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Investigations Newsletter: Nursing Home Chain Agrees to Pay $11.2 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

On May 21, 2021, SavaSeniorCare LLC and several of its affiliates, which own and operate skilled nursing facilities across the country, agreed to pay $11.2 million to resolve claims that the companies billed Medicare for...more

Investigations Newsletter: DOJ Updates Actions to Combat Fraud Related to COVID-19

DOJ Updates Actions to Combat Fraud Related to COVID-19 - On March 26, 2021, the Department of Justice provided an update on its criminal and civil enforcement efforts to combat fraud related to the COVID-19 pandemic....more

Investigations Newsletter: Senior DOJ Official Michael Granston Discusses COVID Relief Enforcement, Granston Memo, and other FCA...

Senior DOJ Official Michael Granston Discusses COVID Relief Enforcement, Granston Memo, and other FCA Issues - Michael Granston, the Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the DOJ Civil Division, sat down this week with Jody...more

Investigations Newsletter: DOJ’s 2020 False Claims Act Recoveries Lowest Since 2008

DOJ’s 2020 False Claims Act Recoveries Lowest Since 2008 - On January 14, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it obtained more than $2.2 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving...more

Investigations Newsletter: New York Pharmacy Owners Charged in $30 Million COVID-19 Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Case

New York Pharmacy Owners Charged in $30 Million COVID-19 Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Case - On December 21, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that two owners of over a dozen New York-area...more

Investigations Newsletter: HHS Announces Formation of FCA Working Group

HHS Announces Formation of FCA Working Group - On December 4, 2020, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it is creating a False Claims Act Working Group to enhance the partnership between...more

Investigations Newsletter: Seven Individuals Charged in $16 Million COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme

Seven Individuals Charged in $16 Million COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme - In an indictment unsealed on November 17, seven individuals were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud for allegedly submitting at...more

Investigations Newsletter: Investment Bank Fined $400 Million For Failing to Remediate Deficiencies in its Risk Management Systems

Investment Bank Fined $400 Million For Failing to Remediate Deficiencies in its Risk Management Systems - On October 7, the Federal Reserve Board and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a consent order...more

Investigations Newsletter: DOJ Announces Charges Against 345 Defendants in Historic Nationwide Health Care Fraud and Opioid...

DOJ Announces Charges Against 345 Defendants in Historic Nationwide Health Care Fraud and Opioid Takedown - The DOJ announced a nationwide enforcement action charging 345 defendants across 51 federal districts with...more

Investigations Newsletter: Nine Individuals Charged in $24 Million Paycheck Protection Program Fraud Scheme

Nine Individuals Charged in $24 Million Paycheck Protection Program Fraud Scheme - In one of the largest COVID-relief fraud cases to date, nine Ohio and Florida individuals are alleged to have conspired to obtain...more

Investigations Newsletter: Texas Man Charged for Allegedly Filing False PPP Loan Applications

COVID Relief Program Fraud Charges - DOJ continues to announce charges against defendants accused of fraud in connection with allegedly false loan applications submitted under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)...more

Investigations Newsletter: Ten Individuals Charged for $1.4 Billion Health Care Billing Scheme

Ten Individuals Charged for $1.4 Billion Health Care Billing Schemem - On June 29, an indictment was unsealed charging ten individuals with health care fraud and wire fraud for allegedly participating in a pass-through...more

Investigations Newsletter: Medical Technology Company President Charged in $69 Million COVID-19 Testing Fraud Scheme

Medical Technology Company President Charged in $69 Million COVID-19 Testing Fraud Scheme - A complaint in the Northern District of California was unsealed on June 9, 2020, charging the president of Arrayit Corporation, a...more

Investigations Newsletter: Foreign National Charged With Fraudulently Applying for $20 Million in COVID-19 Loans

Foreign National Charged With Fraudulently Applying for $20 Million in COVID-19 Loans - On May 21, 2020, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced the arrest of a foreign national for...more

Investigations Newsletter: DOJ Obtains Restraining Order to Stop Oklahoma Company From Selling Purported COVID-19 Treatment

DOJ Obtains Restraining Order to Stop Oklahoma Company From Selling Purported COVID-19 Treatment - An Oklahoma federal court issued a temporary restraining order against Xephyr LLC d/b/a N-Ergetics and its owners ordering...more

Investigations Newsletter: Engineer Charged With Defrauding COVID-Relief Program

Engineer Charged With Defrauding COVID-Relief Program - Texas-based engineer Shashank Rai was charged with defrauding the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) by...more

Investigations Newsletters: DOJ Files First Fraud Case in Connection with the CARES Act SBA Paycheck Protection Program

DOJ Files First Fraud Case in Connection with the CARES Act SBA Paycheck Protection Program - David Staveley and David Butziger are the first two individuals to be charged with allegedly defrauding the Coronavirus Aid,...more

Investigations Newsletter: SEC Adopts Aggressive Approach to COVID-19 Fraud

SEC Adopts Aggressive Approach to COVID-19 Fraud - The US Securities and Exchange Commission has already initiated multiple investigations into companies seeking to illegally profit from the global coronavirus pandemic...more

Investigations Newsletter: DOJ Freezes Collection Of Civil Penalties to Blunt Economic Impact of COVID-19

DOJ Freezes Collection Of Civil Penalties to Blunt Economic Impact of COVID-19 - The US Department of Justice has paused its collection of civil penalty payments until at least May 31, “in an effort to blunt the...more

Investigations Newsletter: DOJ Urged to Create Coronavirus False Claims Task Force

DOJ Urged to Create Coronavirus False Claims Task Force - On behalf of the National Whistleblower Center and the law firm of Kohn, Kohn and Colapinto, LLP, attorney Stephen Kohn requested the Department of Justice...more

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