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Print4Communications Systems, Inc reports one of its subsidiaries is under investigation for E-Rate fraud in the Virgin Islands. 4Construction joint venture Perini/Kiewit/Cashman reports it was notified in January that it is under Grand Jury investigation, but that it is engaged in settlement discussions on the same matter. |
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 Cleaning Up the HurricaneUSA Today reports Federal agents are sifting through 11,000 potential fraud cases involving Hurricane Katrina and that Homeland Security inspectors are "swamped." Meanwhile, DoJ has told federal Judge Peter Beer that its decision not to intervene at this time in a qui tam case was "not formally a declination" nor was it a judgment that the Relator’s allegations lack merit or should not proceed; it just means more time is needed to investigate. |
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 Millionaire Doc Wanted MoreDr. Patrick Chan goes to court August 6th. The Little Rock, Arkansas doctor is accused of taking kickbacks for medical equipment paid for by Medicare and Medicaid. Dr. Chan, who say he is worth $10 million, made $200,000 a month while working as the only neurosurgeon at White County Medical Center. >> To read more |
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 Texas Co. Self-disclosesAffiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS) of Dallas, Texas, has agreed to pay $2.6 million to settle claims it inflated costs for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs. ACS voluntarily self-reported the illegal activity by several former employees. >> To read more |
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 Sox: 0 for 947Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is supposed to protect those who blow the whistle on corporate fraud, but Compliance Week reports that none of the 947 whistleblower retaliation complaints filed since 2003 have passed judicial muster. |
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