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False Claims Act Update & Alert |
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Against Fraud Education Fund | Washington, D.C. |
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Fraud We Need Like a Hole in the Head The Army Times reports that Sioux Manufacturing Corp., of Fort Totten, N.D., is under investigation for allegedly producing Kevlar cloth that was used as a ballistic liner for helmets but which did not meet minimum standards for safety. From 1998 to 2006, SMC was awarded DoD contracts worth over $32.5 million. >> To read more |
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 Katrina
Suit Out from Under Back on March 28, we noted
that a massive whistleblower False Claims Act case had been
filed by
Cori and
Kerri Rigsby against State Farm, Nationwide, Allstate and
USAA insurance companies, as well as engineering firms that
examined property damage after Hurricane Katrina
on behalf of these companies. Now a judge has
officially ordered the case unsealed despite the
Government's objections. >>
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Sen.
Charles Grassley (R-IA)
says he will introduce
legislation to require drug makers to
disclose payments they make to doctors
for consulting, lectures and seminar
attendance. Grassley notes that
some doctors are making hundreds of
thousands of dollars a year promoting
drug company products, but that
this fact is almost never shared with
patients.
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