to resolve whistleblower Kafer Nevins’s allegations they overcharged low income Section 8 tenants, and thus improperly collected housing subsidies from the government in violation of the False Claims Act. The whistleblower, one of the overcharged tenants, will receive a share of the government’s recovery. USAO MAMay 17, 2018
Hartford, Connecticut-based Community Renewal Team, an action agency that received federal and state grant funding, agreed to settle allegations under the Federal and Connecticut False Claims Acts that it charged employee hours spent on state-funded grant programs to federal grants from HHS, HUD, and DOE, charged an employee’s time to a Head Start grant when that employee was working on other programs, and failed to stop a program manager from misappropriating $18,500 for her person use; the agency will pay $362,000 to settle all claims. USAO DCTMassTech and its CEO and CFO To Pay $1.9 Million To Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Posted 05/4/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Columbia-based MassTech, Inc., its former Chief Executive Officer, Arnold Lee, and its former Chief Financial Officer, Richard Lee, have agreed to pay the United States $1.9 million to resolve allegations that MassTech falsely certified it was a small business in order to obtain Small Business Innovation Research (SIBR) awards.
The settlement agreement was announced by United...
April 3, 2018
Norwegian NGO Norwegian People’s Aid, which receives funding from the US Agency for International Development, agreed to pay $2 million to settle claims it violated the False Claims Act by providing material support to Iran, Hamas, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (“PFLP”), and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (“DFLP”), contrary to federal funding requirements. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. DOJ (SDNY)March 21, 2018
University of Pittsburgh professor Christian Schunn agreed to pay $132,000 to settle claims of violating the False Claims Act by submitting false documents to the National Science Foundation to obtain federal grants to fund his research. DOJ (WDPA)February 16, 2018
The University of North Texas Health Science Center agreed to pay roughly $13 million to settle claims it violated the False Claims Act by inaccurately measuring, tracking and paying researchers for effort spent on certain NIH-sponsored research grants. DOJ (NDTX)Senators McCaskill and Wyden Question $24 Million Government Reimbursement to Contractor for Whistleblower Legal Fees
Posted 03/2/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill and Senator Ron Wyden sent a letter to Energy Secretary Rick Perry, citing documents that appear to show the government reimbursed over $24 million to Lawrence Livermore National Security for costs related to whistleblower litigation. According to the letter, a whistleblower provided documents to the Senators about reimbursements by the National...
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services to Pay Nearly $2.5 Million to Resolve Alleged False Claims for SNAP Funds
Posted 09/20/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Earlier this week, the Department of Justice announced that it had reached a $2.5 million settlement with the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (ADHSS) over allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in its administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), previously known as the Food Stamp Program. Through SNAP, the U.S. Department of...