Civil Division Press Releases for 1998
| December 30 | U.S. Joins Lawsuit Against Columbia Healthcare. |
| December 3 | Unisys Agrees to Pay $2.25 Million. Corporation supplied refurbished computer materials to federal agencies. |
| November 25 | New Orleans Bank Pays $6.1 Million to Settle Student Loan Case. |
| November 25 | Air Force Contractor Agrees to Pay $9.8 Million for Submission of False Claims |
| November 20 | Justice Department Files $45 Million Suit Against Texas Company for Building Uninhabitable Housing at South Dakota Air Force Base. |
| November 17 | University of Minnesota Pays $32 Million to Settle Allegations of Selling an Unlicensed Drug and Mishandling NIH Grant Funds |
| November 16 | Mississippi Shipbuilding Company Agrees to Pay $2.25 Million to Settle Claims that It Overbilled the Navy. |
| October 30 | United States Sues Building Contractor For False Billings. |
| October 23 | Justice Department Recovers More Than $2 Billion in False Claims Act Awards And Settlements. |
| October 9 | Two Companies Settle With U.S. for Underpayment of Coal Royalties |
| October 6 | Invacare Corp. to Pay U.S. $2.6 Million. |
| October 5 | U.S. Joins Lawsuit Against Columbia and Quorum Hospital Chains. |
| October 5 | U.S. Sues Northrop-Grumman under Provisions of the False Claims Act. |
| September 30 | Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Marks Tenth Anniversary. |
| September 29 | Emergency Physician Staffing Companies to Pay $3.1 Million for Health Care Billing Fraud. |
| August 27 | U.S. Settles Civil Suit with Arthur G. Cohen of New York; Cohen to Pay Record $4.5 Million. |
| August 26 | Complaint Filed against Physician, Companies in False Claims Case. |
| August 19 | Psychiatric Hospital Chain Settles Allegations of Medicare Fraud. |
| August 14 | Statement on Today's Fourth Circuit Decision on FDA's Authority to Regulate Tobacco. |
| July 16 | Midwestern Federal Medicare Contractor Admits Concealing Evidence of Poor Performance and Obstructing Auditors. Contractor to Pay $144 Million. |
| July 10 | Atlanta Hospital Pays $4.3 Million to Settle False Claims Allegations. |
| June 18 | Hospital and Physician Pay $4.4 Million in Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement in Louisiana. |
| June 12 | Health Center in San Antonio Will Pay U.S. $17.2 Million to Settle False Claims Case. |
| June 8 | Oral Reargument Set for Tuesday in Tobacco Regulation Case. |
| June 5 | Finding of Unethical Conduct Against DOJ Attorney Reversed. |
| May 27 | Justice Department Sues Utility Company for Reneging on Deal to Purchase Share in Louisiana Nuclear Plant. |
| May 19 | U.S Sues Texaco for Underpayment of Royalties. |
| April 23 | DOJ to Hold Briefing on the Use of False Claims Act in Health Care Fraud Cases. |
| April 23 | Department of Justice Settles False Claims Act Lawsuit with Defense Contractor for $3 Million. |
| April 10 | Pennsylvania Car Dealer Pays U.S. $80,000 to Settle Dispute. |
| April 9 | Illinois Hospital Pays U.S. $228,500 to Settle Medicare Dispute. |
| April 8 | Home Oxygen Firm Pays U.S. $5 Million to Settle Medicare Dispute. |
| March 30 | Defense Contractors Will Pay U.S. $4.5 Million to Settle Allegations They Overcharged Navy on Military Contracts. |
| March 26 | Unisys, Lockheed Martin Pay U.S. $3.15 Million to Settle Dispute on Inflated Spare Parts Sales. |
| March 12 | Defense Contractor Will Pay U.S. $2.2 Million to Settle Allegations It Over Charged Army on Helicopter Contract. |
| March 11 | U.S. Reaches Agreement with Former FBI Lab Supervisor. |
| March 10 | A Bethesda, Maryland, consulting company has paid the United States $425,000 to settle allegations it defrauded the government by knowingly charging false labor costs. |
| March 3 | U.S. Sues Five Individuals for Fraudulent Scheme Contributing to the Failure of Coreast Savings Bank. |
| February 20 | Department of Justice Statement on the A-12 Decision. |
| February 19 | U.S. Sues Four Major Oil Companies for Underpayment of Royalties. |
| February 19 | United States Joins False Claims Act Case against TRW Inc. |
| February 10 | Federal Judge Dismisses Suit Against FBI Agent in Archer Daniels Midland Case. |
