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September 4, 2015

Robert Wingfield and Bill Ma agreed to pay $385,000 and $50,000, respectively, to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by engaging in a scheme to evade customs duties on imports of aluminum extrusions from China.  Wingfield was the US sales representative for Tai Shan Golden Gain Aluminum Products Ltd., the Chinese company that exported the aluminum extrusions in this case.  According to the government, Wingfield conspired with domestic importers to submit false information to the government to evade duties, and Ma later formed a company, Northeastern Aluminum Corp., to act as the importer of record for the goods in an attempt to shield the real importers from liability.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by James F. Valenti Jr. under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  Valenti will receive a whistleblower award of approximately $79,000.  DOJ

September 4, 2015

Walter Investment Management Corp. agreed to pay $29.63 million to resolve allegations that, through its subsidiaries, Reverse Mortgage Solution Inc., REO Management Solutions LLC and RMS Asset Management Solutions LLC, it violated the False Claims Act in connection with the subsidiaries’ participation in the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Home Equity Conversion Mortgages program, which insures “reverse” mortgage loans.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed former RMS executive Matthew McDonald under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  McDonald will receive a whistleblower award of $5.15 million.  DOJ

September 3, 2015

St. Joseph Hospice Entities, which consists of 13 hospice facilities in Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Alabama, and Patrick T. Mitchell, its majority owner and manager, agreed to pay $5,867,518 to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for delivery of continuous home care hospice services to patients who were not entitled to receive them.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by 3 former employees of the company under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  They will receive a whistleblower award of roughly $1 million.  DOJ

September 1, 2015

Discount department store chain KMART Corp., which operates approximately 780 in-store pharmacies throughout the US, agreed to pay $1.4 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by using drug manufacturer coupons and gasoline discounts as improper Medicare beneficiary inducements.  According to the government, Kmart improperly influenced the decisions of Medicare beneficiaries to bring their prescriptions to Kmart pharmacies by permitting them to use drug manufacturer coupons to reduce or eliminate prescription co-pays that they otherwise would be obligated to pay, and by also offering them varying levels of discounts on the purchase of gasoline at participating gas stations.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by former Kmart pharmacist Joshua Leighr under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  Leighr will receive a whistleblower award of approximately $248,500.  DOJ

August 19, 2015

Background check company US Investigations Services Inc. and its parent company Altegrity agreed to settle charges that USIS violated the False Claims Act by failing to provide proper background checks as required under its contract with the  Office of Personnel Management.  They agreed to forgo $30 million in payments they claim OPM owed them.  The allegations leading to the settlement were first raised in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by former USIS executive Blake Percival under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  He will receive a yet-to-be-determined whistleblower award.  Whistleblower Insider

August 19, 2015

Arizona physician Dr. Bashir Azher agreed to pay $207,988 to resolve allegations he violated the False Claims Act by submitting false bills to Medicare for prostate laser ablation procedures, commonly known as Green Light prostatectomies.  Specifically, the government charged Dr. Azher with submitting false claims for reimbursement for prostate laser ablation procedures that were too short to generate a therapeutic benefit, failed to meet professionally recognized standards of care, were medically unnecessary, and/or violated applicable Medicare regulations.  The government’s allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by Dr. Arnaldo Trabucco under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  He will receive a yet-to-be-determined whistleblower award.  DOJ

August 13, 2015

Two Southwest Missouri health care providers agreed to pay $5.5 million to settle allegations they violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians.  The two providers are Mercy Health Springfield Communities (formerly known as St. John’s Health System Inc.) and its affiliate, Mercy Clinic Springfield Communities (formerly known as St. John’s Clinic).  Specifically, the government charged the hospitals with submitting false claims to Medicare for services rendered to patients referred by physicians who received bonuses based on a formula that improperly took into account the value of the physicians’ referrals of patients to the clinic.  The allegations first arose in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by Dr. Jean Moore, a physician who is employed by one of the defendants, under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  Dr. Moore will receive a whistleblower award of $825,000.  DOJ

August 11, 2015

Computer Supply company PC Specialists Inc. (d/b/a Technology Integration Group) agreed to pay $5.9 million to settle charges it inflated the price of computers sold through another company to the National Nuclear Security Administration for use at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Specifically, TIG sold Dell computers to Sandia Corporation for resale to the United States under Sandia’s contract with the NNSA.  According to the government, TIG knowingly inflated the amounts it charged Sandia by failing to give credits for rebates and discounts it received from Dell as required by its contract.  The government’s allegations arose from a whistleblower lawsuit filed by Maverick Granger, a former TIG executive in Albuquerque, under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  He will receive a yet-to-be determined whistleblower award.  Whistleblower Insider

July 30, 2015

California-based medical device manufacturer NuVasive Inc. agreed to pay $13.5 million to resolve charges it violated the False Claims Act by improperly promoting the company’s CoRoent System for spine surgeries for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.  The settlement also resolves allegations NuVasive paid illegal kickbacks to induce physicians to use the company’s CoRoent System.  The government’s allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by former NuVasive sales representative Kevin Ryan under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  He will receive a whistleblower reward of approximately $2.2 million.  Whistleblower Insider

July 6, 2015

LB&B Associates Inc. and its principals, Lily A. Brandon and F. Edward Brandon, agreed to pay $7.8 million to resolve allegations they made false statements to obtain contracts through the Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) 8(a) Business Development Program for Small Disadvantaged Businesses.  The allegations first arose in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by Steven O. Sansbury and James T. Buechler, former employees of LB&B, under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  They will receive a whistleblower award of $1.5 million.  DOJ
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