Target Corp became the latest corporation running a pharmacy to have to pay for violating Medicaid rules that prohibit pharmacies from automatically refilling prescriptions that were not explicitly requested by a patient or caregiver at the time of each filling event. Under a settlement released today by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office, Target Corp. will pay $3…
U.S. Supreme Court to Resolve How to Apply Statute of Limitations for Whistleblower Suits
The United States Supreme Court announced that it would hear a case to resolve an issue that has vexed – and split – lower courts under the U.S. False Claims Act. The case is Cochise Consultancy v. United States ex rel. Hunt, U.S., No. 18-315. Under the False Claims Act, a plaintiff may file a qui…
Amendments to New York False Claims Act Posted
The New York Attorney General’s Office officially posted an updated copy of the New York False Claims Act (NYFCA) that reflects two recent amendments to the statute passed into law. The amendments: (1) increased the civil penalties that defendants must pay when found liable under the NYFCA to match the penalties of the United States…
Neil Getnick Interviewed On How Whistleblowers Can Use The False Claims Act to Fight Tax and Consumer Fraud
The Corporate Crime Reporter interviewed our own Neil Getnick as to how whistleblowers can use the False Claims Act to expose tax and consumer frauds. The interview was conducted in the wake of Neil Getnick and co-counsel Jordan Thomas’ representation of the whistleblower that generated the two largest “False Claims Act” state tax fraud recoveries in U.S….
Getnick & Getnick Secures Major Whistleblower Settlement in Philip Falcone Hedge Fund Tax Case
Getnick & Getnick LLP and co-counsel Labaton Sucharow LLP have secured a major settlement in the second stage of the largest ever tax whistleblower recovery in New York state history. New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced the $30 million settlement today. It follows a related $40 million settlement in April 2017, bringing the total…
Alabama Whistleblower – Ignored by Employer – Uses False Claims Act to Expose Illegal Health Care Kickbacks & Recover $6.6 Million for Taxpayers
East Alabama Medical Center (EAMC) and its subsidiary Aperian Laboratory Solutions, LLC agreed to pay an additional $4,250,000 to settle claims they violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and submitted false claims for payment to Medicare in violation of the False Claims Act. This settlement was in addition to earlier settlements in this same case of nearly…
NY Tax Whistleblower Case Against Moodys Proceeds Without Government Intervention
A New York appellate court has affirmed a lower court’s decision that a whistleblower properly alleged, in a New York False Claims Act case, that Moody’s captive insurance company was knowingly operated as an improper tax shelter for purposes of calculating New York’s taxes. In a decision by the Appellate Division’s First Department, the Court…
“Courageous” Whistleblower Receives $575,000 for Reporting Tax Fraud in New York
New York State Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced the criminal convictions of Spa Castle Inc. (“Spa Castle”) and its corporate officer, Daniel Chon, who both pleaded guilty to felony tax fraud charges and agreed to pay New York $2.5 million in restitution and damages. The Attorney General went out of her way to thank the…
Drugmaker to Pay $150 Million for Paying Doctors to Prescribe Powerful Opioid
Insys Therapeutics announced that it had reached a deal to pay at least $150 million to resolve a federal investigation into allegations that it illegally paid kickbacks to doctors to prescribe Subsys, a powerful opioid containing fentanyl. Under some circumstances they could end up paying an additional $75 million. The settlement comes after the federal…
Bill To Expand Louisiana State False Claims Act Introduced
A bill to expand the Louisiana False Claims Act was recently introduced by Louisiana state Rep. Raymond Crews (R-Bossier City). The proposed legislation, House Bill 97, would allow whistleblowers to file an action against companies that defraud the state of Louisiana in areas other than Medicaid fraud – which current state law allows. Click here to read…