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Dompé to Pay $32M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Following Self-Disclosure of Patient Kickbacks

By the Constantine LLP Whistleblower Team On September 10, the Department of Justice announced that California-based company Dompé U.S. Inc. agreed to pay $32 million to resolve False Claims Act liability over self-disclosed payments made through two patient assistance foundations. Between 2018 and 2021, the foundations covered Medicare beneficiaries’ co-payments for its eye disease drug Oxervate. The...

DOJ Continues Crusade Against Medicare Advantage Fraud With Whopping $541.5M False Claims Act Settlement Against Villages Health System

By the Constantine LLP Whistleblower Team In case you missed it, we wanted to revisit the August 26 Department of Justice (DOJ) blockbuster settlement under which Villages Health System agreed to pay $541.5 million, forcing it into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.[1] The massive payout was to settle allegations that the Florida-based healthcare provider group violated the False Claims Act by causing the submission of false...

Tetra Tech To Pay $57M To Settle False Claims Act Allegations of Falsifying Soil Test Results Under Navy Contract

By the Constantine LLP Whistleblower Team On August 24, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Tetra Tech paid $57 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it fabricated work and falsified data under a Navy contract relating to assessing and remediating radiation at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.[1]  It is worth revisiting because it is a notable settlement that perhaps because of its...

Frazier Aviation’s Former Chief Executive To Pay $4.9M to Resolve FCA Procurement Fraud Allegations

By the Constantine LLP Whistleblower Team On September 29, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced that California-based Frazier Aviation, Inc. and its former chief executive agreed to resolve False Claims Act allegations involving the sale of aircraft parts to the government. Under the settlement agreement, Frazier Aviation’s former chief executive will pay $4.9 million to...

Honeywell Aerospace to Pay Over $2M to Resolve Whistleblower-Initiated False Claims Act Case Relating to Cybersecurity Requirements

By the Constantine LLP Whistleblower Team The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recently announced that Honeywell Aerospace, Inc. agreed to pay over $2 million to resolve False Claims Act claims originally initiated by a whistleblower relating to alleged failures to comply with cybersecurity requirements in a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”).[1]  As this settlement shows, cybersecurity...

Abbott Agrees to Pay Over $384M to Settle FCA Allegations Involving Potentially Contaminated Infant Formula

By the Constantine LLP Whistleblower Team On September 14, the DOJ announced that Illinois-based healthcare company Abbott Laboratories (Abbott) agreed to pay more than $384 million to resolve allegations that it caused the submission of false claims involving potentially contaminated products to federal and state programs from Jan. 1, 2018 through Dec. 31, 2022. The DOJ alleged that Abbott failed to comply with...

Everlight Electronics Pays $5.15M to Settle Customs Evasion Allegations

By the Constantine LLP Whistleblower Team On August 5, LED manufacturer Everlight Electronics, and its U.S. subsidiary, Everlight Americas, agreed to pay $5.15 million to resolve False Claims Act violations and customs evasion allegations that they failed to pay duties on Chinese-origin LEDs.[1]

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Erosion Control Company and Employees Convicted in Criminal Antitrust Case for Their Roles in $100M Price-Fixing, Big-Rigging, and Allocation Schemes

By the Constantine LLP Whistleblower Team The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced that a federal jury convicted Sioux Erosion Control Inc. (“Sioux”), its part-owner and Vice President BG Dale Biscoe, and its employee Randall David Shelton, for violating the antitrust laws by participating in an antitrust conspiracy involving price-fixing, bid-rigging, and contract allocation in the market for erosion...

Skin Cancer Testing Company To Pay $5,038,011 to Resolve Allegations of False Claims to Medicare for Unreliable Cancer Tests

By the Constantine LLP Whistleblower Team On August 26, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Public Affairs announced that a skin cancer testing company (formerly known as DermTech Inc.) agreed to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting false claims for unreliable skin cancer tests to Medicare.[1] After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the District of Delaware in...

Seventh Constantine LLP Law School Scholarship Essay Contest on the Importance of Whistleblowers

By the Constantine LLP Whistleblower Team We’re happy to share the launch of our Seventh Law School Scholarship Essay Contest on the importance of whistleblowers. We encourage current and prospective law school students to enter by writing an essay addressing one or more of the prompts below:

Essay Prompts and Requirements

Submit an essay between 250 and 750 words that addresses any of the following...