Civil Division Press Releases for 2000
December 27 | Michigan Physician to Pay U.S. $2 Million for Overcharging Medicare & Medicaid Health Care Programs |
December 15 | Tennessee-based National Healthcare Corporation Settles Medicare Fraud Case for $27 Million. |
December 14 | HCA - The Health Care Company & Subsidiaries to Pay $840 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Damages Penalties |
December 8 | Adventist Health System & Affiliated Hospitals Pay Nearly $9 Million for Overbilling Medicare |
December 4 | Justice Department Intervenes in Suit Against KPMG Peat Marwick for Preparing Fraudulent Medicare & Medicaid Cost Reports |
November 21 | Settlement Reached with Ohio Firm that Armor Plated Military Hummer Four-Wheel Drive Vehicles |
November 9 | NASA Space Shuttle Contractors Settle Fraud
Allegations Boeing, Space Alliance to Pay Fine |
November 6 |
High-Tech Firms Pay $4.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Overbilling the Air Force |
November 2 | Justice Recovers Record $1.5 Billion in Fraud Payments Hightes Ever for One Year Period |
October 31 | Gateway Computer Pays $9 Million to Settle Claims of Overcharging United States |
October 27 | Quorum Health Group & Subsidiary Agree to Pay $18 Million to Settle Allegations of Defrauding Medicare - Former Employee Agrees To Plead Guilty To Related Income Tax Charge |
October 26 | KERR-MCGEE to Pay $13 Million to Resolve Oil Royalty Claims. More Than $275 Million Paid to Date by 10 Companies |
October 13 | Toshiba Pays U.S. $23 Million to Settle Defective Computers Case |
October 2 | U.S. Reaches Tentative Settlement with Quorom Health Group Over Allegations of Submitting False Medicare Claims |
September 28 | Shell Oil to Pay United States $56 Million for Underpayment of Gas Royalties |
September 27 | Unite States Settles with Texaco for Underpayment of Royalties |
September 22 | United States Settles Ruby Ridge Case Filed by Kevin Harris |
September 19 | Bayer Agrees to Settle Allegations that it Caused Providers to Submit Fraudulent Claims to 47 State Medicaid Programs |
September 8 | Oncology Radiation Centers Agree to Pay Unites States Nearly $10 Million for Defrauding Medicare, TRICARE |
September 5 | Emergency Physician Groups to Pay U.S. and States $2.6 Million for Health Care Billing Fraud |
September 5 | National Home Health Care Services Firm Pays $1.4 Million for Medicare Fraud |
August 23 | Pennsylvania Hospital to Pay United States $3.2 Million to Settle Medicare Billing Allegations |
August 18 | Nation's Former Largest Privately-Owned Psychiatric Chain Reaches Bankruptcy Settlement with United States |
August 16 | Justice Department Announces Settlement Agreement with Dynamics Corporation of America |
August 14 | Eye Surgery Center Pays U.S. and West Virginia for Filing False Federal Health Care Claims |
August 7 | Indictment in Internet Sale of Prescription Drugs |
August 3 | Military Contractor Pays $800,000 to Settle False Claims for Foreign Military Financing Funds |
August 3 | Boeing to Pay U.S. for Selling Army Defective Helicopters |
August 2 | W.R. Grace And Baker & Taylor Pay $15.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Overcharging for Books |
July 26 | Compaq Computer to Pay $4.5 Million for Overcharging Defense Department |
July 21 | U. S. Settles with Union Pacific Resources for Underpayment of Oil Royalties |
July 13 | Gambro Healthcare Inc. Agrees to Pay $53 Million for Overcharging Medicare, Medicaid, & Tricare |
July 7 | Judge Rules in Favor of United Stated in Winstar Case |
July 7 |
Dietary Supplement Maker Fined for Misbranding - Company Owner Sentenced to 21 Months in Jail |
June 23 | Past and Present Federal Government Employees to Reveive Over $230 Million for Cost-of-Living Allowance Adjustment |
June 19 | California Company Agrees to Stop Manufacturing In-Vitro Diagnostics Test Kits |
June 15 | Pipe Manufacturer Will Pay U.S. $500,000 for Selling Untested Polyvinyl Chloride Pipe to Federal Agencies |
June 12 | Government Announces Settlement Over Nixon Presidential Papers |
June 6 | United States Settles with Oil Companies for Underpayment of Royalties |
May 9 | Tennessee-based Hospital Chain Pays $31 Million to Settle Allegations of Overcharging Federal Health Programs |
May 9 | $1.65 Billion Agreement Approved to Resolve Arizona Project Lawsuit |
April 25 | Cardiac Surgery Group Will Pay $500,000 to Resolve Claims of Falsely Billing Medicare for Additional Surgeons |
April 11 | BP Amoco Agrees to Pay $32 Million to Resolve Claims of Underpayment of Oil Royalties |
March 31 | Justice Department Files Suit to Recover Federal Expenditures in Treating Injuries of Silicon Breast Implant Claimants |
March 31 | Justice Department Intervenes in Lawsuits Against Oil & Gas Companies in Royalty Suit |
March 27 | Concoco Agrees to Pay $26 Million to Resolve Claims of Underpayment of Oil Royalties |
March 27 | Justice Department Files Suit Against Japanese Company Over Air Pollution at U.S. Navy Base Near Tokyo |
March 13 | Northroup Grumman Agrees to Pay $750,000 to Settle Civil Fraud Claims |
March 7 | Nevada Defense Contractor Will Pay $320,000 for Selling Untested Electronics Parts to Military |
February 25 | Government Responds to Motions in Tobacco Case |
February 24 | Justice Department Recovers Over $3 Billion in Whistelblowers False Claims Act Awards and Settlements |
February 18 | Texas Aircraft Maintenance Firm Pays U.S. Nearly $1.4 Million to Settle Civil Dispute |
February 15 | Justice Department Intervenes in Suit Against Nation's Largest Health Care Services Provider |
January 13 | Chevron Agrees to Pay $95 Million to Resolve Claims of Underpayment of Oil Royalties |
January 12 | Justice Department Files Civil Suit Against Boeing North America, United Space Alliance, Rockwell International for Fraud |