Mario Cuomo Announces Bid for NYC Mayor Hoping Voters Can Look Past Sexual Assault Allegations
Mario Cuomo, the former Governor of New York and a prominent figure in state politics, announced today his candidacy for mayor of New York City, marking his return to the political arena…
Two Clinical Labs and Their Owners Agree to Pay $5.7 Million to Resolve False Claims and Kickback Allegations
NEWARK, N.J. – Two clinical laboratories and their owners have agreed to pay $5.7 million to resolve allegations that they caused the submission of false claims to Medicare by paying kickbacks in…
Cardiac Device Manufacturer Biotronik Inc. Agrees to Pay Nearly $13 Million To Settle Allegations of Improper Payments to Doctors
LOS ANGELES – Biotronik Inc., a medical device manufacturer based in Oregon, has agreed to pay $12.95 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by causing the…
Cardiac Device Manufacturer Biotronik Inc. Agrees to Pay Nearly $13 Million To Settle Allegations of Improper Payments to Doctors
LOS ANGELES – Biotronik Inc., a medical device manufacturer based in Oregon, has agreed to pay $12.95 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by causing the…
Inform Diagnostics Agrees to Pay $16 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations of Medically Unnecessary Tests
BOSTON – Inform Diagnostics, Inc., (Inform) formerly known as Miraca Life Sciences, Inc. (Inform), has agreed to pay $16 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims for payment to Medicare…
U.S. Attorney’s Office Resolves Investigation into Allegations of Race Discrimination by Hartland Community School District
DETROIT – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan has resolved its investigation into allegations of race discrimination by the Hartland Consolidated School District, United States Attorney Dawn…
Virginia Company Pays $137,500 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Christopher Scharf, Special Agent-in-Charge, U.S. Department of Transportation – Office of Inspector General, Northeastern Region, today announced that McClain &…
BioReference Laboratories and Parent Company Agree to Pay $9.85 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations of Illegal Remuneration to Referring Physicians
BOSTON – BioReference Health, LLC, formerly known as BioReference Laboratories, Inc., (BioReference) and OPKO Health, Inc. (OPKO) have agreed to pay $9.85 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act.…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Agrees to Pay $9 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations of Cybersecurity Violations in Federal Government Contracts
SACRAMENTO. Calif. — Aerojet Rocketdyne Inc., headquartered in El Segundo, California, has agreed to pay $9 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by misrepresenting its compliance with…
West Virginia Hospital to Pay $1.5 Million to Settle Allegations Concerning Impermissible Financial Relationships with Referring Physicians
WHEELING – Weirton Medical Center, a hospital located in Weirton, West Virginia, has agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting or…
MCS Advantage Agrees to Pay 4.2 Million Dollars to Resolve Allegations that it Violated the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On July 1st, 2022, the United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General…
UNILEVER PLC Company News: Berger Montague Investigates Securities Fraud Allegations Against Unilever PLC (NYSE: UL); Lead Plaintiff Deadline is August 15, 2022
PHILADELPHIA, June 30, 2022 — Berger Montague is investigating securities fraud allegations on behalf of investors who purchased the securities Unilever PLC (“Unilever” or the “Company”) (NYSE: UL) between September 2, 2020 and…
Elk City Doctor Pays $95,000 to Settle Civil Penalty Claims Stemming From Allegations of Recordkeeping Violations Relating to the Purchase of Fentanyl
OKLAHOMA CITY – Brian Blick, M.D. (“Dr. Blick”), has paid $95,000 to settle civil penalty claims stemming from allegations that he violated the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 and…
Three Delaware Valley-Area Railroad Workers to Pay Over $75,000 to Resolve Allegations of False Unemployment Benefits Claims
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that three area railroad workers have agreed to pay over $75,000, collectively, to resolve claims of unemployment benefits fraud under the False Claims…
Three Florida Pharmacies Agree to Pay $830,707 to Resolve Allegations They Fraudulently Billed Federal Health Care Programs
Miami, Florida – Habana Hospital Pharmacy, Inc., Longevity Drugs, LLC, and Forest Hill Pharmacy, LLC, all Florida-based pharmacies, have agreed to pay $830,707.19 to resolve allegations they fraudulently used collaborative pharmacy practice…
Fifteen Texas Doctors Agree to Pay over $2.8 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations
SHERMAN, Texas – Fifteen additional Texas doctors have agreed to pay a total of $2,831,280 to resolve False Claims Act allegations involving illegal kickbacks in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark…
California Mortgage Lender Agrees to Pay More Than $1 Million to Resolve Fraud Allegations
Spokane, Washington – Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that American Financial Network, Inc., a mortgage lender based in Brea, California, has agreed…
Molina Healthcare Agrees to Pay Over $4.5 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Claims Act Violations
BOSTON – Molina Healthcare, Inc. (Molina) and its previously owned subsidiary, Pathways of Massachusetts (Pathways), have agreed to pay $4.625 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by…
Media Hypes Dem Allegations That Trump Committed Fraud
Media Hypes Dem Allegations That Trump Committed Fraud Harold Hutchison on June 14, 2022 Liberal media outlets hyped the possibility that prosecutors could indict former President Donald Trump with various fraud charges…
Steward Health Care System Agrees to Pay $4.7 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Claims Act Violations
BOSTON – Steward Health Care System LLC (Steward) and several related corporate entities have agreed to pay approximately $4.735 million to resolve allegations that its relationships with several physicians and physician practice…
Los Angeles Doctor to Pay $9.5 Million to Resolve Allegations of Fraud Against Medicare and Medi-Cal
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced today that Minas Kochumian M.D., a physician previously practicing in the Los Angeles area, has paid $9,486,287 to resolve allegations that he…
Dansville Physician Agrees To Pay More Than $600,000 To Resolve Allegations That He Fraudulently Billed Medicare And Medicaid
CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that James A. Sakr, M.D., has agreed to pay $602,661.61 to resolve allegations, arising…
Connecticut Companies Pay $5.2 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Claims Act Violations Concerning Fraudulently Obtained Small Business Contracts
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Numet Machining Techniques, LLC (“Numet”), Numet Industries, Inc., KCO Numet, Inc., and Kidd & Company, LLC (collectively the…
Healthkeeperz, Inc. To Pay $2.1 Million To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – U.S. Attorney Dena J. King announced today that Pembroke, North Carolina based behavioral healthcare provider, Healthkeeperz, Inc. (Healthkeeperz), has agreed to resolve allegations that the company violated the False…
Caris Life Sciences Pays over $2.8 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations from Delay in Submission of Genetic Cancer Screening Tests
Caris Life Sciences, Inc. (Caris) has agreed to pay $2,886,674.86 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in an alleged nationwide scheme to improperly bill Medicare for laboratory tests…
Newton Physician Resolves Allegations of Improper Prescribing Practices Concerning Controlled Substances
BOSTON – Dr. Hooshang Poor, a Newton geriatric medicine physician, has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve allegations that he prescribed controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice, a violation…
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