COVID Frauds of the Week: More Price Gouging and PPP Fraud
Posted 08/21/20
Pricing Fraud
This archive displays posts tagged as relevant to government contracting fraud involving pricing, including best price violations, Truth in Negotiations Act violations, and others. You may also be interested in the following pages:
- Government Contract Fraud
- Drug and DME Pricing Fraud, for cases involving healthcare and pharmaceutical pricing.
- Whistleblower Home Page
COVID Frauds of the Week: Price Gouging, Unapproved Treatments, and a Dead CEO
Posted 08/7/20
Cell Phone Carriers - Procurement Fraud ($138.7 million)
Constantine Cannon represented a whistleblower in a series of state False Claims Act cases alleging the four major wireless carriers -- AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile -- overcharged the government by failing to provide services at the lowest cost available as required in their government contracts. In September 2020, the carriers agreed to collectively pay $138.7 million to settle the matter, one of the largest state False Claims Act settlements ever. Our client received a whistleblower award of roughly $55 million. Read more -- LA Times, CBS, PR Newswire, CC.Antitrust Violations, COVID-19, and the False Claims Act
Posted 04/23/20
Top Ten Non-Healthcare False Claims Act Recoveries of 2019
Posted 01/10/20
December 3, 2019
In the second settlement to come out of a federal investigation into the generic pharmaceutical industry, Rising Pharmaceuticals Inc. has agreed to pay over $4 million to settle civil and criminal charges stemming from violations of the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute. In the criminal case, Rising allegedly teamed up with a competing generic drug manufacturer to fix prices and divide up the market for a hypertension drug, Benazepril HCTZ, while in the civil case, the company allegedly paid and received illegal remuneration through similar arrangements with another generic drug manufacturer. Under the newly signed deferred prosecution agreement, Rising has agreed to cooperate fully with the ongoing investigation. DOJ; USAO EDPASeptember 13, 2019
United Parcel Service will pay $8.4 million to resolve allegations that it overcharged federal agencies purchasing UPS ground delivery services under a General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule contract by failing to adhere to the contract's Price Reductions Clause. UPS was alleged to have offered lower prices to other customers without offering those same prices to the U.S., resulting in the government overpaying for package deliveries. DOJAugust 29, 2019
International SOS Assistance, Inc. and related entities and individuals have agreed to pay $940,000 to resolve claims that they overbilled TRICARE for air medical evacuation services provided to military service members and their families. International SOS was alleged to have negotiated discounts from third-party air ambulance services, but failed to pass those discounts on to TRICARE. The case was brought by a whistleblower who used to be a flight desk manager for International SOS; he will receive an award of $165,000. USAO EDPAWhistleblowers Needed to Stop Secret Kickbacks, Bribes, Overcharging, and False Costs in E-Rate, Lifeline, Connect America, and Rural Healthcare programs
Posted 06/7/19
What is the Universal Service Fund?
The Universal Service Fund...WATCH THIS SPACE: Proposed $700M Fix for Installed Foreign-Telecom Could Compound Fraud Related to Universal-Service-Fund Projects
Posted 05/31/19
