February 07, 2005
Defense contractor settles claims it defrauded government by supplying used parts
Aerometals, a California defense contractor, will pay the federal government $251,000 to resolve charges it defrauded the Air Force and Army by supplying used and reconditioned parts that it said were...
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February 07, 2005
Attorney pays $1.24 million to settle overbilling allegations
Timothy C. Spayne, a solo practitioner in Connecticut, has paid the federal government $1.24 million to settle allegations that he billed U.S. Navy contractor Electric Boat for up to 94 hours in a single...
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February 07, 2005
Jury selection begins in General Motors False Claims Act case
Former employees claim General Motors Corp. and two other U.S. government contractors sold faulty generators to the Navy. The qui tam suit seeks $100 million in damages, which could be tripled under the...
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January 12, 2005
Inter-Tel to settle E-Rate suit for $8.7 million
Inter-Tel Technologies has agreed to pay $8.7 million and to plead guilty to wire fraud and antitrust charges. The charges filed by the Justice Department alleged that Inter-Tel submitted rigged bids,...
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January 10, 2005
New York State hospital will pay $1.5 million to settle qui tam suit
Catskill Regional Medical Center paid $52,000 per month in illegal kickbacks to an unnamed entity for sham administrative services. Catskill received millions of dollars for treating these illegally referred...
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January 03, 2005
U.S. Dept. of Justice announces HealthSouth settlement
The Dept. of Justice announced on December 30, 2004 that HealthSouth Corporation, the nation’s largest provider of rehabilitative medicine services, has agreed to pay the United States $325 million...
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December 27, 2004
Gold Banc whistleblower will receive more than $3 million
Roger Ediger, a lawyer from Enid, Oklahoma, will receive more than $3 million for his role in exposing a bank that allegedly inflated interest rates on federally guaranteed loans. Gold Bank settled the...
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December 22, 2004
HealthSouth to settle False Claims Act suit
Modern Healthcare (subscription required) reported on December 21, 2004 that HealthSouth will pay $325 million to settle several whistleblower suits brought under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims...
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December 21, 2004
Massachusetts charges dental corporation with Medicaid fraud
Massachusetts has brought both criminal charges and a civil suit alleging violation of the state’s Medicaid False Claims Act against a dental corporation. The False Claims Act suit alleges that Miller...
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December 20, 2004
Whistle blower suit alleges GE covered up defects
A former quality-control engineer at General Electric’s aircraft engine plant alleges that the company concealed defects. The suit contends that the company continued shipping defective jet engine...
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