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Qui Tam Statistics
(as reported by DOJ: FY ending September 30,
2003)
- Total
amount recovered in Fiscal Year 2003
under the False Claims Act:
$2,100,000,000 -- a 75% increase over FY
2002.
- Relator's
share of the rewards in FY 2003:
$319,000,000.
- Total
amount recovered under the False Claims
Act since 1986: over
$12,000,000,000.
- Relator's
share of the rewards since 1986:
Over $1,000,000,000.
- Total
FCA amount recovered where there is an
associated qui tam
case, to date: $7,870,000,000.
- Total
FCA amount recovered by DOJ in cases that
DOJ
entered or otherwise pursued:
$7,510,000,000.
- Total
FCA amount recovered by relators in cases
declined by DOJ, to date:
$362,000,000.
- Total
number of qui tam
cases files to date: 4,281
Qui
tam cases filed (by fiscal year):
| 1987 |
33 |
| 1988 |
60 |
| 1989 |
95 |
| 1990 |
82 |
| 1991 |
90 |
| 1992 |
119 |
| 1993 |
132 |
| 1994 |
222 |
| 1995 |
277 |
| 1996 |
363 |
| 1997 |
533 |
| 1998 |
470 |
| 1999 |
482 |
| 2000 |
367 |
| 2001 |
310 |
| 2002 |
320 |
| 2003 |
326 |
Recoveries
in qui tam cases pursued
by DOJ (by fiscal year):
| 1988 |
$355,000 |
| 1989 |
$15
million |
| 1990 |
$40
million |
| 1991 |
$70
million |
| 1992 |
$134
million |
| 1993 |
$171
million |
| 1994 |
$380
million |
| 1995 |
$245
million |
| 1996 |
$125
million |
| 1997 |
$623
million |
| 1998 |
$433
million |
| 1999 |
$454
million |
| 2000 |
$1.2
billion |
| 2001 |
$1.2
billion |
| 2002 |
$1.04
billion |
| 2003 |
$1.48
billion |
Recoveries
in qui tam cases declined
by DOJ (by fiscal year):
| 1988 |
$35,431 |
| 1989 |
$0 |
| 1990 |
$75,000 |
| 1991 |
$69,500 |
| 1992 |
$994,456 |
| 1993 |
$5.9
million |
| 1994 |
$1.8
million |
| 1995 |
$1.8
million |
| 1996 |
$14
million |
| 1997 |
$7
million |
| 1998 |
$29.2
million |
| 1999 |
$62.5
million |
| 2000 |
$1.8
million |
| 2001 |
$125.7
million |
| 2002 |
$26.1
million |
| 2003 |
$85.04
million |
DOJ's
decision on qui tam cases (numbers are not
necessarily current and depend on reporting from
the U.S. Attorneys' offices):
| Intervened
or otherwise pursued |
|
750 |
| |
Active |
|
79 |
| |
Settled
or Judgment |
|
639 |
| |
Dismissed,
no recovery |
|
27 |
| |
Inactive |
|
3 |
| |
Unclear |
|
2 |
| Declined |
|
2,653 |
| |
Active |
|
153 |
| |
Settled
or Judgment |
|
139 |
| |
Dismissed,
no recovery |
|
2,184 |
| |
Inactive |
|
10 |
| |
Unclear |
|
38 |
| Under
investigation |
|
891 |
Percentage
of qui tam cases involving HHS
as the client agency (by fiscal year):
| 1987 |
12
percent |
| 1988-1992 |
15
percent each year |
| 1993 |
30
percent |
| 1994 |
36
percent |
| 1995 |
34
percent |
| 1996 |
56
percent |
| 1997 |
54
percent |
| 1998 |
61
percent |
| 2003 |
52 percent |
Total
amounts paid or to be paid to relators as
their statutory share, to date: $987.8 million
Total
recoveries for qui tam by
agency
DOD: $1.59 billion ($291.03 million to relators)
HHS: $5.178 billion ($851.6 million to relators)
Cases
filed by agency
DOD: 1,277
HHS: 2,200
Relator
award when DOJ intervened in or otherwise
pursued the case: $1.395 billion (average
15% of FCA recovery)
Relator
award when government declined
to intervene: $85.04 million (average 25%
of FCA recovery)
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