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Top False Claims Act Cases
By Award Amount
(last updated byTAF, Jan 25, 2006)

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
(* means criminal fines were also levied.  Amounts listed are only for Federal FCA settlements; additional state claims may also have been paid).
 
Amount Case Was Settled For ($) Date
1) Tenet 900,000,000 Jul-06
2) HCA * 731,400,000 Dec-00
3) HCA * 631,000,000 Jun-03
4) Serono Group * 567,000,000 Oct - 05
5) TAP Pharmaceuticals Products Inc. * 559,483,560 Oct-01
6) Schering Plough 435,000,000 Aug-06
7) Abbott Labs * 400,000,000 Jul-03
8) Fresenius Medical Care of N. America* 385,000,000 Jan-00
9) Amerigroup (judgement) 334,000,000 Mar-07
10) Bristol-Myers Squibb 328,000,000 Sep-07
11) SmithKline Beecham Clinical Labs (tie) 325,000,000 Feb-97
11) HealthSouth * (tie)

325,000,000

Dec-04

12) National Medical Enterprises * 324,200,000 Jun-94
13) Gambro Healthcare

310,000,000

Dec - 04

14) Schering-Plough *

292,969,482

Jul-04

15) AstraZeneca * 266,127,844 Jun-03
16) St. Barnabas Hospitals 265,000,000 Jun-06
17) Bayer Corp. * 257,200,000 Apr-03
18) Schering Plough 250,000,000  
19) First American Health Care Of Georgia + 225,000,000 Oct-96
20) BankAmerica *

187,000,000

Oct - 98

21) Laboratory Corporation of America * 182,000,000 Nov-96
22) Aventis Pharmaceuticals 180,000,000 Sept-07
23) Beverly Enterprises Inc. * 170,000,000 Feb-00
24) Zimmer Inc. 169,500,000 Sept-07
25) Purdue Frederick Co 160,000,000 May 2007
26) Pfizer/Warner-Lambert *

152,000,000

May-04

27) Medco 50,000,000 Oct-06
28) United Technologies (tied) 150,000,000 Mar-94
28) GlaxoSmithKline 150,000.000 Sep -05
29) Blue Cross Blue Shield Illinois * 140,000,000 Jul-98
30) Caremark 137,500,000 Sep-05
31) Mario Gabelli et. al 130,000,000 Jun-06
32) King Pharmaceutical 124,000,000 Nov-05
33) Northrop Grumman 111,200,000 Jun-03
34) Shell Oil Company 110,000,000 Jan-01
35) Vencor Inc./Ventas Inc. 104,500,000 Mar-01
36) Harbert Construction 102,000,000 May-07
37) National Health Labs 100,000,000 Dec-92
38) Oracle / PeopleSoft 98,500,000 Oct-06
39) Burlington Resources/ ConocoPhillips 97,500,000 Aug-2007
40) Quorum Health Group Inc. 95,500,000 Oct-00
41) Chevron 95,000,000 Jan-00
42) Lucas Industries * 88,000,000 Sep-95
43) GlaxoSmithKline 87,600,922 Apr-03
44) PacifiCare Health Systems 87,300,000 Apr-02
45) Teledyne 85,000,000 Apr-94
46) Depuy Orthopaedics 84,700,000 Sept-07
47) Damon Clinical Laboratories* 83,700,000 Oct-96
48) Litton Settlement Amount 82,000,000 Jul-94
49) (tie) Northrop Grumman 80,000,000 Jul-03
49) (tie) FMC 80,000,000 Oct-00
50) Staten Island Community Hosp. 76,500,000 Sep-05
51) General American Life Insurance Co. 76,000,000 Jun-02
52) Boeing Company 75,000,000 Apr-94
53) State of California Los Angeles County 73,300,000 Jun-02
54) Beth Israel Hospital 72,000,000 Dec-05
55) Philips Electronics * 65,300,000 Feb-96
56) Peter Rogan / Edgewater Medical Center (verdict) 64,200,000 Sep-06
57) Tenet Healthcare (Redding, CA) 62,550,000 Nov-05
58) Northrop Grumman 62,000,000 Mar-05
59) General Electric * 59,500,000 Jul-93
60) Shell Oil Company 56,000,000 Sep-00
61) Singer 55,500,000 Jul-92
62) Hercules 55,000,000 May-98
63) (tie) Tenet Healthcare Corporation 54,000,000 Aug-03
63) (tie) Boeing Company 54,000,000 Aug-00
64) Gambro Healthcare Inc. 53,100,000 Jul-00
65) Omnicare / Specialized Pharmacy Services 52,500,000 Oct-06
66) Omnicare 49,500,000 Nov-06
67) (tie) Pfizer Inc. 49,000,000 Oct-02
67) (tie) Shell Oil Company 49,000,000 Aug-03
68) (tie) New York State and City of New York 49,000,000 Nov-98
69) Novartis/ OPI Properties *

44,700,000

Feb-05

70) Strategic Resource Solutions

43,100,000

Jul-04

71) Texaco Inc. 43,000,000 Sep-00
72) Hanson Building Materials 42,200,000 Dec-07
73) ABN AMRO Mortage Group Inc. 42,000,000 Jan-06
74) PricewaterhouseCoopers 41,900,000 Jun-05
75) Olsten Corporation * 41,000,000 Jul-99
76) (tie) Erlanger Medical Center (TN) 40,000,000 Nov-05
76) (tie) Medtronic 40,000,000 Jul-06
77) MetPath/MetWest (Corning Labs) 39,800,000 Sep-93
78) Basin Electric Power Cooperative 39,100,000 Mar-99
79) Highmark Inc. 38,500,000 Sep-98
80) Salomon Smith Barney 38,000,000 Apr-00
81) Lockheed Martin 37,900,000 Jul-03
82) Gambro 37,500,000 Sep-05
83) InterMune, Inc. 36,800,000 Oct-06
84) (tie) Jacobs Engineering Group 35,000,000 Mar-00
84) (tie) U. of Washington

35,000,000

May-04

84) (tie) PolyMedica

35,000,000

Dec-04

85) NEC 34,000,000 May-91
86) Lourdes Perez, Provident Home Health Care Services Inc. and Tri-Regional Home Health Care Inc. 33,800,000 Oct-06
87) BP Amoco 32,000,000 Apr-00
88) Tutor-Saliba-Perini JV

31,900,000

Mar-01

89) (tie) Community Health Systems Inc. 31,000,000 May-00
89) (tie) Harvard 31,000,000 Aug-05
90) Lifescan (Johnson & Johnson) * 30,600,000 Dec-00
91) Maximus Inc 30,500,000 Jul-07
92) (tie) Contech Construction 30,000,000 Jan-01
92) (tie) Toshiba

30,000,000

Mar-00

92) (tie) University of Pennsylvania 30,000,000 Dec-95
93) (tie) Lifemark Hospital (Tenet) 29,000,000 Jul-02
93) (tie) Health America Pennyslvania

29,000,000

Nov-03

94) Smith & Nephew Inc. 28,900,000 Sept-07
95) Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan 27,600,000 Jan-95
96) Teledyne 27,500,000 Apr-94
97) (tie) National Healthcare 27,000,000 Dec-00
97) (tie) MCI/Worldcom

27,000,000

May-04

97) (tie) Schering-Plough ***

27,000,000

May-04

97) (tie) Rockwell International 27,000,000 Jul-95
98) New York State 26,970,000 Dec-94
99) Biomet Orthopedics 26,900,000 Sept-07
100) Conoco Inc 26,000,000 Mar-00

* Cases with an asterics (*) are cases in which
criminal penalties were also assessed.

+ Due to the bankruptcy of this company, and the bankruptcy of the company that subsequently bought it, only 7.5 cents on the dollar was collected, or $19.1 million.