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Walgreens
Pays $35 Million
Walgreens is the third national pharmacy chain to settle
drug switching allegations exposed by a whistleblowing
pharmacist whose actions have helped return more than
$120 million to federal and state governments. Current
charges involve Walgreens switching dosage forms in
filling generic Prozac, Zantac and Eldepryl
prescriptions paid for by Medicaid. >>
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Pasha
Settles for $13 Million
The Pasha Group has
agreed to pay $13 million to settle FCA charges
alleging the company engaged in bid-rigging in
connection with furniture shipments for the Dept. of
Defense. Five other companies are implicated. >>
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A
Yacht Named "Fringe Benefit"
Peter Rogan
faces criminal obstruction and perjury charges related
to his efforts to shelter assets offshore and avoid
paying the U.S. Government $64 million related to fraud
at Edgewater Medical
Center.
Rogan claims he does not
control the money even though millions of dollars have
gone to pay his personal expenses, including maintenance
on his 48-foot yacht named "Fringe Benefit." >>
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Does
South Florida Represent
20 Percent of Medicare Fraud? U.S.
Attorney General Michael Mukasey
says twenty percent of all federal Medicare fraud
prosecutions are filed in South Florida . >>
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Massive
IRS Whistleblower Case? The
Internal Revenue Service is
investigating allegations made by Joseph Insinga,
a former
Rabobank Group executive, that the Dutch bank engaged in
a $450 million transaction with Newell Rubbermaid Inc.
designed to help that consumer-goods company illegally
avoid taxes. >>
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