Aug 24, 2022 | False Claims Act
The Department of Justice just announced that Universal Helicopters Inc. (UHI) and Dodge City Community College (DC3) have agreed to pay $7.5 million to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act (FCA). It was alleged that UHI and DC3 falsely certified...
Aug 17, 2022 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud
In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in Ruan v. United States that clarified the mens rea requirement for those who manufacture, distribute, or dispense drugs and are subsequently prosecuted under the Controlled Substances Act, specifically 21 U.S.C....
Aug 17, 2022 | federal investigations
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was part of the CARES Act in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the PPP, the federal government made billions of dollars in forgivable loans to businesses that met certain criteria. COVID relief fund fraud has been a focus...
Aug 17, 2022 | White Collar Crime
With prescription drug abuse on the rise across the nation, there has been an apparent increase in the number of “pill mills” or clinics that prescribe controlled substances with little to no medical reasoning or examination. These clinics attract drug addicts and...
Aug 9, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On August 5, President Biden signed two bills into law that extend to ten years the statute of limitations for civil and criminal enforcement actions for fraud on the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL). These are programs...
Aug 9, 2022 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud
The DOJ just announced the conviction of, Jaroslava Ruiz, for her role in a scheme that defrauded private health insurers of approximately $34.6 million. Ruiz, of Chapel Hill, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud and 10...
Aug 8, 2022 | False Claims Act, Government Investigations
Biogen IDEC, Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical company, agreed to pay $900 million to resolve alleged violations of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and False Claims Act (FCA). The agreement was made days before the trial – which was...
Aug 3, 2022 | False Claims Act
On July 22, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a press release noting that Biotronik Inc. greed to pay $12.95 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute. The federal False Claims Act (“FCA”) and the...
Aug 3, 2022 | White Collar Crime
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law in March of 2020 and through several programs and allowances, it provides relief to businesses and individuals hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since September 2021, the U.S. Department...
