December 13, 2016
Posted December 27, 2016
Elite Lab Services, LLC, along with its husband-and-wife owners Gerard and Suzanne Dengler, agreed to pay $3.75 million to settle charges of their violating the False Claims Act through their billing Medicare for tens of thousands of miles that were never driven by Elite Lab’s personnel. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by former Elite Lab employee Karen Malcolm. She will receive a whistleblower award of $787,500 from the proceeds of the government’s recovery. DOJ (EDTX)
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