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Top
False Claims Act Cases
By
Award Amount
(last
updated byTAF, Nov, 2008)
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Source:
Corporate Crime Reporter
with TAF-EF Updates
- Cases with an
asterisks (*) are
cases in which
criminal penalties were also
assessed.
- Cases with a
double asterisks ( * *) are
state cases.
- Cases with a
triple asterisks (* * *) are
mixed state/federal settlements or
judgments.
- Note that some
cases are tied. A total of
113 cases are listed below.
| |
Company |
Amount
Case Was Settled For ($) |
Date |
| |
(*
means criminal fines were also
levied. Amounts listed are only
for Federal FCA settlements;
additional state claims may also have
been paid). |
| |
|
| 1 |
Tenet |
900,000,000 |
Jul-08 |
| 2 |
HCA * |
731,400,000 |
Dec-00 |
| 3 |
Merck |
650,000,000 |
Jan-08 |
| 4 |
HCA * |
631,000,000 |
Jun-03 |
| 5 |
Serono Group * |
567,000,000 |
Oct-05 |
| 6 |
TAP Pharmaceuticals Products
Inc. * |
559,483,560 |
Oct-01 |
| 7 |
Schering Plough |
435,000,000 |
Aug-08 |
| 8 |
Eli Lilly |
438,000,000 |
Jan-09 |
| 9 |
Abbott Labs * |
400,000,000 |
Jul-03 |
| 10 |
Fresenius Medical Care of N.
America* |
385,000,000 |
Jan-00 |
| 11 |
Cephalon |
375,000,000 |
Sep-08 |
| 12 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb |
328,000,000 |
Sep-08 |
| 13 |
SmithKline Beecham Clinical
Labs (tie) |
325,000,000 |
Mar-97 |
| 14 |
HealthSouth * (tie) |
325,000,000 |
Dec-04 |
| 15 |
National Medical Enterprises
* |
324,200,000 |
Jun-94 |
| 16 |
Gambro Healthcare |
310,000,000 |
Dec-04 |
| 17 |
Schering-Plough * |
292,969,482 |
Jul-04 |
| 18 |
AstraZeneca * |
266,127,844 |
Jun-03 |
| 19 |
St. Barnabas Hospitals |
265,000,000 |
Jun-06 |
| 20 |
Bayer Corp. * |
257,200,000 |
Apr-03 |
| 21 |
Schering Plough |
250,000,000 |
Aug-06 |
| 22 |
First American Health Care
Of Georgia + |
225,000,000 |
Oct-96 |
| 23 |
Amerigroup |
225,000,000 |
Aug-08 |
| 24 |
BankAmerica * |
187,000,000 |
Oct-98 |
| 25 |
Laboratory Corporation of
America * |
182,000,000 |
Nov-96 |
| 26 |
Aventis Pharmaceuticals |
180,000,000 |
Sep-08 |
| 27 |
Beverly Enterprises Inc. * |
170,000,000 |
Feb-00 |
| 28 |
Zimmer
Inc. |
169,500,000 |
Sep-08 |
| 29 |
Purdue Frederick Co |
160,000,000 |
May-07 |
| 30 |
Medco |
155,000,000 |
Oct-06 |
| 31 |
Pfizer/Warner-Lambert |
152,000,000 |
May-04 |
| 32 |
United Technologies (tied) |
150,000,000 |
Mar-94 |
| 32 |
GlaxoSmithKline |
150,000.00 |
Sep-05 |
| 34 |
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Illinois * |
140,000,000 |
Jul-98 |
| 35 |
Caremark |
137,500,000 |
Sep-05 |
| 36 |
Mario Gabelli et. al |
130,000,000 |
Jun-06 |
| 37 |
King Pharmaceutical |
124,000,000 |
Nov-05 |
| 38 |
Northrop Grumman |
111,200,000 |
Jun-03 |
| 39 |
Shell Oil Company |
110,000,000 |
Jan-01 |
| 40 |
Vencor Inc./Ventas Inc. |
104,500,000 |
Mar-01 |
| 41 |
Harbert Construction |
102,000,000 |
May-08 |
| 42 |
National Health Labs |
100,000,000 |
Dec-92 |
| 43 |
Oracle / PeopleSoft |
98,500,000 |
Oct-08 |
| 44 |
Burlington Resources/ ConocoPhillips |
97,500,000 |
Aug-07 |
| 45 |
Quorum Health Group Inc. |
95,500,000 |
Oct-00 |
| 46 |
Chevron |
95,000,000 |
Jan-00 |
| 47 |
Staten Island University
Hospital |
88,000,000 |
Sep-08 |
| 48 |
Lucas Industries * |
88,000,000 |
Sep-95 |
| 49 |
GlaxoSmithKline |
87,600,922 |
Apr-03 |
| 50 |
PacifiCare Health Systems |
87,300,000 |
Apr-02 |
| 51 |
Teledyne |
85,000,000 |
Apr-94 |
| 52 |
Depuy Orthopaedics |
84,700,000 |
Sep-08 |
| 53 |
Damon Clinical Laboratories* |
83,700,000 |
Oct-96 |
| 54 |
Litton Settlement
Amount |
82,000,000 |
Jul-94 |
| 55 |
(tie) Northrop Grumman |
80,000,000 |
Jul-03 |
| 55 |
(tie) FMC |
80,000,000 |
Oct-00 |
| 57 |
Staten Island Community
Hosp. |
76,500,000 |
Sep-05 |
| 58 |
General American Life
Insurance Co. |
76,000,000 |
Jun-02 |
| 59 |
Kyphon/Medtronics |
75,000,000 |
May-08 |
| 60 |
Boeing Company |
75,000,000 |
Apr-94 |
| 61 |
State of California Los
Angeles County |
73,300,000 |
Jun-02 |
| 62 |
Beth Israel Hospital |
72,000,000 |
Dec-05 |
| 63 |
Philips Electronics * |
65,300,000 |
Feb-96 |
| 64 |
Peter Rogan / Edgewater
Medical Center (verdict) |
64,200,000 |
Sep-08 |
| 65 |
Tenet Healthcare (Redding,
CA) |
62,550,000 |
Nov-05 |
| 66 |
Northrop Grumman |
62,000,000 |
Mar-05 |
| 67 |
Cox Health |
60,000,000 |
Jul-08 |
| 68 |
General Electric * |
59,500,000 |
Jul-93 |
| 69 |
Nine Miami-based companies
owned by Luis Soto |
56,500,000 |
Jan-08 |
| 70 |
Shell Oil Company |
56,000,000 |
Sep-00 |
| 71 |
Singer |
55,500,000 |
Jul-92 |
| 72 |
Hercules |
55,000,000 |
May-98 |
| 73 |
(tie) Tenet Healthcare
Corporation |
54,000,000 |
Aug-03 |
| 73 |
(tie) Boeing Company |
54,000,000 |
Aug-00 |
| 75 |
Gambro Healthcare Inc. |
53,100,000 |
Jul-00 |
| 76 |
Omnicare / Specialized
Pharmacy Services |
52,500,000 |
Oct-08 |
| 77 |
Pratt an Whitney |
52,000,000 |
Aug-08 |
| 78 |
Omnicare |
49,500,000 |
Nov-08 |
| 79 |
(tie) Pfizer Inc. |
49,000,000 |
Oct-02 |
| 79 |
(tie) Shell Oil Company |
49,000,000 |
Aug-03 |
| 79 |
(tie) New York State and
City of New York |
49,000,000 |
Nov-98 |
| 82 |
Novartis/ OPI Properties * |
44,700,000 |
Feb-05 |
| 83 |
Strategic Resource Solutions |
43,100,000 |
Jul-04 |
| 84 |
Texaco Inc. |
43,000,000 |
Sep-00 |
| 85 |
Hanson Building Materials |
42,200,000 |
Dec-08 |
| 86 |
ABN AMRO Mortage Group Inc. |
42,000,000 |
Jan-06 |
| 87 |
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
41,900,000 |
Jun-05 |
| 88 |
Olsten Corporation * |
41,000,000 |
Jul-99 |
| 89 |
(tie) Erlanger Medical
Center (TN) |
40,000,000 |
Nov-05 |
| 89 |
(tie) Medtronic |
40,000,000 |
Jul-06 |
| 91 |
MetPath/MetWest (Corning
Labs) |
39,800,000 |
Sep-93 |
| 92 |
Basin Electric Power
Cooperative |
39,100,000 |
Mar-99 |
| 93 |
Highmark Inc. |
38,500,000 |
Sep-98 |
| 94 |
Salomon Smith Barney |
38,000,000 |
Apr-00 |
| 95 |
Lockheed Martin |
37,900,000 |
Jul-03 |
| 96 |
Gambro |
37,500,000 |
Sep-05 |
| 97 |
CVS |
37,000,000 |
Mar-08 |
| 98 |
InterMune, Inc. |
36,800,000 |
Oct-08 |
| 99 |
(tie) Jacobs Engineering
Group |
35,000,000 |
Mar-00 |
| 99 |
(tie) Healthfirst |
35,000,000 |
Sep-08 |
| 99 |
(tie) Wallgreens |
35,000,000 |
Jun-08 |
| 99 |
(tie) U. of Washington |
35,000,000 |
May-04 |
| 99 |
(tie) PolyMedica |
35,000,000 |
Dec-04 |
| 104 |
NEC |
34,000,000 |
May-91 |
| 105 |
Lourdes Perez, Provident
Home Health Care Services Inc. and
Tri-Regional Home Health Care Inc. |
33,800,000 |
Oct-08 |
| 106 |
BP Amoco |
32,000,000 |
Apr-00 |
| 107 |
Tutor-Saliba-Perini JV |
31,900,000 |
Mar-08 |
| 108 |
(tie) Community Health
Systems Inc. |
31,000,000 |
May-01 |
| 108 |
(tie)
Harvard |
31,000,000 |
Aug-05 |
| 110 |
Lifescan (Johnson &
Johnson) * |
30,600,000 |
Dec-00 |
| 111 |
Maximus Inc |
30,500,000 |
Jul-08 |
| 112 |
(tie) Contech Construction |
30,000,000 |
Jan-01 |
| 112 |
(tie) Toshiba |
30,000,000 |
Mar-00 |
| 112 |
(tie) University of
Pennsylvania |
30,000,000 |
Dec-95 |
| 115 |
(tie) Lifemark Hospital
(Tenet) |
29,000,000 |
Jul-02 |
| 115 |
(tie) Health America
Pennyslvania |
29,000,000 |
Nov-03 |
| 117 |
Smith & Nephew Inc. |
28,900,000 |
Sep-08 |
| 118 |
National Air Cargo |
28,000,000 |
Mar-08 |
| 119 |
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Michigan |
27,600,000 |
Jan-95 |
| 120 |
Teledyne |
27,500,000 |
Apr-94 |
| 121 |
(tie) National Healthcare |
27,000,000 |
Dec-00 |
| 121 |
(tie) Cigna/ExpressScript |
27,000,000 |
Jul-08 |
| 121 |
(tie) MCI/Worldcom |
27,000,000 |
May-04 |
| 121 |
(tie) Schering-Plough *** |
27,000,000 |
May-04 |
| 121 |
(tie) Rockwell International |
27,000,000 |
Jul-95 |
| 126 |
New York State |
26,970,000 |
Dec-94 |
| 127 |
Biomet Orthopedics |
26,900,000 |
Sep-08 |
| 128 |
Conoco Inc |
26,000,000 |
Mar-00 |
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