false UBS Client Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Return By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 14:47:10 EDT Robert E. Greeley, a resident of San Francisco, pleaded guilty today to charges of filing a false federal income tax return. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Alabama Return Preparers Charged with Conspiracy, Identity Theft, Filing False Tax Returns and Lying to Federal Agents By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 17:27:01 EDT Yumeitrius Manuel and Margaret Kirksey, both of Montgomery, Ala., were indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges of conspiracy, identity theft, wire fraud, false claims and lying to federal agents. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false U.S. Files Complaint Against Education Management Corp. Alleging False Claims Act Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 18:23:14 EDT The United States has intervened and filed a complaint in a whistleblower suit pending under the False Claims Act against Education Management Corp. (EDMC) and several affiliated entities. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Nautilus Hyosung Holdings Agrees to Plead Guilty to Obstruction of Justice for Submitting False Documents in a Merger Investigation By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:01:16 EDT Nautilus Hyosung Holdings Inc. has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $200,000 criminal fine for obstruction of justice in connection with a premerger filing and investigation by the Antitrust Division. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false California-Based Taleo Corp. Agrees to Pay U.S. $6.49 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:34:36 EDT Taleo Corp. has agreed to pay the United States $6.49 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly caused false claims to be submitted to the Transportation Security Administration of the Department of Homeland Security, the Justice Department announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false U.S. Files Lawsuit Against Bollinger Shipyards for Material False Statements Made to the Coast Guard By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:34:10 EDT “Companies which make false statements to win Coast Guard contracts do a disservice to the men and women securing our borders,” said Tony West, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division of the Department of Justice. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Florida Woman Charged with Witness Tampering, False Statements and Obstruction of Justice in Relation to Her Husband’s Disappearance By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:19:19 EDT Abby Beard Hogan, 50, was charged with two counts of making false statements to federal law enforcement officials, one count of witness tampering and four counts of obstruction of justice. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Minnesota Transit Constructors to Pay U.S. $4.6 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Liability By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:01:30 EDT Minnesota Transit Constructors Inc. (MnTC), a joint venture comprised of Granite Construction, C.S. McCrossan Inc. and Parsons Transportation Group, as well as a number of subcontractors, have agreed to pay the United States $4.6 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted false claims related to a federally-funded transit construction project in Minneapolis. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Former Washington, D.C., Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Preparing False Income Tax Returns By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:56:52 EDT Onuoha “Iggy” Nwokoro pleaded guilty in federal district court in Washington, D.C., to willfully aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false income tax return for 2004. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Alabama Woman Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Refund Claims By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:16:20 EDT Melinda M. Lambert, a resident of Montgomery County, Ala., pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and assisting the filing of a false tax return. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false California Medical Billing Company Agrees to Pay U.S. $4.6 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Claims to Federal Health Care Programs By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 18:49:17 EDT Janzen, Johnston &s Medicaid program. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Arizona-Based TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp. Agrees to Pay $10 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Concerning the TRICARE Program By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 13:00:14 EDT TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corporation, a contractor to TRICARE Management Activity, has agreed to pay $10 million to resolve civil false claims allegations. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false U.S. Joined False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Florida’s Halifax Hospital Medical Center and Halifax Staffing Inc. By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 13:19:34 EDT The United States has partially intervened in a lawsuit under the False Claims Act against Halifax Hospital Medical Center and Halifax Staffing Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false U.S. Bureau of Prisons Employee Indicted in Florida for Sexual Abuse of a Ward and False Statements By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 13:17:46 EDT U.S. Bureau of Prisons employee Jack Chris Jackson, 45, was indicted today on charges of sexual abuse of an inmate and false statements. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Accenture Pays U.S. $63.675 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:49:23 EDT Accenture LLP has agreed to pay the United States $63.675 million to resolve a whistleblower lawsuit. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Maxim Healthcare Services Charged with Fraud, Agrees to Pay Approximately $150 Million, Enact Reforms After False Billings Revealed as Common Practice By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:46:42 EDT Maxim Healthcare Services Inc., one of the nation’s leading providers of home healthcare services, has entered into a settlement to resolve criminal and civil charges relating to a nationwide scheme to defraud Medicaid programs and the Veterans Affairs program of more than $61 million. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Former Heber City, Utah, Resident Indicted in Salt Lake City for Presenting False Claims to the United States By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:37:24 EDT April Rampton, formerly a resident of Heber City, Utah, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Salt Lake City with 15 counts of presenting false claims to the United States. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Baton Rouge, La., Tax Preparer Sentenced to Prison for Aiding in Preparation of False Tax Returns By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:26:56 EDT Melissa Edwards was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Brian A. Jackson to 30 months in prison based on her plea of guilty to one count of wilfully aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of a false income tax return. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false NASA Contractor to Pay U.S. to Resolve False Claims Act Liability Concerning Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Fraud By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:55:43 EDT Lydia Demski, the owner of Deerpath Corp., has agreed to pay the United States $800,000 to resolve allegations that she and her companies knowingly caused false claims to be submitted relating to a contract to provide re-furbishment of equipment at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Plumbrook facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Alabama Defense Contractor and Its President to Pay $200,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:01:30 EDT Future Research Corp., located in Huntsville, Ala., and its president, Jesse Nunn, have agreed to pay the United States $200,000 to settle claims that they inappropriately obtained contracts from the Navy. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Second Californian Sentenced on False Tax Refund Conspiracy By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:55:21 EDT Haroon Amin of Upland, Calif., was sentenced to 30 months in prison today for conspiracy to defraud the United States. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Rochester, New York, Asbestos Abatement Contractor Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Environmental Crimes and False Statements to OSHA By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:25:53 EDT After a two day hearing in federal court in Rochester, N.Y., that ended late yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Charles J. Siragusa sentenced Keith Gordon-Smith, 54, of Rochester, to six years in prison for knowingly violating the Clean Air Act and making false statements to a federal inspector. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Colorado-Based CH2M Hill Agrees to Pay United States $1.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Act Liability By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:51:41 EDT CH2M Hill Hanford Group Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $1.5 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted false claims and paid kickbacks relating to a contract to operate and manage mixed radioactive waste at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Nuclear Site in the state of Washington. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Boston Scientific Subsidiary Guidant Pays U.S. $9.25 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:38:51 EDT Guidant LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Boston Scientific Corp. of Natick, Mass., has agreed to pay the United States $9.25 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Kentucky Doctor Pays U.S. $349,860 to Settle False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:14:20 EDT Louisville, Ky., physician Dr. Steven H. Stern and his practice, Kentuckiana Center for Better Bone and Joint Health PLLC have agreed to pay $349,860 to settle allegations of overbilling Medicare. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false SAIC and Others to Pay U.S. More Than $22.6 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:45:03 EDT Science Applications International Inc. (SAIC); its subcontractor, Applied Enterprise Solutions LLC (AES); AES CEO Dale Galloway; and former government employees Stephen Adamec and Robert Knesel will pay the United States $22,676,000 to resolve allegations of false claims in a whistleblower suit. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Florida Man Sentenced for Filing False Liens Against Federal Law Enforcement Employees By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:20:14 EDT Mark D. Leitner was sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty in July to filing false liens against federal law enforcement employees and corruptly endeavoring to impede and impair the Internal Revenue Service. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Harris County, Texas, Commissioner Pleads Guilty to Making a False Statement to FBI; Real Estate Developer Pleads Guilty to False Tax Statement By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:35:58 EDT Harris County Commissioner Gerald R. Eversole and Houston-based real estate developer Michael D. Surface both pleaded guilty today in federal court in Houston to making false statements. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Louisiana-Based LHC Group Inc. Agrees to Pay U.S. $65 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:23:55 EDT LHC Group Inc. has agreed to pay $65 million, plus interest, to the federal government to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act for false home healthcare billings to the Medicare, TRICARE and Federal Employees Health Benefits programs. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Rhode Island Jewelry Store Owner Pleads Guilty to Filing a False Tax Return By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 17:05:37 EDT Karen St. Pierre of Barrington, R.I., pleaded guilty before Judge John J. McConnell Jr. in the District of Rhode Island to one count of willfully filing a false individual tax return. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Oracle Agrees to Pay U.S. $199.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Lawsuit By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 16:02:51 EDT Oracle Corp. and Oracle America Inc. have agreed to pay $199.5 million plus interest for failing to meet their contractual obligations to the General Services Administration. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Former Hickman County, Tennessee, Deputy Sheriff Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for Civil Rights and False Statement Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 16:54:29 EDT Former Hickman County Deputy Sheriff Kenneth H. Smith was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Todd J. Campbell to 24 months in prison for civil rights and false statement charges. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Former Department of Defense Employee Pleads Guilty to Submitting False Travel Claims Totaling Nearly $500,000 By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:07:51 EDT John R. Brock, 52, of Crofton, Md., pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Robert L. Wilkins in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to a criminal information charging him with one count of making a false claim against the United States. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Two Charged with Conspiracy and Filing False Tax Returns in a Corporate Scheme Based in South Florida By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:06:55 EDT Elmo Antonio George and Nasheba Necia Hunte were indicted today by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida on charges of conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and with filing false tax returns for 2005 and 2006 which claimed false refunds totaling more than $1.2 million. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false California Man Sentenced in Las Vegas for Filing False Liens Against Federal Employees By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:54:50 EDT Thanh Viet Jeremy Cao of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., was sentenced today in Las Vegas before Judge Kent J. Dawson to 41 months in prison for six counts of filing false liens against employees and officers of the federal government. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Alabama Return Preparer Sentenced to 18 Months for Preparing False Income Tax Returns By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:48:36 EST Chiquita Q. Broadnax, a resident of Montgomery County, Ala., was sentenced today to 18 months in prison by Judge Mark Fuller of the Middle District of Alabama for her involvement in a fraudulent tax return perpetration scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Former Washington, D.C., Tax Return Preparer Sentenced to Three Years for Preparing False Returns By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:16:54 EST Onuoha “Iggy” Nwokoro was sentenced today in federal district court in Washington, D.C., for willfully aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false income tax return for 2004. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false United States Files Complaint Against BestCare Laboratory Services Alleging False Claims for Medicare Funds By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:02:25 EST The United States filed a complaint against BestCare Laboratories, Inc. and its founder and principal, Karim A. Maghareh, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Washington State Man Convicted of Filing $20 Billion in False Liens Against Former US Attorney and Other Federal Officials By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:46:35 EST Ronald James Davenport, of Chewelah, Wash., was convicted Tuesday of filing more than $20 billion in false liens against four federal government officials. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false St. Louis-Based KV Pharmaceutical to Pay $17 Million to Settle False Claims Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 14:21:51 EST KV Pharmaceutical Company, which was the St. Louis-based parent company of now-defunct Ethex Corporation, will pay $17 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that Ethex failed to advise the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that two unapproved products did not qualify for coverage under federal health care programs, the Justice Department announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Virginia Man Convicted for Filing a False Refund Claim Based on Fraudulent IRS forms By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 15:00:07 EST Richard Jaensch, a self-employed plumber residing from Annandale, Va., was found guilty today by a federal jury sitting in Alexandria, Va., of one count of corruptly endeavoring to impede the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), one count of filing a false claim for a refund, and four counts of failing to file tax returns for 2004 through 2007. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Iowa Insurance Agent to Pay US to Resolve False Claims Allegations on the Federal Crop Insurance Program By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 15:11:36 EST Russell Hawley and Hawley Insurance Inc. of Vail, Iowa, have agreed to pay the United States $834,897.50 to settle allegations that they caused false claims to be submitted to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Virginia Contractor Pleads Guilty to Kickback Scheme and Subscribing to a False Tax Return By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:39:03 EST A Virginia contractor pleaded guilty today to participating in a scheme to steer contracts to him for repair, maintenance and renovation work at healthcare and nursing home facilities owned by Medical Facilities of America Inc. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Army Captain Pleads Guilty in Virginia to Submitting False Housing and Travel Claims By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:04:22 EST Lisa A. Dean, 38, of Alexandria, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Gerald Bruce Lee in the Eastern District of Virginia to a criminal information charging her with two counts of making a false claim against the United States. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Louisiana Man Indicted for Corruptly Interfering with the IRS and Filing False Tax Returns By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:13:03 EST An indictment was unsealed today charging Jack Ray Carr of Baton Rouge, La., with one count of corruptly interfering with the due administration of the Internal Revenue laws, four counts of filing false income tax returns, and one count of aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false income tax return. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Justice Department Recovers $3 Billion in False Claims Act Cases in Fiscal Year 2011 By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:03:58 EST The $3 billion total for fiscal year 2011 includes a record $2.8 billion in recoveries under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act, which is the government’s primary civil remedy to redress false claims for federal money or property, such as Medicare benefits, payments on military contracts, and federal subsidies and loans. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false GE Healthcare Inc. Pays U.S. $30 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:36:51 EST GE Healthcare Inc. has paid the United States $30 million, plus interest, to settle allegations that a company it acquired in 2004, Amersham Health Inc., had violated the False Claims Act by causing Medicare to overpay for Myoview, a radiopharmaceutical used in certain cardiac diagnostic imaging procedures, the Justice Department announced. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false US Files Complaint Against National Chain of Hospice Providers Alleging False Claims on the Medicare Program By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 15:18:05 EST The United States has intervened and filed a complaint in a whistleblower suit against AseraCare Hospice, the Justice Department announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Maersk Line to Pay Us $31.9 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations for Inflated Shipping Costs to Military in Afghanistan and Iraq By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 16:21:30 EST Maersk Line Limited has agreed to pay the government $31.9 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to the United States in connection with contracts to transport cargo in shipping containers to support U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. Full Article OPA Press Releases
false Former Department of Defense Employee Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Submitting False Travel Claims Totaling Nearly $500,000 By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 16:32:42 EST John R. Brock, 52, of Crofton, Md., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert L. Wilkins in the District of Columbia. Full Article OPA Press Releases