Nov 14, 2022 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Health Care
Last week, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas (Austin) announced that Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. had agreed to pay $3 million to resolve False Claims Act (FCA) allegations. According to its website, Omega Healthcare Investors...
Sep 29, 2022 | False Claims Act, Government Investigations, Health Care Fraud
On September 26, 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that pharmaceutical giant Biogen, Inc. agreed to pay $900 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by paying prescribing physicians kickbacks in exchange for prescribing...
Sep 5, 2022 | Government Investigations, White Collar Crime
On September 5, 2022, United States District Judge Aileen Cannon, of the Southern District of Florida, issued an Order granting in part former president Donald Trump’s “Motion for Judicial Oversight and Additional Relief.” In that motion, President Trump asked that...
Jul 14, 2022 | False Claims Act, Government Investigations
This month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced two separate False Claims Act (FCA) settlement against major U.S. airlines. On July 1, the DOJ announced that Air France and KLM had agreed to pay $3.9 Million to resolve allegations that they violated the FCA by...
Mar 24, 2022 | Data Breach, DOJ, Fraud Investigations
On March 18, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced that Kevin Kirton, a computer consultant, had been sentenced to six years and nine months in prison and was ordered to pay restitution of over $600,000. Kirton pled guilty...
