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More than 4,000 False Claim suits have been
filed since 1986, when the statute was strengthened to make it
easier and more rewarding for private citizens to file suit on
the government’s behalf. The government has recovered over $6
billion as a result of the suits, of which over $1 billion has
been paid to Relators / whistleblowers. Generally, only the
Realtor who is the first to file a lawsuit can be rewarded for
reporting the fraud. Even if one person uncovers the fraud,
someone else can file the lawsuit first and bar the first
whistleblower from sharing in any recovery.
Examples of Whistleblower Settlements
Under the False Claims Act
1) HCA [Hospital Corporation of America] –
paid $731,400,000
2) HCA [Hospital Corporation of America] –
paid $631,000,000
3) TAP [Taketa-Abbott Pharmaceutical]
Pharmaceutical Products Inc. – paid $559,483,560
4) Abbott Labs-- paid $400,000,000
5) Fresenius Medical Care of North America
– paid $385,000,000
6) SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories
– paid 325,000,000
6) HealthSouth – paid $325,000,000
7) National Medical Enterprises—paid
$324,200,000
8) Gambro Healthcare – paid $310,000,000
9) Schering-Plough—paid $292,969,482
10) AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals – paid
$266,127,844
For detailed information regarding the
underlying facts of each of the above cases and other request
the Free Information Packet.
Our firm is only investigating claims in which a business
entity, such as a company or medical practice, is submitting
false claims to a governmental entity. We do not handle
cases involving individuals receiving government benefits under
false pretenses. (For example, we do not handle claims in
which a person falsely claims a disability in order to receive
government benefits.) For these types of claims, you should
contact the appropriate government agency directly, such as
Medicaid, and report the fraud. Tax on IRS Fraud must exceed $2
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