July 31, 2007
Oakland City University settles False Claims Act suit
Oakland City University will pay a $5.3 million to settle allegations that it paid incentives to admissions recruiters and failed to report those payments to the federal government. Those payments violated...
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July 26, 2007
Maximus will pay $30.5 million and enters into deferred prosecution agreement
The federal government announced that it has reached a deferred prosecution agreement with Maximus Inc. that requires the company to pay $30.5 million. Maximus has also agreed to enter into a corporate...
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July 17, 2007
Whistleblower suit against Hewlett-Packard reinstated
A California state appeals court has reinstated a whistleblower suit that claimed Hewlett-Packard sold defective medical monitoring devices through its spin-off company, Agilent Technologies. A trial court...
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July 16, 2007
Security firm pays $18 million to settle FCA suit
Akal Security Inc. will pay the United States $18 million to resolve allegations that it violated the terms of its contract to provide trained civilian guards at eight U.S. Army bases. Some of the guards...
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Drug company pleads guilty in illegal marketing case
In a suit that grew out of a whistleblower complaint, Orphan Medical Inc. pleaded guilty in federal court to charges that it illegally promoted Xyrem, commonly known as a “date rape” drug....
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July 13, 2007
Illegal marketing of “date rape” drug results in $20 million settlement of civil and criminal charges
NEW YORK CITY, NY – A whistleblower lawsuit, brought by Phillips & Cohen and announced today, launched the federal investigation into the illegal marketing of the drug Xyrem that has resulted...
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July 12, 2007
Settlement in military flag-patch case
Moritz Embroidery Works has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle a False Claims Act suit that alleged violations of the Buy American Act. The company won a contract to supply the Dept. of Defense with U.S....
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