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In recent news out of Kansas City, Missouri, a former Overland Park, Kansas resident, now residing in Lawrenceville, Georgia, has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from fraudulent activities under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Mirza Michael Reazuddin, 66, admitted guilt before U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips to one count of […]

On February 22, the United States Attorney’s Office announced that Cornerstone Healthcare Group Holding Inc. and CHG Hospital Medical Center LLC agreed to pay the United States more than $21 million to resolve claims that the company violated the False Claims Act by improperly billing Medicare. Cornerstone Healthcare Group allegedly billed for unauthorized services as […]

The Department of Justice recently announced that three California companies have agreed to pay a total of $530,000 to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by abusing the Paycheck Protection Program, more commonly known as “PPP” during the pandemic. One of the companies, La Baguette, a bakery located in Palo Alto, allegedly […]

On January 31, Pennsylvania senators Kristin Phillips-Hill and Lindsey M. Williams announced that they plan to reintroduce legislation this session that will serve as a Pennsylvania False Claims Act. The Commonwealth Fraud Prevention Act for Taxpayer Accountability (“CFPA”) as it’s called was introduced last session and modeled after the Federal False Claims Act. This year […]

On January 24, 2023, the United States Attorney’s Office announced that Triumph Actuation Systems, a company that designs and manufacturers mechanical and actuation components for commercial and U.S. military aircraft and military systems agreed to pay $478,586 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. The federal government alleged that from April 1, […]

On January 30, the United States Attorney’s Office released a statement announcing that International Vitamin Corporation (“IVC”), a leading importer of dietary supplements agreed to settle one of the largest cases ever involving customs fraud under the False Claims Act. IVC will pay the United States government a whopping $22.8 million dollars to resolve claims […]

On Friday, January 20, the Department of Justice released a statement that medical device manufacturer DePuy Synthes, Inc., a subsidiary of conglomerate Johnson & Johnson, agreed to pay approximately $9.75 million to settle allegations that DePuy violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act by providing an orthopedic surgeon with $100,000 worth of free products […]

The United States Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on two consolidated cases involving alleged False Claims Act (“FCA”) violations by supermarket pharmacies. The whistleblowers in the two cases, U.S. ex rel. Proctor v. Safeway, Inc. and U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc., allege that the defendant pharmacies violated Medicare/Medicaid regulations, and overcharged […]

It seems like an eternity ago, but during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the United States government implemented the Paycheck Protection Program, more commonly known as PPP, to provide cash flow assistance to small businesses through 100% federally guaranteed loans to employers who maintained their payroll during the pandemic. PPP was part of the […]

In October of 2021, the Department of Justice launched the Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative (the “Initiative”). The Initiative is an effort by the Biden administration to increase security over the federal government’s data and digital systems after the April 2021 security breach of government contractor SolarWinds’ software. The SolarWinds breach allowed hackers to access the Cybersecurity […]