Jan 6, 2023 | False Claims Act
The DOJ just announced that medical device companies Jet Medical Inc. (Jet), Medical Components Inc. (MedComp), and Martech Medical Products Inc. (Martech) agreed to pay $545,133 to settle allegations of violating the False Claims Act (FCA) by distributing misbranded...
Jan 4, 2023 | Cyber Law, Data Breach
On December 14, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), the federal agency that manages the Medicare program, posted a press release related to a data breach suffered by a CMS subcontractor. According to the notice, on October 8, 2022, a CMS...
Dec 21, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On December 20, the Department of Justice announced BioTelemetry Inc. and its subsidiary CardioNet LLC (collectively “BioTelemetry”) have agreed to pay $44,875,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by “knowingly submitting claims to...
Dec 21, 2022 | Criminal Matters, Government Investigations
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Christopher Parris was sentenced to over 20 years (244 months) in prison for his involvement in a COVID-19 scheme and a multi-year Ponzi scheme. COVID-19 Fraud Scheme. Mr. Parris’ COVID-19 scheme was unlike the...