Month: October 2007

In what qui tam lawyers say is an unusual development, the whistleblower who exposed a fraudulent drug marketing scheme at Cell Therapeutics may receive nothing as his relator’s share. Justice Department...

Reuters reports that in an October 22, 2007 posting that Medicare fraud is a growing problem in Florida. The article says that one Miami-area medical equipment supplier repeatedly billed the government...

A whistleblower suit alleging overbilling of the National Flood Insurance Program was dismissed by a federal judge in New Orleans. Judge Peter Beer said that the allegations in the suit brought by Branch...

A Detroit contractor who gave cash and gifts to an airport official to obtain $30 million in airport contracts has agreed to pay the United States $1.5 million to settle a False Claims Act suit. The suit...

A home care agency operator in New York State has been charged with Medicaid fraud in a criminal suit. A civil suit against the operator has also been filed under the state’s new False Claims Act....

The Inspector General for the U.S. Dept. of the Interior has issued a report on problems in the oil and gas royalty programs. The report, issued on September 17, 2007, is titled Minerals Management Service:...