Orlando,
FL – United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces today that
United Paradyne Corporation has agreed to pay the United States $375,000
to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by
submitting claims to NASA for assembling and cleaning rocket launch
systems that it had failed to perform.
The settlement relates to United Paradyne’s agreement to provide NASA
with certain ground support equipment designed to support NASA’s Space
Launch System (SLS...
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Month: January 2020
$8.5 Million Recovery from Moody’s
Moody’s has reached a settlement with
New York-based law firm Kirby McInerney after it was accused of
underpaying New York State and New York City business taxes between 2002
and 2014. Moody’s is alleged to have mischaracterised its income as
premiums to its captive, Moody’s Assurance Company (MAC).
Kirby McInerney secured an $8.5
million recovery in the case, after a whistleblower who was formerly
employed by Moody’s sounded the alarm in 2018.
The settlement is unusual in tha...
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$4.8 Million Paid Violating False Claims Act
Caldwell University Agrees To Pay More Than $4.8 Million To Resolve Allegations Of Violating False Claims Act
NEWARK,
N.J. – Caldwell University has agreed to pay the United States more
than $4.8 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in a fraudulent
scheme to defraud a federal education benefit program, U.S. Attorney
Craig Carpenito announced.
“Caldwell University tried to hoodwink the Department of Veterans
Affairs and, worse, veterans themselves, by claiming to offer onlin...
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$950,000 to Settle Medicare Billing Fraud
San Diego Eye Doctors Pay $950,000 to Settle Medicare Billing Fraud Allegations
SAN DIEGO – Mark D. Smith and Fane Robinson, two San Diego-area
physicians, have paid the United States $948,768.18 to resolve
allegations that they violated the federal False Claims Act by knowingly
submitting false claims to Medicare.
Dr. Smith and Dr. Robinson are medical doctors specializing in
ophthalmology. They maintain a medical practice in San Diego known as
San Diego Retina Assoc...
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Six Charged by SEC International Fraud Schemes
SEC Charges Six Individuals in International Microcap Fraud Schemes
The Securities and Exchange
Commission today charged six individuals and their companies with
participating in schemes that allegedly generated more than $35 million
of illegal sales of stock in at least 45 microcap companies. The charges
contained in two complaints reflect investigations by staff in the
SEC’s New York and Boston offices, and assistance from multiple
regulators outside the U.S.
According to one SEC...
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