Month: February 2007

Maximus, Inc., a Virginia company which did consulting work for the District of Columbia, either “willfully or recklessly” submitted inaccurate Medicaid bills on behalf of the District, according...

The Louisville, Kentucky, Courier-Journal reported on February 13, 2007 that the U.S. Dept. of justice will intervene in a whistle-blower suit against HealthEssentials. The Louisville company filed for...

The New York Times (subscription required) reported in a February 4, 2007 article that Westchester County has been sued under the federal False Claims Act for failing to provide fair and affordable housing....

The January 29, 2007 issue of the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reported that Greenlight Capital, a hedge fund, has filed a whistleblower lawsuit claiming that Business Loan Express (BLX)...

Travelers Casualty and Surety Company and Electronic Data Systems have agreed to pay the United States $2,850,000 to settle claims brought under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act. The...

A Maryland couple, Robert Yin and Karen Kaufman-Yin, and their company, COSMOS Corp., have agreed to pay $1.55 million to settle allegations that they submitted false claims to the National Science Foundation,...

A federal jury in Denver found that the Kerr-McGee Corp. defrauded the federal government of millions of dollars in royalties on oil it produced in publicly owned coastal waters. A former Interior Department...

The Corporate Crime Reporter said on January 24, 2007 that a False Claims Act suit was filed against ITT in Manhattan federal court. The FCA requires that relators who are proceeding under the qui tam...

The United States Attorney for the Western District of New York announced that Korrect Optical has agreed to a $3.35 million dollar settlement of a False Claims Act suit. The suit, which originated as...

The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama announced that Southern Radiology Services, LLC will pay the United States $36,000 to settle civil claims arising out of charges SRS submitted claims...