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Hospitals Faces Potential Lawsuit Over Pay Practices

A group of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics nurses and other staffers have sued the state Board of Regents after the university dismissed their concerns about how the institution is compensating them for extra shifts and hours worked. “UIHC maintains a policy and practice of not paying these adjustments in the pay period when they are…

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CHS Hit With Another Shareholder Lawsuit

Community Health Systems and the company’s top executives face another shareholder lawsuit as the hospital chain’s stock price hits historic lows. This time, officials are accused of misleading investors with an accounting change. Just before the Franklin-based hospital chain reported earnings for the end of 2017, it warned that a new method to account for…

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American Airlines Inc. Settles Claims for False Reporting

The Justice Department announced today that American Airlines Inc. has agreed to pay approximately $22.1 million to resolve its alleged liability under the False Claims Act for falsely reporting the times it transferred possession of United States mail to foreign postal administrations or other intended recipients under contracts with the United States Postal Service (USPS).…

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Contractor Pays $2.4M Settlement in Whistleblower Case

The Sesolinc Group has agreed pay up to $2.4 million to settle allegations that they supplied defective products and submitted false claims to the Army, Department of Veterans Affairs and General Services Administration. Based on the allegations of the unsealed complaint, Sesolinc is alleged to have violated the False Claims Act when it sold products…

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Contractor Settles SBA False Claims Allegations

United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Sunrise Systems of Brevard, Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $500,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims for government funds in violations of Small Business Administration regulations. The settlement relates to a Small Business Administration (SBA) grant for…

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DOJ Seeking Judgments Against Forest Park Defendants

The U.S. Attorney’s Office is seeking more than $17 million in money judgments against the seven defendants convicted in the Forest Park Medical Center bribery trial in April, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox. Each defendant played a role in the $200 million kickback scheme, designed to induce doctors to steer…

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Defense Contractor CEO Settles Whistleblower Claims

Luke Hillier, the majority owner and former Chief Executive Officer of Virginia-based defense contractor ADS, Inc., has agreed to pay the United States $20 million to settle allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by fraudulently obtaining federal set-aside contracts reserved for small businesses that his company was ineligible to receive, the Department of…

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TherapeuticsMD Charged by SEC with Violating Securities Law

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday charged Boca Raton-based TherapeuticsMD with securities law violations. The company shared critical information with Wall Street analysts about potential FDA marketing approval of a new product, information that also should have been disclosed to stockholders and the public, the SEC said. TherapeuticsMD has consented to SEC’s order without…

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Fraud Plagues Disaster Relief Efforts

As the scale and frequency of major disasters escalate, millions of dollars in federal, state and insurance payments intended for recovery efforts are being stolen by fraudsters taking advantage of chaos and the pipeline of aid flowing into the stricken areas.Last year, Olanrewajua A. Beyioku, also known as “Papa Smith Morgan,” was charged with wire…

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Farmers to be Sentenced in Organic Food Fraud Case

Four Midwestern farmers who cheated organic food customers are scheduled to be sentenced for the largest fraud scheme of its kind in U.S. history. Federal prosecutors say the farmers are responsible for a seven-year scheme that tricked thousands of customers into paying premium prices for products that were marketed as organic but were not. Prosecutors…

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Psychologist Admits to $1.5M Medicaid Fraud

A Birmingham psychologist has admitted to trying to defraud Medicaid by billing for counseling services that were never provided, state and federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Sharon Waltz has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud Medicaid of at least $1.5 million, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town announced. Waltz…

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53 Executives Being Investigated for Money Laundering

Chief Executives Being Investigated in Georgia The heads of 53 different companies are being investigated for tax evasion and money laundering, the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia reports. Defendants allegedly attempted to retain 100 million GEL ($34.3m/€30.6m) in VAT and avoid transferring it to the state budget. These 53 chief executives…

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Whistleblower Accuses GE of Fraud and Misleading Investors

General Electric’s stock plunged on Thursday after a whistleblower accused the conglomerate of misleading investors by allegedly engaging in a $38 billion accounting fraud. The whistleblower called the fraud “bigger than Enron.” The allegations stem from investigator Harry Markopolos, who accused GE on Thursday of hiding massive losses and heading for bankruptcy. Markopolos is known…

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Oklahoma Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Healthcare Fraud

MANGUM, Okla. – An Oklahoma pharmacy owner has pleaded guilty to two counts of healthcare fraud after allegedly scamming healthcare systems out of more than $1 million. In March, a federal grand jury indicted 37-year-old Jeffrey Terry after an investigation found that he allegedly submitted false claims to SoonerCare and Medicare Part D for medications…

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Construction Company, Owner Settle Fraud Allegations

U.S. Attorney John H. Durham and officials from the U.S. Small Business Administration and U.S. General Services Administration today announced that CLASSIC SITE SOLUTIONS, INC. (“CSS”) and its owner, CHERYL SADY, have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the United States in which they will pay $1.3 million dollars to resolve allegations that they…

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Fraud Allegations Against Medical Group Settles

Redlands-based Beaver Medical Group and one of its physicians, Dr. Sherif Khalil, have agreed to pay about $5 million to resolve allegations that they reported invalid patient diagnoses to jack up Medicare payments, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. In a news release issued Thursday, Aug. 8, federal officials said the settlement resolves allegations…

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Whistleblower Alleges DaVita, Fresenius Involved in Kickbacks

A whistleblower has alleged that DaVita Kidney Care and Fresenius and charity organization American Kidney Fund were involved in a years-long kickback scheme in which patients were incentivized to use only those dialysis providers who donated to the charity. According to the whistleblower complaint, which was first unsealed on Thursday after the U.S. Justice Department…

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