False Claims Act Update & Alert
	Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund | Washington, D.C. | WWW.TAF.ORG           April 19, 2010
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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 that might be interested!	Maryland False Claims Act Signed Into Law On April 13, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley signed more than 100 new bills into law, but on top of the stack was the Maryland False Claims Act, which lawmakers expect to save the state millions of dollars in fraudulent claims.  >> To read more
			Guidant to Pay $296 Million Guidant had pled guilty to criminal violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act for failing to report "catastrophic failures" in three models of its surgically implantable heart defibrillators. >> To read more
			Abbott Must Produce Emails Abbott Laboratories must produce emails written over the course of a 12-year period by its CEO and two others in a Depakote probe involving off-label marketing and kickbacks.  >> To read more
			Learning Tree to Pay $4.5 Million Learning Tree International has agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle a False Claims Act case alleging the company knowingly invoiced and retained money paid for information technology training courses that were not provided.  >> To read more
			An American Scheme Ihosvany Marquez ripped off Medicare for $55 million in false HIV and cancer treatment services in order to buy 19 luxury cars, including two Lamborghinis, a Ferrari, two Bentleys, and eight Mercedes Benz.  Marquez also spent over $545,00 on jewelry and watches, and an additional $1 million on thoroughbred horses. >> To read more
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