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Top False Claims Act
Cases
By Award Amount
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Source:
Corporate Crime Reporter
with TAF-EF Updates
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Cases with an asterisks (*) are cases in which
criminal penalties were also assessed.
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Cases with a double asterisks ( * *) are state cases.
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Cases with a triple asterisks (* * *) are mixed
state/federal settlements or judgments.
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Note that some cases are tied. A total of 113 cases are
listed below.
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Company |
Amount Case Was Settled For ($) |
Date |
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(* means criminal fines were also levied. Amounts
listed are only for Federal FCA settlements;
additional state claims may also have been paid). |
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|
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1 |
Pfizer |
1,000,000,000 |
Sep-09 |
|
2 |
Tenet |
900,000,000 |
Jul-06 |
|
3 |
HCA * |
731,400,000 |
Dec-00 |
|
4 |
Merck |
650,000,000 |
Jan-08 |
|
5 |
HCA * |
631,000,000 |
Jun-03 |
|
6 |
Serono Group * |
567,000,000 |
Oct-05 |
|
7 |
TAP Pharmaceuticals Products Inc. * |
559,483,560 |
Oct-01 |
|
8 |
New York State and New
York City |
540,000,000 |
Ju-09 |
|
9 |
Schering Plough |
435,000,000 |
Aug-08 |
|
10 |
Eli Lilly |
438,000,000 |
Jan-09 |
|
11 |
Abbott Labs * |
400,000,000 |
Jul-03 |
|
12 |
Fresenius Medical Care of N. America* |
385,000,000 |
Jan-00 |
|
13 |
Cephalon |
375,000,000 |
Sep-08 |
|
14 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb |
328,000,000 |
Sep-08 |
|
15 |
SmithKline Beecham Clinical Labs
(tie) |
325,000,000 |
Mar-97 |
|
16 |
HealthSouth * (tie) |
325,000,000 |
Dec-04 |
|
17 |
National Medical Enterprises * |
324,200,000 |
Jun-94 |
|
18 |
Gambro Healthcare |
310,000,000 |
Dec-04 |
|
19 |
Schering-Plough * |
292,969,482 |
Jul-04 |
|
20 |
AstraZeneca * |
266,127,844 |
Jun-03 |
|
21 |
St. Barnabas Hospitals |
265,000,000 |
Jun-06 |
|
22 |
Bayer Corp. * |
257,200,000 |
Apr-03 |
|
23 |
Schering Plough |
250,000,000 |
Aug-06 |
|
24 |
First American Health Care Of Georgia
+ |
225,000,000 |
Aug-96 |
|
25 |
Amerigroup |
225,000,000 |
Aug-08 |
|
26 |
BankAmerica * |
187,000,000 |
Oct-98 |
|
27 |
Laboratory Corporation of America * |
182,000,000 |
Nov-96 |
|
28 |
Aventis Pharmaceuticals |
180,000,000 |
Sep-07 |
|
29 |
Beverly Enterprises Inc. * |
170,000,000 |
Feb-00 |
|
30 |
Zimmer Inc. |
169,500,000 |
Sep-08 |
|
31 |
Purdue Frederick Co |
160,000,000 |
May-07 |
|
32 |
Pfizer/Warner-Lambert * |
152,000,000 |
May-08 |
|
33 |
Medco |
150,000,000 |
Oct-08 |
|
33 |
United Technologies (tied) |
150,000,000 |
Mar-94 |
|
33 |
GlaxoSmithKline |
150,000,000 |
Sep-08 |
|
34 |
Blue Cross Blue Shield Illinois * |
140,000,000 |
Jul-98 |
|
35 |
Caremark |
137,500,000 |
Sep-08 |
|
36 |
Mario Gabelli et. al |
130,000,000 |
Jun-08 |
|
37 |
NetApp for $128,000,000 is |
128,000,000 |
Apr-09 |
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38 |
King Pharmaceutical |
124,000,000 |
Nov-08 |
|
39 |
Northrop Grumman |
111,200,000 |
Jun-08 |
|
40 |
Shell Oil Company |
110,000,000 |
Jan-08 |
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41 |
Vencor Inc./Ventas Inc. |
104,500,000 |
Mar-08 |
|
42 |
Harbert Construction |
102,000,000 |
May-08 |
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43 |
National Health Labs |
100,000,000 |
Dec-92 |
|
44 |
Oracle / PeopleSoft |
98,500,000 |
Oct-08 |
|
45 |
Burlington Resources/
ConocoPhillips |
97,500,000 |
Aug-07 |
|
46 |
Quorum Health Group Inc. |
95,500,000 |
Oct-00 |
|
47 |
Chevron |
95,000,000 |
Jan-00 |
|
48 |
Staten Island University Hospital |
88,000,000 |
Sep-08 |
|
48 |
Lucas Industries * |
88,000,000 |
Sep-95 |
|
49 |
GlaxoSmithKline |
87,600,922 |
Apr-08 |
|
50 |
PacifiCare Health Systems |
87,300,000 |
Apr-08 |
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51 |
Teledyne |
85,000,000 |
Apr-94 |
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52 |
Depuy Orthopaedics |
84,700,000 |
Sep-08 |
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53 |
Damon Clinical Laboratories* |
83,700,000 |
Oct-96 |
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55 |
Litton Settlement Amount |
82,000,000 |
Jul-94 |
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55 |
(tie) Northrop Grumman |
80,000,000 |
Jul-08 |
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55 |
(tie) FMC |
80,000,000 |
Oct-00 |
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56 |
Staten Island Community Hosp. |
76,500,000 |
Sep-08 |
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57 |
General American Life Insurance Co. |
76,000,000 |
Jun-08 |
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58 |
Kyphon/Medtronics |
75,000,000 |
May-08 |
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58 |
Boeing Company |
75,000,000 |
Apr-94 |
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59 |
State of California Los Angeles
County |
73,300,000 |
Jun-08 |
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60 |
Beth Israel Hospital |
72,000,000 |
Dec-08 |
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61 |
Philips Electronics * |
65,300,000 |
Feb-96 |
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62 |
Peter Rogan / Edgewater Medical
Center (verdict) |
64,200,000 |
Sep-08 |
|
63 |
Tenet Healthcare (Redding, CA) |
62,550,000 |
Nov-08 |
|
64 |
Northrop Grumman |
62,000,000 |
Mar-08 |
|
65 |
Cox Health |
60,000,000 |
Jul-08 |
|
66 |
General Electric * |
59,500,000 |
Jul-93 |
|
67 |
Nine Miami-based companies owned by
Luis Soto |
56,500,000 |
Jan-08 |
|
68 |
Shell Oil Company |
56,000,000 |
Sep-00 |
|
69 |
Singer |
55,500,000 |
Jul-92 |
|
70 |
Hercules |
55,000,000 |
May-98 |
|
71 |
(tie) Tenet Healthcare Corporation |
54,000,000 |
Aug-08 |
|
71 |
(tie) Boeing Company |
54,000,000 |
Aug-00 |
|
72 |
Gambro Healthcare Inc. |
53,100,000 |
Jul-00 |
|
73 |
Omnicare / Specialized Pharmacy
Services |
52,500,000 |
Oct-08 |
|
74 |
Pratt an Whitney |
52,000,000 |
Aug-08 |
|
75 |
Omnicare |
49,500,000 |
Nov-08 |
|
76 |
(tie) Pfizer Inc. |
49,000,000 |
Oct-08 |
|
76 |
(tie) Shell Oil Company |
49,000,000 |
Aug-08 |
|
76 |
(tie) New York State and City of New
York |
49,000,000 |
Nov-98 |
|
77 |
Novartis/ OPI Properties * |
44,700,000 |
Feb-08 |
|
78 |
Strategic Resource Solutions |
43,100,000 |
Jul-08 |
|
79 |
Texaco Inc. |
43,000,000 |
Sep-00 |
|
80 |
Hanson Building Materials |
42,200,000 |
Dec-08 |
|
81 |
ABN AMRO Mortage Group Inc. |
42,000,000 |
Jan-08 |
|
82 |
Hanson Building Materials |
42,000,000 |
Dec-08 |
|
83 |
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
41,900,000 |
Jun-08 |
|
84 |
Olsten Corporation * |
41,000,000 |
Jul-99 |
|
85 |
(tie) Erlanger Medical Center (TN) |
40,000,000 |
Nov-08 |
|
85 |
(tie) Medtronic |
40,000,000 |
Jul-08 |
|
86 |
MetPath/MetWest (Corning Labs) |
39,800,000 |
Sep-93 |
|
87 |
Basin Electric Power Cooperative |
39,100,000 |
Mar-99 |
|
88 |
Highmark Inc. |
38,500,000 |
Sep-98 |
|
89 |
Salomon Smith Barney |
38,000,000 |
Apr-00 |
|
90 |
Lockheed Martin |
37,900,000 |
Jul-08 |
|
91 |
Gambro |
37,500,000 |
Sep-08 |
|
92 |
CVS |
37,000,000 |
Mar-08 |
|
93 |
InterMune, Inc. |
36,800,000 |
Oct-08 |
|
94 |
(tie) Jacobs Engineering Group |
35,000,000 |
Mar-00 |
|
94 |
(tie) Healthfirst |
35,000,000 |
Sep-08 |
|
94 |
(tie) Wallgreens |
35,000,000 |
Jun-08 |
|
94 |
(tie) U. of Washington |
35,000,000 |
May-08 |
|
94 |
(tie) PolyMedica |
35,000,000 |
Dec-08 |
|
95 |
NEC |
34,000,000 |
May-91 |
|
96 |
Lourdes Perez, Provident Home Health
Care Services Inc. and Tri-Regional Home Health Care
Inc. |
33,800,000 |
Oct-08 |
|
97 |
BP Amoco |
32,000,000 |
Apr-00 |
|
98 |
Tutor-Saliba-Perini JV |
31,900,000 |
Mar-08 |
|
99 |
(tie) Community Health Systems Inc. |
31,000,000 |
May-00 |
|
99 |
(tie) Harvard |
31,000,000 |
Aug-08 |
|
100 |
Lifescan (Johnson & Johnson) * |
30,600,000 |
Dec-00 |
|
101 |
Maximus Inc |
30,500,000 |
Jul-08 |
|
102 |
(tie) Contech Construction |
30,000,000 |
Jan-08 |
|
102 |
(tie) Toshiba |
30,000,000 |
Mar-00 |
|
102 |
(tie) University of Pennsylvania |
30,000,000 |
Dec-95 |
|
103 |
(tie) Lifemark Hospital (Tenet) |
29,000,000 |
Jul-08 |
|
103 |
(tie) Health America Pennyslvania |
29,000,000 |
Nov-08 |
|
104 |
Smith & Nephew Inc. |
28,900,000 |
Sep-08 |
|
105 |
National Air Cargo |
28,000,000 |
Mar-08 |
|
106 |
Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan |
27,600,000 |
Jan-95 |
|
107 |
Teledyne |
27,500,000 |
Apr-94 |
|
107 |
(tie) National Healthcare |
27,000,000 |
Dec-00 |
|
108 |
Cigna/ExpressScript |
27,000,000 |
Jul-08 |
|
108 |
(tie) MCI/Worldcom |
27,000,000 |
May-08 |
|
108 |
(tie) Schering-Plough *** |
27,000,000 |
May-08 |
|
108 |
(tie) Rockwell International |
27,000,000 |
Jul-95 |
|
109 |
New York State |
26,970,000 |
Dec-94 |
|
110 |
Biomet Orthopedics |
26,900,000 |
Sep-08 |
|
111 |
Conoco Inc |
26,000,000 |
Mar-00 |
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