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Physical Therapy Company to Pay Millions to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team On March 25, Jerome F. Gorgon Jr., the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, announced that Team Rehabilitation Services, LLC (“Team Rehab”), a company operating around 140 physical therapy clinics in various states, agreed to pay $4,969,494 to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for payment to federal...

Healthcare Management Corporation to Pay $4M to Resolve False Claims Act Charges

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Maryland-based CVR Management, LLC, the Center for Vein Restoration, Center for Vascular Medicine (CVM), LLC, and Sanjiv Lakhanpal, MD, FACS (the entities’ CEO and president and CVM’s chairman of the board), agreed to pay $4 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE for medically unnecessary...

Top 10 Whistleblower Awards for 2025 - False Claims Act Whistleblowers Dominate the List

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team As we reported in our post on the Department of Justice (DOJ) annual False Claims Act roundup, 2025 was a record year for False Claims Act recoveries, with DOJ bringing in $6.9 billion under the statute last year.  The majority of that amount -- more than $5.3 billion -- came from actions originated by whistleblowers under the qui tam provisions of the statute.

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W International Companies to Pay $10.5M to Settle FCA Allegations of Overcharging Air Force and Navy for Weld Tables

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team  On March 17, the DOJ’s Office of Public Affairs announced that W International LLC, W International SC LLC, Precision Metal Equipment Handling LLC, and Chief Executive Officer Edward Walker agreed to pay $10.5 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act of knowingly overcharging the U.S. Air Force and Navy for weld tables.[1] Michigan-based W...

DOJ Settles Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Client's False Claims Act Allegations of Incentive Compensation Ban Violations

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Last Tuesday (February 24), the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Massachusetts-based Study Across the Pond (SATP) and its principal John Borhaug agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle allegations they violated the False Claims Act through improper recruiting practices of U.S. students for study abroad.[1]  Constantine Cannon -- co-counseling with Whistleblower...

Whistleblower-Originated Case Leads to Settlement: St. Margaret’s Center Nursing Home to Pay $1.3M To Resolve False Claims Act Case

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team On February 12, the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, John A. Sarcone III, announced that a skilled nursing facility, the Center for Disability Services Holding Corporation, d/b/a St. Margaret’s Center (“SMC”), agreed to pay $1,300,000 to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act “by billing for care that was...

Asphalt Companies Will Pay $30M Total to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Two Ohio-based asphalt companies agreed to pay $30 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that they submitted fraudulent test results to the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for federally funded asphalt projects in Ohio.[1]

What Will Each Company Pay?

Kokosing Materials, Inc. will pay $17.5 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false or...

Top 10 False Claims Act Recoveries in 2025

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team As we reported last month in our post on the Department of Justice (DOJ) 2025 False Claims Act roundup, last year was another record year for False Claims Act recoveries.  In fact, the $6.9 billion the Government recovered in 2025 is the largest single-year haul ever under the statute.  As usual, the majority of that amount -- more than $5.3 billion -- came from...

Department of Justice Stings Insect Shield LLC and Co-Founder’s Estate with $1.4M Settlement of Insect Repellent False Claims Act Allegations

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $1.4 million False Claims Act settlement to resolve claims Insect Shield LLC falsified test results for the insect repellent it applied to Army combat uniforms. The settlement will come from Insect Shield as well as the Estate of Richard Lane, a co-founder and co-owner of the company who passed away in December...

Whistleblower-Initiated: Arthritis & Rheumatology Center, P.C. and its Owner Settle False Claims Act Case

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team  On January 29, the United States Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Georgia announced that Arthritis & Rheumatology Center, P.C. (“ARC”) and its owner, Jatin Patel, M.D., will pay $2.18 million to settle allegations the practice used medical assistants to perform infusion services in violation of Georgia law and submitted claims for those services to...