Earlier this week, the government unsealed an indictment against Leo Joseph Govoni, the co-founder of the nonprofit Center for Special Needs Trust Administration (CSNT), and John Leo Witeck, an accountant for CSNT, charging...more
6/30/2025
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Financial Crimes ,
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Generic Drugs ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Importers ,
Investigations ,
Medicare Part D ,
Money Laundering ,
Penalties ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Special Needs Trust ,
Tariffs ,
Trusts ,
White Collar Crimes
Welcome to the Summer 2025 issue of “FCA Enforcement & Compliance Digest,” our quarterly newsletter in which we compile essential updates on False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement trends, litigation, agency guidance, and...more
CEO of Health Care Software Company Convicted of $1 Billion in Medicare Fraud -
A federal jury in Miami convicted Gary Cox, the CEO of Power Mobility Doctor Rx, LLC, of six health care-fraud-related counts for his role in...more
Two Charged in Alleged $227 Million COVID-19 Test Kit Fraud -
Syed Murtuza Kablazada and Mehdi Hussain, the owners and operators of medical laboratories in Illinois, were charged with submitting more than $227 million in...more
6/2/2025
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicare ,
Opioid ,
Physicians ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wire Fraud
DOJ Plans to Use the FCA to Attack DEI Initiatives -
On May 19, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a novel use of the False Claims Act (FCA) to enforce Trump Administration policies against antisemitism, gender...more
5/27/2025
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Educational Institutions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicare Fraud ,
Trump Administration ,
Universities
DOJ Announces Updated White-Collar Enforcement Priorities and Revised Policies -
Earlier this week, the Criminal Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) introduced a new white-collar enforcement plan, which sets...more
5/19/2025
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Investment Fraud ,
Securities Fraud ,
Settlement ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
Seabrook Rehab Center to Pay $19.75 Million for FCA Violations -
A New Jersey drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, Seabrook, will pay $19.75 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by...more
5/12/2025
/ Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Fraud ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Settlement ,
Whistleblowers
Gilead to Pay $202 Million to Settle DOJ Claims Over Speaker Program Kickbacks -
Gilead Sciences, Inc. has agreed to pay $202 million to resolve allegations brought by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) that it violated...more
Walgreens to Pay $300 Million to Settle DOJ Claims Over Invalid Opioid Prescriptions -
Walgreens Boots Alliance has agreed to pay more than $300 million to resolve allegations brought by the US Department of Justice (DOJ)...more
4/28/2025
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Causation ,
Controlled Substances ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Opioid ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacies ,
Settlement ,
Whistleblowers
Seventh Circuit Reverses AKS Conviction Involving Allegations of Illegal Marketing and Advertising -
On April 14, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed the criminal conviction of Mark Sorensen after a...more
4/21/2025
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Appeals ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Veterans Affairs ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medical Devices ,
Medicare ,
Money Laundering ,
Pharmacies ,
Physicians ,
Wire Fraud
In a series of recent legal challenges initiated by the pharmaceutical industry against the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG), manufacturers have contested the OIG’s...more
FCA Complaint Filed Against One of Nation’s Largest Specialty Wound Care Providers -
On April 4, the government filed a complaint against Vohra Wound Physicians Management LLC, its founder, Dr. Ameet Vohra, and VHS...more
4/14/2025
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Enforcement Actions ,
Exports ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Investigations ,
Medicare ,
Money Laundering ,
Nursing Homes ,
Physicians ,
Price-Fixing ,
Russia
Jury Acquitted Lab Owners in Nearly $40 Million COVID-19 Fraud Case -
On March 27, a Florida jury acquitted two testing lab co-owners of conspiracy, health care fraud, and wire fraud charges. Innovative Genomics, LLC...more
4/7/2025
/ Bribery ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
HRSA ,
Kickbacks ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Wire Fraud
Medical Group and Related Parties to Pay Over $62 Million to Resolve FCA Claims for False Diagnoses -
On March 26, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a California-based medical group and related parties...more
3/31/2025
/ California ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Imports ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Physicians ,
Settlement ,
Whistleblowers
Long Island Businessman Arrested in $22 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme -
A Long Island, New York, businessman was arrested on conspiracy, kickback, and money laundering charges stemming from an alleged scheme to defraud...more
Welcome to the Winter 2025 issue of “FCA Enforcement & Compliance Digest,” our quarterly newsletter in which we compile essential updates on False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement trends, litigation, agency guidance, and...more
Jury Clears SuperValu of Liability in Whistleblower FCA Prescription Pricing Case -
A federal jury in Illinois recently found SuperValu not liable in a whistleblower lawsuit that accused the company of overcharging the...more
3/10/2025
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Kickbacks ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Fraud ,
Prescription Drugs ,
SCOTUS ,
Settlement ,
Whistleblowers
Home Health Care Company to Pay $3 Million to Resolve FCA Allegations -
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Saad Enterprises Incorporated, operating as Saad Healthcare, agreed to pay $3 million to resolve...more
3/3/2025
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Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Home Health Care ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Settlement ,
Skilled Nursing Facility ,
Whistleblowers
First Circuit Joins Sixth and Eighth Circuits in Adopting Heightened, But-For Causation Standard for AKS-Based FCA Claims -
On February 18, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit became the latest court to agree...more
2/24/2025
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
But For Causation ,
Causation ,
Compliance ,
Cybersecurity ,
DCIS ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicare ,
Overpayment ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
SBA ,
Settlement ,
TRICARE
President Trump Puts a “Pause” on FCPA Enforcement -
On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) pausing the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). According to the EO, the pause will...more
2/17/2025
/ Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Kickbacks ,
Medicare Fraud ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Significant Transnational Criminal Organization ,
Trump Administration ,
White Collar Crimes
Pfizer Settles Its Subsidiary’s Kickback Allegations for Nearly $60 Million -
Pfizer Inc. agreed to pay over $59,746,277 to resolve allegations that its wholly owned subsidiary, Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company...more
2/3/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicare Part D ,
Mergers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Purdue Pharma ,
Sentencing ,
Settlement ,
Whistleblowers
Massachusetts District Court Judge Applies Heightened Causation Standard in FCA Case -
On January 6, a District Court of Massachusetts judge granted summary judgment for defendants on allegations of violating the...more
1/27/2025
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Causation ,
Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Kickbacks ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Opioid ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Qui Tam ,
SCOTUS ,
Settlement ,
Skilled Nursing Facility ,
Whistleblowers
DOJ Reports Nearly $3 Billion in FCA Settlements, Judgments for FY 2024 -
On January 15, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) reported that settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act (FCA) totaled more than $2.9...more
1/20/2025
/ Criminal Prosecution ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Investment Fraud ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacies ,
Settlement ,
Whistleblowers ,
Wire Fraud
Federal Government Urges Court of Appeals to Uphold Constitutionality of FCA Qui Tam Provisions -
In a brief filed earlier this week, the US federal government has urged the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold the...more
1/13/2025
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Appeals ,
Appointments Clause ,
Article III ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicare ,
Misrepresentation ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Qui Tam ,
SCOTUS ,
Settlement ,
Stark Law ,
Unconstitutional Condition ,
Whistleblowers
Seventh Circuit Considers When Legal Marketing Transforms Into Illegal Kickbacks -
On December 4, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit heard oral arguments regarding whether the January 2023 jury conviction of...more
12/9/2024
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Appeals ,
Bribery ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Kickbacks ,
Marketing ,
Medicare Fraud ,
Sentencing ,
TRICARE