Civil Division Press Releases for 2001
| December 17 | Medical Equipment Company to Pay U.S. Over $3 Million to Settle Health Care Fraud Allegations |
| December 3 | Unocal to Pay U.S. More Than $21 Million for Underpayment of Oil Royalties |
| November 29 | Justice Department Intervenes in Medicare Fraud Case Against Two Southern California Hospitals |
| November 27 | Settlement Agreement in NextWave Case Signed by Government |
| November 14 | Justice Recovers Record $1.6 Billion in Fraud Payments. Highest Ever for One Year Period |
| November 14 | Lifescan Inc. Agrees to Pay United States $15 Million for Overcharging Veterans Affairs Department |
| November 7 | U.S. Justice Officials to Discuss Radiation Compensation Program at Grand Junction, Colorado meeting |
| October 26 | Florida Home Health Company to Pay U.S. Over $3 Million to Resolve Over Billing Allegations |
| October 23 | KPMG Peat Marwick to Pay the Unites States Over $9 Million for Preparing Fraudulent Medicate & Medicaid Cost Reports |
| October 9 | Justice Department Radiation Compensation Program Approves Record Number of Claims |
| October 3 | TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc. and Seven Others Charged with Health Care Crimes; Company Agrees to Pay $875 Million to Settle Charges |
| September 28 | United States Intervenes in Lockheed Martin Case Alleging Mischarging on Government Contracts |
| September 21 | Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc. Agrees to Pay U.S. $3.9 Million to Resolve Claims of Overcharging VA for Medical Supplies |
| September 10 | Radiation Compensation Program Questions to be Answered by Justice Department Officials in Grand Junction |
| September 4 | Former Medical Company Official Sentenced to 10 Months. Charged with Fraud Against the United States |
| August 27 | Government Contractor Agrees to Pay U.S. $1 Million for Fraud in Navy Radar Restoration Contracts |
| August 20 | U.S. Seeks More Than $7 Million to Pay For Oregon Oil Spill |
| August 15 | NASA Contractor to Pay United States $2.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations |
| August 9 | Justice Department Announces Settlement with Hospital Chain for $10,750,000 |
| August 2 | Unisys Corporation to Pay More Than $1.4 Million for False Claims to United States |
| July 30 | Radiation Compensation Program Focus of Meeting in Grants. Justice Department Officails to Participate |
| July 9 | Medical Equipment Company Will Pay U.S. $7 Million to Resolve Fals Claims Act Allegations |
| June 29 | Oklahoma City-Based Lab to Pay U.S. $9 Million for Improperly Charging Medicare for Tests |
| June 28 | United States Settles False Claims Act Case Against South Carolina State University |
| June 25 | New Program May Provide Additional Compensation Benefits to Certain Radiation Compensation Act Recipients |
| June 1 | Justice Department Announces Settlements Against Seven Hospitals for Over $5 MILLION |
| May 22 | HealthSouth Corporation Pays Nearly $8 Million for Overcharging U.S. Health Care Programs |
| April 10 | North Carolina Mental Health Service Provider to Pay $485,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations |
| April 9 | "Air Purifier" Manufacturer Ordered to Pay $1.49 Million: Judge Bans Company From Making Unsupported Product Benefit Claims |
| March 19 | Vencor and Ventas Paying U.S. $219 Million to Resolve Health Care Claims as Part of Vencor's Bankruptcy Reorganization. Recovery Includes Largest "Failure of Care" Settlement to Date |
| March 16 | Justice Department Sues HCA - The Health Care Company and its Hospitals for Fraud |
| February 26 | United States Intervenes in Case Against Tenet Healthcare for False Claims Act Violations |
| February 12 | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center to Pay $2.3 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations |
| February 9 | Phillips Petroleum Pays $8 Million to Resolve Oil Royalty Claims. More than $415 Million Paid to Date by 15 Companies |
| February 7 | Marathon Oil to Pay $7.7 Million to Resolve Claims of Underpayments of Oil Royalties |
| February 2 | Burlington to Pay $8.5 Million for Oil Royalty Underpayments. More Than $400 Million Paid to Date by 13 Companies |
| January 23 | Shell Oil to Pay United States $110 Million for Underpayment of Oil Royalties |
| January 23 | Bayer to Pay $14 Million to Settle Claims for Causing Providers to Submit Fraudulent Claims to 45 State Medicaid Programs |
| January 19 | $83.5 Million Settlement Reached in Puerto Rico Oil Spill |
| January 8 | Exxon Mobil Agrees to Pay $7 Million to Resolve Claims of Underpayment of Oil Royalties |
| January 3 | Quest Diagnostics to Pay $13.1 Million for Subsidiary's Overcharging U.S. Health Care Programs |
