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Investigations Newsletter: Mortgage Company to Pay $24.9 Million to Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Violations

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Mortgage Company to Pay $24.9 Million to Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Violations - On October 28, 2020, the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) announced that Guild Mortgage Company (“Guild”), a California-based...more

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Texas Hospital and Co-Defendants to Pay More Than $16 Million to Settle Lawsuits Alleging False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback...

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On September 28, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Lakeway Regional Medical Center LLC (LRMC) in Texas agreed to pay $13,580,822.79, and Surgical Development Partners LLC, Surgical Development Partners...more

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HUD Settles Disability Discrimination Fair Housing Act Case For $80,000

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In a press release issued last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approved a settlement agreement concluding a disability housing discrimination complaint against the owners and property managers...more

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DOJ Announces $15 Million Settlement with Mortgage Originator Over Alleged FCA Violations

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On April 29, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it settled allegations that an Illinois-based mortgage lender violated the False Claims Act (FCA), the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act...more

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HUD Settles Sexual Harassment Fair Housing Case From California For $14,500

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Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) announced the settlement of a housing discrimination case asserting sexual harassment against the owners and managers of an apartment complex in...more

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DOJ Settles with Mortgage Lender for $13.2 Million Concerning FHA Mortgage Certifications

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On October 19, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it settled allegations that a Florida-based mortgage lender violated the False Claims Act (FCA) ?by falsely certifying that it complied with Federal Housing...more

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DOJ Settles Sexual Harassment Fair Housing Act Lawsuit For $600,000

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced that it settled a Fair Housing Act (FHA) discrimination lawsuit with the owners/managers of more than 70 residential properties in West Virginia to resolve allegations...more

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US Attorney Announces Settlement with Florida Condominium Complex Over Alleged FHA Reverse Mortgage Fraud

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On July 20, 2017, acting United States Attorney Stephen Muldrow announced a civil settlement with the owner of a Florida condominium complex over fraudulent reverse mortgage transactions. Defendant had been accused of...more

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Mortgage Lender Pays $4.157 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Concerning FHA Loans

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On July 3, 2017, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the HUD Office of Inspector General (HUD-OIG), the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, and the U.S. Attorney’s...more

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Reverse Mortgage Servicer to Pay $89 Million to Resolve False Claims Act and FIRREA Claims

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On May 16, 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that it had reached a settlement with a company engaged in reverse mortgage servicing, in connection with the company’s participation in the Department of...more

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DOJ Announces FHA Settlements with Two Utah-Based Mortgage Lenders

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On October 3, 2016, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that two Utah-based Direct Endorsement (DE) lenders agreed to pay $5 million and $4.25 million dollars to settle separate cases relating to their...more

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HUD OIG Announces PFCRA Settlement with FHA Lender

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On September 29, 2016, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and its Office of Inspector General (HUD OIG) announced a settlement with a mortgage lender relating to two audits of the lender’s Federal...more

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HUD Settles with FHA Lender Over Alleged Underwriting Violations

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On September 23, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that on April 7, 2016 it had entered into a settlement with a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) approved lender over allegations that...more

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HUD/DOJ Settle with FHA Mortgage Lender for $52.4 Million Over Alleged False Claims Act Violations

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On September 13, 2016, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a settlement agreement with a bank for allegedly violating the False Claims Act by improperly underwriting and originating of FHA-insured mortgage loans. ...more

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SunTrust Settles with DOJ for US$968 Million

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On June 17, the United States Department of Justice announced a US$968 million settlement with SunTrust Mortgage Inc. Other parties to the settlement are the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Consumer Financial...more

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Mount Holly settlement update

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Last night, the Mount Holly town council met to discuss the tentative settlement in Township of Mount Holly v. Mt. Holly Gardens Citizens in Action, Inc. We understand that due to issues concerning the language of the...more

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Tentative settlement reportedly reached in Mount Holly

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It is looking like our prediction that Township of Mount Holly v. Mt. Holly Gardens Citizens in Action, Inc. would settle before the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument was accurate. Late yesterday, the Wall Street Journal...more

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Settlement discussions underway in Mt. Holly

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Since the petition for certiorari in Township of Mount Holly v. Mt. Holly Gardens Citizens in Action, Inc. was filed last year, we have raised the possibility that, even if the Supreme Court granted certiorari, the case might...more

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