False Claims Act Update & Alert
Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund | Washington, D.C. | WWW.TAF.ORG June 12, 2007
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			A Prescription for Profit Exhibits in a Federal District Court trial in Boston against AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers, Johnson & Johnson, and Schering-Plough show that drug companies often calculate down to the penny how much a doctor can make by prescribing and selling their drugs.  One Bristol-Myers document, for example, showed that oncologists made about 65 percent of their net income from drug profits. >> To read more
			TAF Files Amicus in War Case The TAF Education Fund and the U.S. DoJ have filed amicus curiae briefs in support of the relator in the Custer Battles Iraq fraud case.  The relator won a jury trial, but the judge overturned the decision.  >> To read the TAF & DoJ Briefs (PDF)
			U.S. Embassy in Iraq A False Claims Act lawsuit has been filed against First Kuwaiti, the company constructing the massive new U.S. embassy in Iraq.  John Owens, who had been a construction supervisor at the embassy, alleges First Kuwait overcharged the U.S. Government and failed to properly install many security fortifications.  >> To read more
			Ambulance Co. Pays $2.5 Mil. Rural/Metro Corporation, one of the nation’s largest ambulance providers, has agreed to pay over $2.5 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by kicking back free services to referring hospitals.  >> To read more
			TAF on Medicare Contractors Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund, with the assistance of TAF members Sara Vann and Mike Bothwell, have filed an amicus curiae brief in the Eleventh Circuit in a case involving Medicare contractors. >> To read more