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DOJ signals hard line on duty evasion as tariff regime firms up
Settlement of $12.4m under False Claims Act shows tariff evasion will be pursued as fraud.
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Attempt to game Lifeline program results in $110m fine
Q Link Wireless will pay $110.6m after admitting to a scheme that bilked the FCC’s Lifeline Program by billing for phantom customers and fabricating phone usage records.
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DOJ charges 324 defendants in largest healthcare fraud initiative in its history
The collaborative Takedown effort targeted healthcare fraud that victimizes patients, taxpayers and government programs.
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DOJ and HHS announce False Claims Act Working Group
Collaboration aims to advance both departments’ priority enforcement areas by sharing resources in pursuing False Claims Act violations.
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CVS Caremark’s $95m penalty for Medicare drug overbilling
Whistleblower alleged Caremark reported higher costs of drugs to the government than it paid pharmacies for dispensing Medicare Part D drugs.
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Trump administration uses False Claims Act to pursue anti-DEI goals
An investigation into Harvard’s admissions policies and a DOJ memo demonstrate how the False Claims Act could be deployed to crack down on DEI.
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UnitedHealth Group under DOJ criminal fraud investigation, reports WSJ
The reported investigation follows a civil probe by the DOJ into the company’s controversial Medicaid billing practices.
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Assertio Therapeutics dinged $3.6m over fentanyl false claims
The settlement is the latest in a string of False Claims Act enforcement actions against pharmaceutical companies.