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Investigations Newsletter: Home Health Care Company to Pay $3 Million to Resolve FCA Allegations

Home Health Care Company to Pay $3 Million to Resolve FCA Allegations - The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Saad Enterprises Incorporated, operating as Saad Healthcare, agreed to pay $3 million to resolve...more

Investigations Newsletter: First Circuit Joins Sixth and Eighth Circuits in Adopting Heightened, But-For Causation Standard for...

First Circuit Joins Sixth and Eighth Circuits in Adopting Heightened, But-For Causation Standard for AKS-Based FCA Claims - On February 18, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit became the latest court to agree...more

Investigations Newsletter: Massachusetts District Court Judge Applies Heightened Causation Standard in FCA Case

Massachusetts District Court Judge Applies Heightened Causation Standard in FCA Case - On January 6, a District Court of Massachusetts judge granted summary judgment for defendants on allegations of violating the...more

Investigations Newsletter: Judge Orders Government to Pay Relators a Cut of FCA Settlement

Judge Orders Government to Pay Relators a Cut of FCA Settlement - On November 4, a federal judge from the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ordered the government to pay the relators’ share of a...more

Investigations Newsletter: San Diego Physician and Medical Practice Pay $3.8 Million to Resolve FCA Allegations

San Diego Physician and Medical Practice Pay $3.8 Million to Resolve FCA Allegations- San Diego-based physician Dr. Janette J. Gray and her former medical practice, The Center for Health & Wellbeing, agreed to pay $3.8...more

Investigations Newsletter: Dental Office and Its Founders and Owners Agree to Pay Over $6 Million to Resolve FCA Allegations

Dental Office and Its Founders and Owners Agree to Pay Over $6 Million to Resolve FCA Allegations - West Coast Dental Administrative Services LLC and its founders and former owners agreed to pay $6.3 million to resolve...more

Investigations Newsletter: Texas Pharmaceutical Marketer Sentenced for $59 Million Medications Fraud Conspiracy

Texas Pharmaceutical Marketer Sentenced for $59 Million Medications Fraud Conspiracy - On July 12, Quintan Cockerell, a Texas pharmaceutical marketer, was sentenced to over two years in prison and ordered to pay more than...more

Investigations Newsletter: DOJ Secures Plea in $50 Million Medicare Fraud and Kickback Scheme

DOJ Secures Plea in $50 Million Medicare Fraud and Kickback Scheme - On April 26, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Manishkumar Patel pleaded guilty to charges related to a $50 million health care fraud and...more

Investigations Newsletter: Cooperation Spares Former NBA Shooting Guard From Prison

Cooperation Spares Former NBA Shooting Guard From Prison - Former National Basketball Association (NBA) shooting guard, Antoine Wright, was sentenced to time served after he pled guilty to conspiracy and aggravated...more

Investigations Newsletter: Three Individuals Sentenced for $3.5 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme

Three Individuals Sentenced for $3.5 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme- On February 6, three individuals were sentenced for fraudulently obtaining and misusing Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans that the US Small...more

Investigations Newsletter: Home Health Care Owner Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Medicare Fraud Scheme

Home Health Care Owner Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Medicare Fraud Scheme - This week, the owner of a home health company was sentenced to nine years in prison for orchestrating a nearly $2.8 million scheme...more

Investigations Newsletter: DC Federal Judge Dramatically Amplifies False Claims Act Damages Award

DC Federal Judge Dramatically Amplifies False Claims Act Damages Award - On January 16, Judge Rudolph Contreras of the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued an opinion agreeing in part with the federal...more

Investigations Newsletter: Court Unseals Charges Alleging Nearly $15 Million in Fraudulent PPP Loans

Court Unseals Charges Alleging Nearly $15 Million in Fraudulent PPP Loans - Earlier this week, federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York announced the unsealing of a criminal complaint charging six...more

Investigations Newsletter: Surgeon To Pay Up to $43 Million for FCA Fraud

Surgeon To Pay Up to $43 Million for FCA Fraud - A Michigan vascular surgeon, Vasso Godiali, was sentenced to 80 months in prison for defrauding health care programs in connection with his submission of false claims for...more

Investigations Newsletter: Two Men Sentenced for $1.6 Million COVID-19 Fraud Scheme

Two Men Sentenced for $1.6 Million COVID-19 Fraud Scheme - On Monday, April 10, two brothers were sentenced for their participation in a COVID-19 fraud scheme. The scheme involved fraudulent applications for $1.6 million...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: Despite Decrease in 2020 False Claims Act Recoveries, Investigations and Litigation Expected to Rise...

Despite Decrease in 2020 False Claims Act Recoveries, Investigations and Litigation Expected to Rise Under the Biden Administration - As previously detailed by Arent Fox, total False Claims Act (FCA) recoveries for the...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: 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: 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: Florida Doctor Charged in $681 Million Fraud Scheme Involving Substance Abuse Treatment

Florida Doctor Charged in $681 Million Fraud Scheme Involving Substance Abuse Treatment - On July 30, 2020, a criminal complaint was unsealed charging Michael J. Ligotti, D.O., with conspiracy to commit health care fraud...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

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