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Triple Canopy Settles Whistleblower Charges of Faulty Security Guards in Iraq

Posted  10/17/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Yesterday, Virginia-based defense contractor Triple Canopy, Inc. agreed to pay $2.6 million to settle government and whistleblower charges that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for payment to the Department of Defense for unqualified security guards stationed in Iraq. The allegations stem from Triple Canopy’s one-year contract with the Joint...

SEC Announces Whistleblower Award of More Than a Million Dollars

Posted  10/13/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team The SEC announced that a whistleblower has earned an award of more than $1 million for providing the SEC with new information and substantial corroborating documentation of a securities law violation by a registered entity that impacted retail customers. “Today’s award reflects the impact that whistleblower information can have in uncovering violations that harm the retail...

Freedom Health/Optimum - Healthcare Fraud/Medicare Advantage ($32.5 million)

Constantine Cannon represented a whistleblower in a False Claims Act case alleging Freedom Health and Optimum Healthcare inflated their Medicare Advantage patient risk scores to secure artificially high Medicare reimbursement.  In May 2017, the companies agreed to pay $32.5 million to settle the matter.  Our client received a whistleblower award of roughly $6.4 million.  Read more -- NPRMiami Herald, DOJ, CC.

DOJ Catch of the Week -- AnMed Health

Posted  09/29/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to AnMed Health. On Wednesday, the South Carolina-based hospital agreed to pay more than $7 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false Medicare claims for a variety of services, including radiation oncology services, emergency department services, and clinic services. See DOJ...

Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Will Pay More Than $40 Million to Resolve Investigations Into Its Marketing and Sales Practices

Posted  09/25/17
Aegerion Pharmaceuticals will plead guilty to charges concerning its prescription drug, Juxtapid, the Department of Justice announced on Friday.  According to the Justice Department’s press release: Aegerion introduced Juxtapid into interstate commerce that was misbranded because, among other things, Aegerion failed to comply with a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS).  The resolution also...

Family Medicine Centers Settles Whistleblower False Claims Act Charges

Posted  09/12/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team A South Carolina family medical practice chain, along with its owner and laboratory director, agreed to pay roughly $2 Million to settle charges of violating the False Claims Act and Stark Law which prohibits physician self-referrals. Specifically, Family Medicine Centers of South Carolina (FMC) agreed to pay $1.56 million, and FMC's principal owner Dr. Stephen F. Serbin and...

September 5, 2017

Novo Nordisk, Inc. has agreed to $1.1 million to resolve claims that its diabetes drug Victoza was unlawfully promoted for off-label use in violation of the California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act.  The claims were brought in a whistleblower action under that act filed by former Novo Nordisk researcher Peter Dastous, who will receive a share of the settlement.  CA

Two Bay Area Companies for Developmentally Disabled Settle Whistleblower Charges of Overbilling

Posted  08/29/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Two Bay Area companies and their owners agreed to pay roughly $2 million to settle charges they violated the False Claims Act by overbilling the government in a program designed to serve Californians with developmental disabilities. The government, and the whistleblower who originated the action -- Beverly McCaffery -- alleged that Alternative Learning Center, its president...

Eye Surgery Provider Settles FCA Kickback Allegations for $12M

Posted  08/23/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Sightpath Medical, Inc., its parent TLC Vision Corp., and its former CEO James Tiffany have agreed to pay $12 million to resolve allegations, originally brought by a whistleblower, that they defrauded the government by billing it for eye surgery products and services tainted by illegal kickbacks to physicians. According to the Justice Department’s press release, Sightpath...

Mylan Agrees to Pay $465 Million in a False Claims Act Settlement

Posted  08/21/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Last Friday, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a $465 million settlement with Mylan, Inc. to resolve claims that it violated the False Claim Act. The suit was brought by a whistleblower under the False Claims Act qui tam provisions and involved the alleged improper misclassification of the EpiPen as a generic drug to avoid paying rebates owed mainly to Medicaid....
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