Civil Division Press Releases for 2009:

	December 29, 2009 Colorado-based Spectranetics Corporation to Pay $5 Million to Resolve Allegations Relating to Its Medical Devices December 28, 2009 Michigan Health Care Provider to Pay United States $669,413 to Settle False Claims Allegations December 23, 2009 Chevron to Pay U.S. More Than $45 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Claims for Royalties Underpayment December 23, 2009 Visiting Physicians Association to Pay $9.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations December 22, 2009 Oklahoma Hospital Group Pays U.S. $13 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations December 17, 2009 Three New York City Home Health Agencies Pay $9.7 Million to the United States to Settle False Claims Act Claims December 15, 2009 Parent Company of Two New Jersey Hospitals to Pay U.S. $7.95 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations December 15, 2009 University of Phoenix Settles False Claims Act Lawsuit for $67.5 Million December 8, 2009 Syracuse Mortgage Underwriter to Pay United States Nearly $679,000 to Resolve Mortgage Fraud Allegations December 7, 2009 U.S. Settles with Itochu Corp. and Itochu International Regarding Defective Bullet-Proof Vests December 1, 2009 Los Angeles’ Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic Pays $3 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations November 19, 2009 Justice Department Recovers $2.4 Billion in False Claims Cases in Fiscal Year 2009; More Than $24 Billion Since 1986 November 18, 2009 New Jersey Hospital to Pay $3 Million to Resolve Allegations of Medicare Fraud November 16, 2009 U.S. Joins False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Kuwait-Based Companies That Supplied Food to U.S. Troops in Middle East November 12, 2009 Oregon Hospice Pays U.S. $1.83 Million to Settle False Claims Act Liability November 6, 2009 United States Sues Kaman Dayron, Inc., Under False Claims Act November 4, 2009 United States Intervenes in False Claims Act Suit Against Virginia Medicaid Providers November 3, 2009 Nation’s Largest Nursing Home Pharmacy and Drug Manufacturer to Pay $112 Million to Settle False Claims Act Cases October 30, 2009 Texas Hospital Group Pays U.S. $27.5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations October 30, 2009 U.S. Sues Canadian Company and U.S. Subsidiary for False Claims Act Allegations October 20, 2009 Indiana Home Health Agency Pays Nearly $2 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations October 19, 2009 Four Pharmaceutical Companies Pay $124 Million for Submission of False Claims to Medicaid October 13, 2009 AT&T Missouri Agrees to Settle False Claims Act Lawsuit Involving E-Rate Program October 8, 2009 Harborside Healthcare to Pay U.S. $1.375 Million to Resolve Allegations of Kickbacks and Sham Durable Medical Services September 30, 2009 New Jersey Hospital to Pay $8.3 Million for Alleged Kickbacks and Causing Submission of False Claims to Medicare September 29, 2009 Indiana and Alabama Hospitals To Pay U.S. Over $8 Million To Settle False Claims Act Allegations September 2, 2009 Justice Department Announces Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement in Its History August 25, 2009 Covenant Medical Center to Pay U.S. $4.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations August 17, 2009 Consortium of 49 Massachusetts Law Enforcement Agencies to Pay U.S. $200,000 for Alleged False Claims August 13, 2009 Boeing Company to Pay U.S. $25 Million to Resolve Allegations Related to Defective Work on KC-10 Aerial Refueling Aircraft August 13, 2009 Dynamics Research Corporation to Pay $15 Million to Resolve Allegations of Kickbacks and False Claims Related to Air Force Contracts August 3, 2009 U.S. Sues First Choice Armor & Equipment for Providing Defective Bullet-Proof Vests to Law Enforcement Agencies July 21, 2009 New York State and New York City to Pay Record $540 Million to Settle Allegations of False Claims for Medicaid Funds July 17, 2009 Tampa Bay Doctor Agrees to Pay United States $1.7 Million to Resolve Medicare Fraud Allegations July 14, 2009 Endoscopic Technologies to Pay U.S. $1.4 Million to Resolve Allegations of Medicare Fraud July 7, 2009 Justice Department Files Suit Against Cheese Manufacturer July 2, 2009 U.S. Joins False Claims Act Suit Against Several Corporations and Individuals at Mississippi’s Stennis Space Center July 1, 2009 United States Settles False Claims Act Allegations Against National Home Builder and Mortgage Lender June 26, 2009 Dallas Independent School District Agrees to Settle False Claims Allegations Involving E-Rate Program June 23, 2009 United States Settles Claims Alleging Bid Rigging Conspiracy with Two German Moving Companies June 9, 2009 United States Files False Claims Act Suit Against California Mortgage Lender Capmark Finance June 9, 2009 New Jersey University Hospital to Pay Additional $2 Million to Resolve Fraud Claims That Facility Double Billed Medicaid June 2, 2009 Appeals Court Affirms Government’s Default Termination of Navy Contract for A-12 Stealth Attack Aircraft May 29, 2009 Aventis Pharmaceutical to Pay U.S. $95.5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations May 22, 2009 Assistant Attorney General Tony West Announces New Members to Civil Division’s Senior Leadership May 21, 2009 Maine Department of Education to Pay United States $1.5 Million to Settle False Claims Involving Migrant Education Program May 21, 2009 Texas-Based Regency Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers to Pay U.S. $4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations May 21, 2009 Minnesota Hospitals to Pay U.S. $2.28 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations May 18, 2009 U.S. and 16 States Join Suits Against Pharmaceutical Giant, Wyeth May 1, 2009 U.S. Intervenes in Suit Against Former Beef Suppliers to National School Lunch Program April 24, 2009 Hurricane Katrina Contractor Accepts $4 Million Judgment Under the False Claims Act April 20, 2009 Alta Colleges to Pay U.S. $7 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations April 15, 2009 GSA Contractor NetApp Agrees to Pay U.S. $128 Million to Resolve Contract Fraud Allegations April 15, 2009 Quest Diagnostics to Pay U.S. $302 Million to Resolve Allegations That a Subsidiary Sold Misbranded Test Kits April 2, 2009 Northrop Grumman Corp. Settles False Claims Act Case for Defective Satellite Parts March 26, 2009 Houston’s Methodist Hospital to Pay U.S. More Than $9 Million to Resolve Allegations of Overcharging Medicare March 25, 2009 Sikorsky Aircraft Pays $2.9 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations March 18, 2009 U.S. Sues Union Pacific R.R. for $37 Million for Allegedly Failing to Prevent Use of Rail Cars to Smuggle Narcotics Across Border March 12, 2009 San Mateo County, California, to Pay U.S. $6.8 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations March 6, 2009 United States Joins Suit Against Community Health Systems Inc. and Three of Its Hospitals in New Mexico March 3, 2009 Kansas Cardiologist to Pay U.S. $1.3 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations March 2, 2009 United States Files Suit Against Missouri-Based Pharmaceutical to Block Manufacturing and Shipping of Unapproved Drugs February 25, 2009 United States Files Complaint Against Forest Laboratories for Allegedly Violating the False Claims Act February 19, 2009 United States Joins Suits Against Scios and Johnson & Johnson February 13, 2009 AT&T Technical Services Corp. to Pay U.S. more than $8.2 Million to Settle False Claims Involving the E-Rate Program February 13, 2009 APL Ltd. to Pay U.S. $26.3 Million to Resolve Fraud Allegations for Inflated Shipping Costs to Military in Iraq and Afghanistan February 2, 2009 U.S. Recovers $19 Million from AMEC Construction Management to Settle Litigation Regarding Fraud, False Claims, Kickbacks & Re-Procurement Costs on Federal Construction Contracts January 23, 2009 Canadian Company to Pay U.S. More Than $1 Million Related to Sale of Defective Bullet-proof Vests January 15, 2009 Alabama-Based Hospice Company Pays U.S. $24.7 Million to Settle Health Care Fraud Claims January 15, 2009 Eli Lilly and Company Agrees to Pay $1.415 Billion to Resolve Allegations of Off-label Promotion of Zyprexa
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