Civil Division Press Releases for 2003
December 18 | Monday, December 22, Is Deadline To File Claim In September 11th Victim Compensation Fund |
December 10 | Grand Rapids' Metropolitan Hospital & Related Entities To Pay U.S. $6.25 Million To Resolve False Claims Allegations |
November 25 | September 11th Victim Compensation Funds Claims' Deadline Approaches - December 22, 2003 |
November 10 | Justice Dept. Civil Fraud Recoveries Total $2.1 Billion For FY 2003 False Claims Act Recovers Exceed $12 Billion Since 1986 |
September 29 | U.S. Joins Suit Alleging Scheme To Defraud Government To Obtain Federal Surplus Dry Dock In Hawaii |
September 22 | N. Carolina To Pay $23.8M To Resolve Overbilling Allegations For State's Foster Care & Childcare Services |
September 16 | Texas-Based Medical Device Manufacture To Pay U.S. $1,575,000 To Resolve False Claims Allegations |
August 27 | United States Announces Settlement of Lockheed Martin Case Allegining Mischarging on Government Contracts |
August 22 | Williams International Co. To Pay U.S. $2.1 Million To Settle False Claims Act Allegations |
August 20 | Northrop Grumman To Pay $80 Million For Overcharging The U.S. And Selling Defective Military Equipment To The Navy |
August 15 | September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Update; Claims Can Be Filed Until December 22 Of This Year |
August 5 | Shell Oil Company Agrees To Pay United States $49 Million For Unauthorized Venting and Flaring Of Gas |
July 18 | Statement of Peter Keisler, Assistant Attorney General For The Civil Division On Today's Court Of Appeals Ruling In The Cobell Indian Trust Fund Case |
July 8 | Statement of Peter Keisler, Assistant Attorney General Regarding Circuit Court's Ruling On The Energy Task Force |
July 1 | Justice Department Intervenes In Medicare Case Against Two Cleveland Hospitals |
June 26 | International Tribunal Unanimously Finds For the United States In North American Free Trade Agreement Case |
June 26 | Largest Health Care Fraud Case In U.S. History Settled HCA Investigation Nets Record Total Of $1.7 Billion |
June 20 | American Management Systems Reaches Settlement With U.S. In Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board Case |
June 20 | Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP Pleads Guilty To Healthcare Crime; Company Agrees To Pay $355 Million To Settle Charges |
June 19 | Sprint Corporation To Pay United States $5.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Contracting Fraud |
June 11 | Pharmaceutical Company, Dey, Inc. To Pay U.S. & Texas $18.5 Million To Settle Allegations Of Medicaid Fraud |
June 9 | TRW Successor Firm To Pay United States $111 Million To Settle False Claims Act Case |
May 7 | Christus Health Affiliates In Texas Pays U.S. $1.36 Million To Settle Allegations of Medicare and Medicaid Fraud |
April 25 | Wal-Mart Agrees To Pay $750,000 Civil Penalty For Delay In Reporting Exercise Equipment Hazard |
Statement Of Assistant Attorney General Robert D. McCallum Jr. Following Today's Arguments In 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Case |
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March 31 | Federal Judge Issues Record $7 Million Fine Against Boston Scientific Corp. |
March 17 | Florida Hospital Pays More Than $1.4 Million To Settle Health-Care Fraud Allegations |
March 6 | San Diego Hospital to Pay U.S. $6.2 Million to Settle False Claims Allegations |
February 21 | Texas, Washington, Oregon & Florida Hospitals to Pay U.S. $4.9 Million in Cardiac Devices Litigation |
February 11 | U.S. Joins Suit Against Pennsylvania Insurance Company |
February 10 | Five Tenet Hospitals in Florida Pay United States $4.3 Million for Allegedly Violating False Claims Act |
February 6 | Northwestern University will Pay $5.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act and Common Law Allegations |
February 3 | United States Files Suit Against Newport News Shipbuilding for Alleged Fraud Against the Navy |
Statement of Special Master Kenneth Feinberg Regarding the Lawsuit Against the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund |
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Lockheed to Pay United States $1.4 Million for Alleged Procurement Fraud |
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Tennessee Hospital to Pay United Sates $2 Million to Settle Allegations of Medicare Fraud |
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Johns Hopkins Hospital and Methodist Hospitals of Memphis Accused of Mischarging Medicare |
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United States Files Suit Against Tenet HealthCare Alleging False Claims Billings to Medicare |
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Firms Agree to Pay $765,000 to Resolve False Claims Allegations for Work at Oklahoma Air Force Base |