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Investigations Newsletter: Medical Device Manufacturer THD Pays $700,000 to Resolve FCA Allegations

Medical Device Manufacturer THD Pays $700,000 to Resolve FCA Allegations - On September 6, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced that THD America, Inc., and its parent company, THD SpA of Italy,...more

Investigations Newsletter: Federal Court Permits Investors to Resume Kickback Suit Against Teva

Federal Court Permits Investors to Resume Kickback Suit Against Teva - After a two-year long stay, on August 30, Judge Karen S. Marston of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled that investors...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: DOJ Launches Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program

DOJ Launches Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program - On August 1, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the details of its new Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program. According to the DOJ, the...more

Investigations Newsletter: Precision Lens Pays $12 Million to Resolve FCA and AKS Violations

Precision Lens Pays $12 Million to Resolve FCA and AKS Violations - Late last week, Precision Lens and the estate of its former principal agreed to pay $12 million to resolve allegations regarding violations of the False...more

Investigations Newsletter: FCA Enforcement & Compliance Digest — Summer 2024 False Claims Act Newsletter

Welcome to the Summer 2024 issue of “FCA Enforcement & Compliance Digest,” our quarterly newsletter in which we compile essential updates on False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement trends, litigation, agency guidance, and...more

Investigations Newsletter: Federal Court Dismisses $680 Million FCA Suit

Federal Court Dismisses $680 Million FCA Suit - On July 23, a Maryland federal judge, Ellen L. Hollander, dismissed a $680 million False Claims Act (FCA) suit that was previously revived by the US Supreme Court. The suit...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

Relator Calls on Supreme Court to Define Standard for a ‘Willful’ Kickback under Federal Anti-Kickback Statute

On June 7, Adam Hart, a former employee of McKesson Corporation, filed a petition for certiorari to the US Supreme Court asking the Court to define the “willfulness” element of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). United States...more

Investigations Newsletter: DOJ Announces Agreement With Rite Aid to Settle Allegations of Violating the FCA and CSA in Relation to...

DOJ Announces Agreement With Rite Aid to Settle Allegations of Violating the FCA and CSA in Relation to Opioid Dispensing - On July 10, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Rite Aid Corporation and 10 of its...more

Investigations Newsletter: Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering of $18 Million Leads to Prison Sentence for New York Pharmacy...

Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering of $18 Million Leads to Prison Sentence for New York Pharmacy Owners - Two pharmacy owners from New York have been sentenced for using their pharmacies to submit fraudulent claims to...more

Investigations Newsletter: Teva and DOJ May Reach Settlement in Closely Watched AKS Lawsuit

Teva and DOJ May Reach Settlement in Closely Watched AKS Lawsuit - On June 16, Teva Pharmaceuticals filed a request with the First Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to hold in abeyance its interlocutory appeal concerning...more

Investigations Newsletter: Chicago Laboratory Owner Charged with Defrauding Medicare in $60 Million COVID-19 Test Kit Scheme

Chicago Laboratory Owner Charged with Defrauding Medicare in $60 Million COVID-19 Test Kit Scheme - The Chicago-based owner of two laboratories, Zoom Labs Inc. and Western Labs Co., has been charged with health care fraud...more

Investigations Newsletter: District Court Declines to Stay Case Pending Resolution of FCA Causation Standard Issue Before Court of...

District Court Declines to Stay Case Pending Resolution of FCA Causation Standard Issue Before Court of Appeals - Earlier this week, a Massachusetts federal judge denied a motion to stay proceedings filed by Medtronic,...more

Investigations Newsletter: Florida Lab Owner Agrees to Pay Over $27 Million to Resolve Three Whistleblower Lawsuits

Florida Lab Owner Agrees to Pay Over $27 Million to Resolve Three Whistleblower Lawsuits - Daniel Hurt, the prior owner and operator of Fountain Health Services LLC, Verify Health, Landmark Diagnostics LLC, First Choice...more

Investigations Newsletter: Biomedical Company Avoids DOJ Prosecution After First Ever Voluntary Corporate Self-Disclosure of Fraud...

Biomedical Company Avoids DOJ Prosecution After First Ever Voluntary Corporate Self-Disclosure of Fraud Under NSD Enforcement Policy - On May 22, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it will not prosecute a...more

Investigations Newsletter: Testing Facility Settles $2.5 Million Anti-Kickback Lawsuit

Testing Facility Settles $2.5 Million Anti-Kickback Lawsuit - On May 15, the US Attorneys for the Southern District of New York announced that they had settled their civil fraud lawsuit against Balance Diagnostics USA,...more

Investigations Newsletter: Big Baby’s Big Foul: Former NBA Star Glen 'Big Baby' Davis Sentenced to 40 Months for Healthcare Fraud...

Big Baby’s Big Foul: Former NBA Star Glen 'Big Baby' Davis Sentenced to 40 Months for Healthcare Fraud Scheme - On May 9, former Boston Celtics forward Glen “Big Baby” Davis was sentenced to 40 months in prison following...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: Former Comptroller of Ecuador Convicted in International Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme

Former Comptroller of Ecuador Convicted in International Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme - On April 24, a Miami jury convicted Carlos Ramon Polit Faggioni, the former Comptroller General of Ecuador, for his role in an...more

Canadian Man Sentenced for Operating $175 Million Psychic Mass-Mailing Fraud Scheme

Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries- Canadian Man Sentenced for Operating $175 Million Psychic Mass-Mailing Fraud Scheme - On April 15, Patrice Runner, a Canadian and French...more

Investigations Newsletter: Trio Sentenced to Eight to 15 Years in Prison for Laundering Proceeds of Telephone Scam

Trio Sentenced to Eight to 15 Years in Prison for Laundering Proceeds of Telephone Scam - Following a jury trial, three individuals were convicted of a money laundering conspiracy and sentenced to eight, 10, and 15 years...more

Investigations Newsletter: Commonwealth Financial Network Must Pay $72 Million in SEC Enforcement Action

Commonwealth Financial Network Must Pay $72 Million in SEC Enforcement Action - Late last week, a Massachusetts federal judge ordered Commonwealth Financial Network to pay over $72 million due to its “egregious” failure to...more

Investigations Newsletter: Disgraced Crypto Mogul Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison

Disgraced Crypto Mogul Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison - On March 28, Judge Lewis Kaplan of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York handed down a substantial term of...more

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