Whistleblower Law Insights

Hexcel, an aerospace supplier, will pay $15 million to settle allegations it violated the federal False Claims Act. The government alleged that Hexcel supplied defective bulletproof vests to law enforcement...

The United States Dept. of Justice announced that it obtained $2 billion in settlements in fraud cases during fiscal year 2007, with most of the recoveries resulting from whistleblower lawsuits. The whistleblower...

Arizona Heart Hospital will pay approximately $5.8 million to resolve allegations that they improperly billed Medicare for non-covered procedures. Two doctors groups, Arizona Heart Institute and AHI Cardiovascular...

National Air Cargo of Orchard Park, New York, has admitted defrauding the Defense Department out of million of dollars. The company agreed to pay $28 million in fines, restitution and forfeitures to resolve...

The United States Supreme Court has granted cert in the case of Allison Engine Company, Inc. et. al. v. United States ex rel Roger Sanders, Supreme Court Docket No. 07-214. Defendants, including the General...

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....