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December 21, 2020
Substance abuse treatment provider A.R.E.B.A.-CASRIEL, Inc. d/b/a Addiction Care Interventions Chemical Dependency Treatment Centers (“ACI”) and its owner, Steven Yohay, agreed to pay a total of $6 million to resolve federal and New York state claims that they defrauded Medicaid including through the payment of kickbacks and other fraudulent conduct in connection with the enrollment of Medicaid beneficiaries into ACI’s inpatient treatment program. Defendants allegedly employed drivers who were compensated in part based on the number of patients they recruited, to target homeless individuals to enroll in ACI’s inpatient treatment program by offering food, cash, and money to purchase drugs, and/or alcohol. In addition, ACI unlawfully paid a patient recruiter, and enrolled Medicaid patients who had not been evaluated by a qualified healthcare professional, including by copying a physician’s signature. The government’s investigation was initiated by a whistleblower complaint filed by a former employee, who will receive an undisclosed amount of the settlement. USAO SDNY; NYDecember 18, 2020
The SEC awarded $1.8 million to a whistleblower who timely provided significant information about a fraudulent securities scheme that was otherwise hard to detect, and provided substantial assistance during the SEC investigation, which resulted in the return of millions of dollars to harmed investors. SECDecember 18, 2020
The SEC awarded $1.2 million to a whistleblower, noting that the whistleblower award amount was negatively affected by the individual’s culpability in the underlying fraud and unreasonable delay in reporting to the SEC even as the claimant was fully aware of the scheme’s illegality. SECDecember 18, 2020
The SEC awarded $500,000 to a whistleblower who provided significant information and ongoing assistance to the SEC, finding that the individual was eligible for an award even though the individual had not submitted a TCR. The SEC found that the individual had provided information to an attorney, who subsequently used that information without the claimant’s fully informed consent, to submit a TCR in the attorney’s own name. SECDecember 18, 2020
Texas Heart Hospital of the Southwest LLP and its affiliate THHBP Management Company LLC will pay $48 million to resolve claims brought in a whistleblower suit by two of the hospitals’ physicians alleging that the defendants violated the False Claims Act, Stark Law, and Anti-Kickback Statute. Agreements between the hospital and its physician-owners required the doctors to have 48 patient-contacts a year in order to maintain their ownership interests. The U.S. did not intervene in the action; the whistleblowers, Dr. Mitchell Magee and Dr. Todd Dewey, will collectively receive $13.92 million, 29% of the total settlement, as a whistleblower reward. DOJDecember 14, 2020
An unidentified SEC whistleblower with audit responsibilities will receive an award of $300,000 based on a finding that the individual reasonably believed that the entity would engage in conduct which would impede an SEC investigation. The award recognizes that the individual provided high-quality information and continuing assistance during the SEC investigation. SECWhistleblower Rewards: Choose a Whistleblower Lawyer with a Record of Success for Top Whistleblower Awards
Posted 12/11/20
