False Claims Act Update & Alert
	Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund | Washington, D.C. | WWW.TAF.ORG           November 17, 2009
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		Subscribe to this FREE Newsletter Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz n TAF Home Page n Previous Newsletters n Email editor   Please take a moment to forward this FREE electronic newsletter to others who might be interested!	Massive Food Fraud in Iraq A Kuwaiti company has been charged with conspiring to defraud the U.S. in connection with multibillion-dollar contracts to feed American troops in Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan. Federal prosecutors say the Public Warehousing Co. made false statements and submitted false claims in order to overcharge for food supplied to U.S.  troops. The company has received more than $8.5 billion in food supply contracts. >> To read more
			$47 Billion in Medicare Bad Billing? A new report by the federal government establishes a new "base line" for Medicare fraud and error at 12.1 percent, or more than $47 billion a  year. The report comes after it was revealed that the from 2005-2008, the Bush Administration "managed down" Medicare error rates by ignoring improper payments made when documentation was incomplete or inadequate. >> To read more
			Tenet's Sulzbach vs.  the U.S. Christi Sulzbach was both the General Counsel and Compliance officer at Tenet, and she signed off on the company's Corporate Integrity Agreement reports without reporting ongoing kickbacks. Ms. Sulzbach made $7.25 million on options deals just before Tenet cratered under a massive fraud settlement.  Following that settlement, the U.S. Government moved to prosecute Ms. Sulzbach.  The SEC collected $120,000 for securities violations, and a big False Claims Act case has now moved to summary judgment at the request of both sides.  >> To read the Government's motion  >> To read Christi Sulzbach's motion
			Lilly to Pay Utah $24 Million Eli Lilly has agreed to pay Utah $24 million to settle a civil lawsuit alleging off-label marketing of the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa. Utah did not take part in a $62 million settlement announced a year ago with 30 other states.  >> To read more
			Whistleblower Given No Credit The Justice Department and the IRS have announced that over 14,700 taxpayers have come forward to report previously-undisclosed foreign bank accounts under a voluntary disclosure program initiated after the IRS settled with Swiss bank UBS for $780 million in fines, penalties, interest, and restitution. Not said in the DoJ press release:  the recovery would not have occurred without the help of whistleblower Brad Birkenfeld. >>  To read more
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