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Top
False Claims Act Cases
By
Award Amount
(last updated byTAF, Jan
25, 2006)
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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.
Company
(* 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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Amount
Case Was Settled For ($) |
Date |
| 1) Tenet |
900,000,000 |
Jul-06 |
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2) HCA * |
731,400,000 |
Dec-00 |
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3) HCA * |
631,000,000 |
Jun-03 |
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4) Serono Group * |
567,000,000 |
Oct - 05 |
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5) TAP
Pharmaceuticals Products Inc. * |
559,483,560 |
Oct-01 |
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6) Schering Plough |
435,000,000 |
Aug-06 |
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7) Abbott Labs * |
400,000,000 |
Jul-03 |
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8) Fresenius
Medical Care of N. America* |
385,000,000 |
Jan-00 |
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9) Amerigroup (judgement) |
334,000,000 |
Mar-07 |
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10) Bristol-Myers Squibb
|
328,000,000 |
Sep-07 |
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11) SmithKline
Beecham Clinical Labs (tie) |
325,000,000 |
Feb-97 |
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11) HealthSouth *
(tie) |
325,000,000
|
Dec-04
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12) National
Medical Enterprises * |
324,200,000 |
Jun-94 |
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13) Gambro
Healthcare |
310,000,000
|
Dec - 04
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14)
Schering-Plough * |
292,969,482
|
Jul-04
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| 15) AstraZeneca * |
266,127,844 |
Jun-03 |
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16) St. Barnabas
Hospitals |
265,000,000 |
Jun-06 |
| 17) Bayer Corp. * |
257,200,000 |
Apr-03 |
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18) Schering Plough |
250,000,000 |
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| 19) First
American Health Care Of Georgia + |
225,000,000 |
Oct-96 |
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20) BankAmerica * |
187,000,000
|
Oct - 98
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21) Laboratory
Corporation of America * |
182,000,000 |
Nov-96 |
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22)
Aventis Pharmaceuticals |
180,000,000 |
Sept-07 |
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23) Beverly
Enterprises Inc. * |
170,000,000 |
Feb-00 |
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24) Zimmer Inc. |
169,500,000 |
Sept-07 |
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25) Purdue Frederick Co |
160,000,000 |
May 2007 |
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26)
Pfizer/Warner-Lambert * |
152,000,000
|
May-04
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27) Medco |
50,000,000 |
Oct-06 |
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28) United
Technologies (tied) |
150,000,000 |
Mar-94 |
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28) GlaxoSmithKline |
150,000.000 |
Sep -05 |
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29) Blue Cross
Blue Shield Illinois * |
140,000,000 |
Jul-98 |
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30)
Caremark |
137,500,000 |
Sep-05 |
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31) Mario Gabelli et. al |
130,000,000 |
Jun-06 |
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32) King Pharmaceutical |
124,000,000 |
Nov-05 |
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33) Northrop
Grumman |
111,200,000 |
Jun-03 |
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34) Shell Oil
Company |
110,000,000 |
Jan-01 |
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35) Vencor
Inc./Ventas Inc. |
104,500,000 |
Mar-01 |
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36) Harbert Construction
|
102,000,000 |
May-07 |
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37) National
Health Labs |
100,000,000 |
Dec-92 |
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38) Oracle / PeopleSoft |
98,500,000 |
Oct-06 |
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39) Burlington Resources/
ConocoPhillips |
97,500,000 |
Aug-2007 |
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40) Quorum Health
Group Inc. |
95,500,000 |
Oct-00 |
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41) Chevron |
95,000,000 |
Jan-00 |
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42) Lucas
Industries * |
88,000,000 |
Sep-95 |
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43)
GlaxoSmithKline |
87,600,922 |
Apr-03 |
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44) PacifiCare
Health Systems |
87,300,000 |
Apr-02 |
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45) Teledyne |
85,000,000 |
Apr-94 |
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46) Depuy Orthopaedics |
84,700,000 |
Sept-07 |
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47) Damon
Clinical Laboratories* |
83,700,000 |
Oct-96 |
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48) Litton
Settlement Amount |
82,000,000 |
Jul-94 |
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49) (tie)
Northrop Grumman |
80,000,000 |
Jul-03 |
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49) (tie) FMC |
80,000,000 |
Oct-00 |
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50)
Staten Island Community Hosp. |
76,500,000 |
Sep-05 |
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51) General
American Life Insurance Co. |
76,000,000 |
Jun-02 |
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52) Boeing
Company |
75,000,000 |
Apr-94 |
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53) State of
California Los Angeles County |
73,300,000 |
Jun-02 |
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54)
Beth Israel Hospital |
72,000,000 |
Dec-05 |
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55) Philips
Electronics * |
65,300,000 |
Feb-96 |
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56) Peter Rogan /
Edgewater Medical Center (verdict) |
64,200,000 |
Sep-06 |
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57)
Tenet Healthcare (Redding, CA) |
62,550,000 |
Nov-05 |
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58)
Northrop Grumman |
62,000,000 |
Mar-05 |
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59) General
Electric * |
59,500,000 |
Jul-93 |
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60) Shell Oil
Company |
56,000,000 |
Sep-00 |
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61) Singer |
55,500,000 |
Jul-92 |
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62) Hercules |
55,000,000 |
May-98 |
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63) (tie) Tenet
Healthcare Corporation |
54,000,000 |
Aug-03 |
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63) (tie) Boeing
Company |
54,000,000 |
Aug-00 |
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64) Gambro
Healthcare Inc. |
53,100,000 |
Jul-00 |
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65) Omnicare / Specialized
Pharmacy Services |
52,500,000 |
Oct-06 |
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66) Omnicare |
49,500,000 |
Nov-06 |
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67) (tie) Pfizer
Inc. |
49,000,000 |
Oct-02 |
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67) (tie) Shell
Oil Company |
49,000,000 |
Aug-03 |
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68) (tie) New
York State and City of New York |
49,000,000 |
Nov-98 |
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69) Novartis/ OPI
Properties * |
44,700,000
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Feb-05
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70) Strategic Resource
Solutions |
43,100,000
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Jul-04
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71) Texaco Inc. |
43,000,000 |
Sep-00 |
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72) Hanson Building
Materials |
42,200,000 |
Dec-07 |
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73) ABN AMRO Mortage Group Inc. |
42,000,000 |
Jan-06 |
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74)
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
41,900,000 |
Jun-05 |
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75) Olsten
Corporation * |
41,000,000 |
Jul-99 |
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76)
(tie) Erlanger Medical Center (TN) |
40,000,000 |
Nov-05 |
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76) (tie) Medtronic |
40,000,000 |
Jul-06 |
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77) MetPath/MetWest (Corning Labs) |
39,800,000 |
Sep-93 |
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78) Basin
Electric Power Cooperative |
39,100,000 |
Mar-99 |
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79) Highmark Inc. |
38,500,000 |
Sep-98 |
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80) Salomon Smith
Barney |
38,000,000 |
Apr-00 |
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81) Lockheed
Martin |
37,900,000 |
Jul-03 |
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82) Gambro |
37,500,000 |
Sep-05 |
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83) InterMune, Inc. |
36,800,000 |
Oct-06 |
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84) (tie) Jacobs
Engineering Group |
35,000,000 |
Mar-00 |
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84) (tie) U. of
Washington |
35,000,000
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May-04
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84) (tie) PolyMedica |
35,000,000
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Dec-04
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85) NEC |
34,000,000 |
May-91 |
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86) Lourdes Perez,
Provident Home Health Care Services Inc. and
Tri-Regional Home Health Care Inc. |
33,800,000 |
Oct-06 |
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87) BP Amoco |
32,000,000 |
Apr-00 |
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88)
Tutor-Saliba-Perini JV |
31,900,000
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Mar-01
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89) (tie) Community
Health Systems Inc. |
31,000,000 |
May-00 |
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89)
(tie) Harvard |
31,000,000 |
Aug-05 |
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90) Lifescan
(Johnson & Johnson) * |
30,600,000 |
Dec-00 |
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91) Maximus Inc |
30,500,000 |
Jul-07 |
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92) (tie) Contech
Construction |
30,000,000 |
Jan-01 |
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92) (tie) Toshiba |
30,000,000
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Mar-00
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92) (tie)
University of Pennsylvania |
30,000,000 |
Dec-95 |
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93) (tie) Lifemark Hospital (Tenet) |
29,000,000 |
Jul-02 |
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93) (tie) Health
America Pennyslvania |
29,000,000
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Nov-03
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94) Smith & Nephew Inc. |
28,900,000 |
Sept-07 |
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95) Blue Cross
Blue Shield Michigan |
27,600,000 |
Jan-95 |
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96) Teledyne |
27,500,000 |
Apr-94 |
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97) (tie)
National Healthcare |
27,000,000 |
Dec-00 |
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97) (tie)
MCI/Worldcom |
27,000,000
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May-04
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97)
(tie) Schering-Plough *** |
27,000,000
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May-04
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97) (tie)
Rockwell International |
27,000,000 |
Jul-95 |
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98) New York
State |
26,970,000 |
Dec-94 |
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99) Biomet Orthopedics |
26,900,000 |
Sept-07 |
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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.
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