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Investigations Newsletter: Johnson & Johnson Challenges the Constitutionality of FCA $1.6 Billion Verdict

ArentFox Schiff on 7/28/2025

Johnson & Johnson Challenges the Constitutionality of FCA $1.6 Billion Verdict - Following a record $1.6 billion jury verdict for off-label promotion of HIV drugs Prezista and Intelence, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) subsidiary...more

The Department of Justice’s COVID-19 Enforcement Task Force 2024 Report: A Continued Commitment to Combatting COVID-19-Related...

Epstein Becker & Green on 9/3/2024

Since the pandemic, COVID-19-related fraud has been a consistent target of the Department of Justice....more

DOJ Releases 2024 COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force Report

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/25/2024

On April 9, 2024, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) released a report on the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force (“Task Force”), by far DOJ’s most comprehensive review of the Task Force since its creation in...more

Fraud Investigations into COVID-Era PPP and EIDL Loans Increasing

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 12/4/2023

The Department of Justice continues to have its task forces throughout the U.S. investigate and prosecute fraudulent use of funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) programs...more

HHS Office of Inspector General August 2023 Enforcement Activity

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 9/8/2023

The following is a summary of selected federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports of fraud and abuse enforcement activity across the country. The enforcement actions reported...more

DOJ Announces Results of Nationwide COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Action, Launches Two New COVID-19 Fraud Strike Forces

King & Spalding on 8/30/2023

On August 23, 2023, DOJ announced that its latest coordinated, nationwide enforcement action to combat COVID-19 relief fraud has resulted in 718 enforcement actions, including federal criminal charges against 371 defendants,...more

Guilty Plea in $250 Million Federal Child Nutrition Fund Fraud Scheme

ArentFox Schiff on 1/30/2023

Guilty Plea in $250 Million Federal Child Nutrition Fund Fraud Scheme - A man from Brooklyn Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota, pled guilty for his involvement in a $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally-funded...more

Investigations Newsletter: Medical Device Company to Pay Over $700,000 To Resolve Criminal Allegations

ArentFox Schiff on 1/6/2023

Medical Device Company to Pay Over $700,000 To Resolve Criminal Allegations - On January 4, 2023, a criminal information was filed in the Southern District of Illinois, in which Jet Medical Inc. (Jet), a medical device...more

House Subcommittee Singles Out Fintech Companies, Government Officials and PPP Lenders for Roles in COVID-19 Related Fraud

Fox Rothschild LLP on 12/19/2022

The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, released the final report on its investigation into the use and distribution of $5 trillion in federal pandemic-related aid,...more

Investigations Newsletter: Modernizing Medicine to Pay $45 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

ArentFox Schiff on 11/4/2022

Modernizing Medicine to Pay $45 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations - Modernizing Medicine Inc. (ModMed), a Florida-based electronic health record (EHR) technology vendor, has agreed to pay $45 million to...more

The Federal Government’s Continued Focus on COVID-19 Aid Fraud Leads to New Charges, Convictions and Sentencings

Fox Rothschild LLP on 10/25/2022

The Justice Department recently announced new charges, convictions and sentencings in its ongoing initiative to target pandemic-related fraud, emphasizing the government’s commitment to identify and hold accountable those who...more

DOJ Announces Additional Steps to Combat COVID-19 Related Fraud

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 10/24/2022

In a press release issued on September 14, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced additional enhancements to its initiative to combat COVID-19 related fraud. Expanding on Attorney General Merrick Garland’s...more

Investigations Newsletter: COVID-19 Fraud Update: DOJ Prosecutes More than 150 Defendants, 95 Criminal Cases

ArentFox Schiff on 9/30/2022

COVID-19 Fraud Update: DOJ Prosecutes More than 150 Defendants, 95 Criminal Cases - Since the inception of the CARES Act, DOJ’s Fraud Section has prosecuted over 150 defendants in over 95 criminal cases. The Fraud Section...more

President Biden Extends Statute of Limitations for PPP and EIDL Fraud to Ten Years

Polsinelli on 9/6/2022

In August, President Biden signed two bills into law that give the Department of Justice and other federal agencies more time to investigate and prosecute Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) and COVID-19 Economic Injury...more

Biden Administration Extends Statute of Limitations for PPP and EIDL Fraud to Ten Years

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 8/24/2022

Two weeks ago, President Biden signed two laws extending the statute of limitations for civil and criminal fraud actions involving the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) to ten years....more

Statute of Limitations for PPP and EIDL Fraud Extended to Ten Years

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/9/2022

On August 5, President Biden signed two bills into law that extend to ten years the statute of limitations for civil and criminal enforcement actions for fraud on the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) and Economic Injury...more

Fraud Allegations Could Bedevil Borrowers in SBA COVID-19 Relief Programs for Many Years

PilieroMazza PLLC on 5/19/2022

As everyone who has been tracking the COVID-19 relief programs since 2020 knows, at the outset there was massive confusion about the programs’ requirements as well as fear that funding could run out before businesses with...more

New Interagency COVID-19 Fraud Strike Force Intensifies Investigations of Pandemic Relief Loans

Fox Rothschild LLP on 5/10/2022

Vanessa R. Waldref, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, recently announced the creation of a new interagency COVID-19 Fraud Strike Force to combat alleged fraud arising from the pandemic. One of its...more

DOJ Ramps up Resources and Renews Focus on Combatting COVID-19 Related Fraud in 2022

McGuireWoods LLP on 3/18/2022

On March 10, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the appointment of Associate Deputy Attorney General Kevin Chambers to serve as the Director for DOJ’s COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force. In remarks...more

Enforcement Against COVID-19 Related Fraud: Two-Year Anniversary Update

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/16/2022

On the eve of the pandemic’s two-year anniversary, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released updated statistics on its efforts to combat COVID-19 related fraud and announced the appointment of a director of COVID-19 Fraud...more

Pandemic Relief Fraud- A Focus And Priority For The Department Of Justice

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti,... on 3/15/2022

Takeaway: Be prepared for the continued aggressive investigation and prosecution of white-collar pandemic relief fraud to continue in 2022 as a new Director has been appointed for the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force. ...more

Bank Fraud Involving PPP Loans Could Lead to Prison Time, Even for Relatively Small Advances

Fox Rothschild LLP on 1/13/2022

The U.S. Department of Justice has recently begun charging defendants with bank fraud in relation to Paycheck Protection Program loans as part of its continuing efforts to investigate and prosecute individuals for crimes...more

Federal Judges Imposing Increasingly Harsh Prison Sentences for Paycheck Protection Program Fraud

Fox Rothschild LLP on 12/9/2021

The U.S. Department of Justice continues to seek long prison sentences for those convicted of COVID-19 related fraud. Recently, courts have agreed with prosecutors, and have issued increasingly lengthy prison terms to those...more

Investigations Newsletter: Fraud Scheme Results in $56 Million Seized as Largest Recovery of Cryptocurrency by US

ArentFox Schiff on 11/19/2021

Fraud Scheme Results in $56 Million Seized as Largest Recovery of Cryptocurrency by US - On November 12, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California’s request was...more

SBA Expands COVID Disaster Loans

Proskauer Rose LLP on 9/14/2021

Effective September 8, 2021, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) significantly expanded the ability of small businesses to apply for low-interest loans through the revised COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan...more

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