Aug 27, 2024 | False Claims Act
The United States filed a False Claims Act (FCA) complaint against the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) for failing to meet cybersecurity requirements of the Department of Defense (DoD). This matter was initiated under the qui tam provisions of the FCA...
Aug 22, 2024 | False Claims Act
Humana Inc., a major player in the healthcare and insurance sectors, has agreed to a $90 million settlement to resolve allegations of Medicare fraud. The False Claims Act lawsuit in question was filed in 2016 by a whistleblower on behalf of the government and involved...
Aug 22, 2024 | False Claims Act
The DOJ announced that West Coast Dental Administrative Services LLC and its owners/founders, Drs. Soleyman Cohen-Sedgh, Farid Pakravan, and Farhad Manavi (West Coast Dental), have paid $6.3 million to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act (FCA) by...
Aug 22, 2024 | False Claims Act
On August 20, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Intrepid U.S.A. Inc., headquartered in Dallas, along with its various wholly-owned subsidiaries, has agreed to pay $3.85 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act. These allegations involved...
Aug 18, 2024 | False Claims Act, PPP Investigations
On August 15, 2024, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced that a Calabasas-based law firm, The Bloom Firm, and two members of the firm’s senior management, had agreed to pay $274,000 to settle allegations that...
Aug 18, 2024 | False Claims Act, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid
On August 16, 2024, the plaintiff’s law firm Phillips & Cohen announced that health insurance giant Humana agreed to pay $90 Million to settle a qui tam whistleblower lawsuit filed under the federal False Claims Act (FCA). According to the law firm’s...
