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Former Executives Charged in Insurance Law Scheme that Led to Hundreds of Millions in Losses
A pair of former executives with Southport Lane, L.P., a private equity investment holding company that specializes in managing investment portfolios for insurance companies, were charged with participating in a massive insurance fraud scheme. According to authorities, the scheme resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in losses for its victims. The two individuals were […]
How to Respond if Your Company Attempts to Push You
National pharmacy chain Walgreens recently settled a pair of False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuits with the federal government for a total of $269 million. The claims involved allegations of improper billing. In the first lawsuit, Walgreens was alleged to have billed federal healthcare programs (including Medicaid and Medicare) for distributing insulin pens to hundreds of […]
Eagle Home Mortgage Accused of Approving Unqualified Buyers
Eagle Home Mortgage, a subsidiary of Lennar, is the defendant in a new whistleblower lawsuit that alleges the lender routinely approved unqualified borrowers for mortgages, going so far as to falsify borrowers’ documents to increase the chances of approval. The suit also claims the company hid negative findings on audited loans from regulators. This latest […]
Finance of America Mortgage to Pay $14.5 Million to Settle FHA Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that Finance of America Mortgage, LLC, has agreed to pay the federal government $14.5 million to settle a lawsuit involving mortgage fraud brought under the False Claims Act. The case related to Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans originated by Gateway Funding Diversified Mortgage Services, a company acquired by […]
Pair of Companies Ordered to Pay More than $7 Million for Issues Related to Pet Food Ingredients
Two companies were ordered by a federal court to pay more than $7 million in fines after they introduced adulterated and misbranded pet food ingredients into products that were sold across the United States. The two companies were Wilbur-Ellis, a California LLC based in San Francisco, and Diversified Ingredients, Inc., a Missouri-based company that works […]
Reliant Rehabilitation Holdings Will Pay $6.1 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations
Reliant Rehabilitation Holds, Inc., a national rehabilitative care provider based in Plano, Texas, will pay $6.1 million to the federal government to settle claims it paid kickbacks to its skilled nursing facilities and doctors. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Reliant violated the False Claims Act by pairing up clients with nurse practitioners for […]
Amazon Launches Investigation into Reports of Employees Leaking Data for Bribes
Global online retailer Amazon has announced that it has started an investigation into reported internal leaks of private information by employees as part of bribes to take down fake reviews and other scams on its network. The initial report about the scheme came from the Wall Street Journal. According to that report, Amazon employees used […]
PwC to Pay $625 Million in Damages After Audit
U.S. District Judge Barbara Jacobs Rothstein ordered PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to pay the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. more than $625 million for negligence in an audit of Colonial BancGroup, Inc., a bank holding company in Alabama that went under during the most recent economic downturn. The FDIC requested the damages, leading to the case overseen by […]
Florida Urogynecology Network Settles False Claims Act Case for $1.7 Million
FWC Urogynecology, a urogynecology network based in Florida, recently settled a False Claims Act lawsuit for $1.7 million. In the suit, FWC was alleged to have billed the government for services it did not provide or were otherwise inflated to get larger refunds. In the suit, FWC was alleged to have misused Medicare billing codes […]
SEC Fines Charles Schwab $2.8 Million for Failure to Report Suspicious Transactions
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently fined Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. $2.8 million for failing to report a series of suspicious transactions by independent investment advisors it stopped from using the company to handle client accounts. Under the Bank Secrecy Act, all broker-dealers are required to report any such suspicious transactions that […]
