Whistleblower News From The Inside — August 24, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Food-supply giant to pay $15.5 million to State of Florida for inflated billing – US Foods will pay to resolve whistleblower allegations and a state investigation that uncovered its deceitful billing practice of not passing along discounts received from suppliers as required by agreements with the Florida Department of Corrections.  Law360

Empire State Home Care Services to pay $6 million to NY for Medicaid Fraud in cost-reporting – NY attorney general alleged that Brooklyn-based home health care service misallocated general capital costs and improperly reported salaries as “direct-care costs,” resulting in inflated Medicaid reimbursements.  WSJ

Lockheed subsidiary to pay $4.7M for improperly using federal funds to lobby Congress and federal agencies – Sandia Corporation will pay to resolve allegations that it violated both the Byrd Amendment and the False Claims Act when it used money allocated by Congress towards lobbying activities for a renewal of its national laboratory contract with the National Nuclear Security Administration.  DOJ

Whistleblower evidence behind re-opened investigation of repeat-offender Standard Chartered – Sources report that the DOJ and New York authorities are probing whether the bank has again violated a deferred prosecution agreement in which it agreed not to conduct U.S. dollar transactions for entities operating under sanctions such as Iran, North Korea, and Sudan, and to beef up anti-money laundering compliance.  Financial Times

Shooter’s loss of job and unsuccessful whistleblower-retaliation claims investigated as possible motive – “The New Jersey man identified as the suspect in the shooting death of a security guard at a federal building in New York City on Friday was upset about losing his federal job years ago and suffered from financial problems and other personal setbacks, a local lawmaker and neighbors said on Saturday.”  WSJ