Month: May 2005

Three Boeing employees have filed a False Claims Act suit, alleging that the plane maker installed defective parts in a range of aircraft and tried to cover up their use. The parts were supplied by Ducommun...

The federal government and four states have joined a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that Caremark Rx, a pharmacy benefits manager, unlawfully avoided repaying Medicaid for drugs it should have covered...

The Mayo Clinic has paid $6.5 million to settle allegations that it misspent millions of dollars in federal research grants over more than a decade. The whistleblower suit was brought by a former accounting...

A whistle-blower lawsuit claims that Oncology and Hematology Associates of Southwest Virginia submitted false claims to the federal government. The government has intervened in support of some of the allegations,...

OfficeMax, Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $9.8 million in settlement of a False Claims Act case alleging that it sold federal agencies office supply products manufactured in countries not permitted...

Curran Contracting, an Ilinois road builder, will pay $500, 000 to the federal government to settle allegations that it overstated the amount of asphalt material delivered to federally funded state road...

The U.S. government said it has recovered $3.89 million from the University Of Mimai on behalf of Medicare and the state Medicaid program as the result of a suit filed by a whistleblower. The lawsuit alleged...

Oracle has paid $8 million to settle a qui tam lawsuit that claimed the company charged the government for computer training which was never provided. The federal False Claims Act’s qui tam provision...

A former employee has accused Diabetes Self Care of Medicare fraud of at least $45 million. The Roanoke, Virginia, company was sold in 2004 to CCS Medical of Florida by its former parent Matria. Matria...

The U.S. Dept. of Justice has filed a suit against a Texas company, alleging it violated the False Claims Act by steering customers toward power wheelchairs, rather than less expensive scooters. The suit,...