FBI memo reveals DOJ ordered shutdown of Clinton Foundation Foreign Pay to Play Scheme in 2016 Election, But Was Shut Down
WASHINGTON, DC – A newly declassified memo obtained by former Trump aide and current FBI Director Kash Patel details how senior Justice Department officials in 2016 blocked FBI agents from pursuing a…
Federal Court Orders Clinic to Close, Physician and Clinic Owners to Pay $600,000 for Alleged Unlawful Opioid Distribution
Tampa, FL – A federal court ordered a Tampa-area pain management clinic to close and directed the clinic’s owners and its former physician to collectively pay $600,000 in civil penalties pursuant to…
Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Teva to Pay $2.25 Billion for their Role in Pennsylvania Opioid Crisis
by Josh Shapiro, Attorney General, Pennsylvania HARRISBURG–Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that he’s reached an agreement in principle on key financial terms with opioid manufacturer Teva for alleged deceptive marketing and…
Biden Admin Poised To Force Insurers To Pay For Sex Changes
Biden Admin Poised To Force Insurers To Pay For Sex Changes Laurel Duggan on July 26, 2022 President Joe Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) moved to strengthen Obama-era rules…
‘Ghost Soldiers’: The Pentagon Lost $232 Million Trying To Pay Afghan Forces
‘Ghost Soldiers’: The Pentagon Lost $232 Million Trying To Pay Afghan Forces Micaela Burrow on July 26, 2022 The Department of Defense (DOD) paid $232 million to unauthorized or nonexistent accounts between…
Delaware County Pharmacy and Owner-Pharmacist Agree to Pay $750k and Never Again Dispense Controlled Substances to Resolve Civil Allegations of Sex-for-Pills Scheme
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that the United States filed a civil lawsuit against Murray-Overhill Pharmacy, Inc., located in Media, PA, and its co-owner pharmacist Martin Brian, alleging…
DJ Drugs & Surgicals Inc. Agrees to Pay $115,000 to Resolve Allegations of Prior Authorization Fraud
BOSTON – A New York-based specialty pharmacy, DJ Drugs & Surgicals Inc., has agreed to resolve allegations that it altered patient medical records and submitted the altered medical records to Medicare in…
Piedmont Infusion Services of Danville and Its Owner, Jacob Patterson, to Pay False Claims Act Settlement
DANVILLE, Va. – Piedmont Infusion Services and its owner, Jacob Patterson, have agreed to pay $310,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act and the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers…
Piedmont Infusion Services of Danville and Its Owner, Jacob Patterson, to Pay False Claims Act Settlement
DANVILLE, Va. – Piedmont Infusion Services and its owner, Jacob Patterson, have agreed to pay $310,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act and the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers…
Rutgers University Deploys Parking Barnacles to Force People to Pay Parking Tickets on the Spot
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – If you’re parked illegally on the campus of Rutgers University, you won’t just get a ticket, you’ll get the Barnacle. The Barnacle is a huge suction device that…
Jewelry Store Forced to Pay $34.2 Million for Taking Advantage of Military and Veteran Customers
From the Desk of Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro PHILADELPHIA, PA – Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that, as part of a multistate agreement, he’s secured a settlement that recovers $34.2…
T-Mobile to pay $350 million in settlement over massive hacking
By Jonathan Stempel and Sara Merken (Reuters) – T-Mobile US Inc agreed on Friday to pay $350 million and spend an additional $150 million to upgrade data security to settle litigation over…
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…
Harris Slams America, Says Pro-Life Movement is Like Slavery, Now NJ Taxpayers Have to Pay $3.2 Million
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Vice President Kamala Harris visited Atlantic City on Monday to speak before the annual NAACP convention in a campaign-style speech. Now, New Jersey taxpayers are left with her…
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…
Grafton Dentist Sentenced to 54 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay over $1 million in forfeiture
Richard G. Frohling, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 15, 2022, Scott Charmoli, formerly a licensed dentist, was sentenced to 54 months’ incarceration for committing…
Australia reinstates COVID quarantine pay amid fresh Omicron wave
By Renju Jose SYDNEY – Australia will reinstate support payments for casual workers who have to quarantine due to COVID-19, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday, as a fresh wave of…
Keller Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison and Ordered to Pay $14M in Restitution for Ponzi Scheme
MIDLAND – A Keller man was sentenced yesterday to 168 months in prison and ordered to pay $14,538,967.27 in restitution for operating a Ponzi scheme. According to court documents, Marco Perez Jr.,…
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.…
Court Orders North Carolina Pharmacy and Pharmacists to Pay $300,000 Penalty in Case Alleging Unlawful Opioid Distribution
WASHINGTON – A federal court entered a consent decree enjoining an Asheboro, North Carolina pharmacy and its two pharmacists from dispensing controlled substances, including opioids, without taking specific steps to help ensure…
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…
Vanguard to pay millions to mutual fund investors hit with big tax bills
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK – Vanguard Group, the largest mutual fund company, on Wednesday reached a $6.25 million settlement to resolve regulatory charges it failed to warn many fund investors that…
Foreign National Sentenced to More Than Four Years in Federal Prison and Ordered to Pay Restitution for Fraud
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher sentenced Olatunde Vincent, age 35, of Pikesville, Maryland, to 50 months in federal prison yesterday, followed by 2 years of supervised release, for…
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