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The U.S. Department of Agriculture was involved in this study of the physically impossible...WHY?!

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City Employee Files Whistleblower Suit Over Retaliation

A former employee is suing the city on claims she was fired this spring for flagging the federal government about concerns tied to the administration of a grant program to aid entrepreneurs. Kennedy Shannon filed a whistleblower lawsuit Thursday in Wayne County Circuit Court alleging the city first suspended her without pay and ultimately fired her after she…

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Lady of Lourdes Health Settles Billing Fraud Charges

Camden, N.J.-based Our Lady of Lourdes Health Foundation and two related Our Lady of Lourdes companies will pay more than $1.1 million to settle billing fraud allegations, according to the U.S. Justice Department. The U.S. charged Lourdes with fraudulently billing the federal government for community service grants funded through the Corporation for National and Community Service…

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County Settles Allegations Related to Training Grants

DeKalb County, Georgia has agreed to pay $750,000 to resolve allegations that the County and its agency WorkSource DeKalb violated the False Claims Act by misusing grant funds for the Department of Labor’s On-the-Job Training (“OJT”) program, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced today. “Rather than using the funds to…

County Settles Allegations Related to Training Grants was originally published on Allison Legal Law Firm

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University Pays $1.5M to Settle False Claims Allegations

MADISON, WIS. – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, acting through the University of Wisconsin-Madison (“University”), agreed to pay $1.5 million to the United States to settle the claims that it violated the False Claims Act by…

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Former OSU Director Charged with Fraud

A federal grand jury has charged DANIEL WEBSTER “WEB” KEOGH, 47, and DANIELLE KEOGH, 36, both of Edmond, Oklahoma, with fraud crimes against First Pryority Bank, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Commuter Air Technology, Inc., and Oklahoma State University’s Multispectral Laboratories, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. According…

Former OSU Director Charged with Fraud was originally published on Allison Legal Law Firm

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Solar Energy Company Fined for Grant Fraud

The Justice Department announced today that SolarCity Corporation (SolarCity) has agreed to pay $29.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting inflated claims on behalf of itself and affiliated investment funds to the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) pursuant to Section 1603 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment…

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CEO Indicted for Healthcare Fraud

A federal grand jury has indicted Zheng Geng, a/k/a “Jason Geng”, age 59, of Vienna, Virginia, on charges related to a scheme to defraud the United States. The indictment was returned on August 9, 2017, and unsealed today upon the arrest of Geng. Geng is the Chief Executive Officer of Xigen LLC (Xigen), which has…

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