Oct. 10, 2024

Drug Maker Teva Pharmaceuticals Agrees to Pay $450M in False Claims Act Settlement to Resolve Kickback Allegations Relating to Copayments and Price Fixing

Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (Teva USA) and Teva Neuroscience Inc. (collectively, Teva) have agreed to pay $450 million to resolve two matters that allege Teva violated the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the False Claims Act (FCA). Teva, headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, is the largest generic drug manufacturer in the United States. The settlement amount was based on Teva’s ability to pay.

Oct. 9, 2024

North Carolina Physician and Medical Practice Agree to Pay $625,000 to Settle Kickback Allegations

Dr. Eric Troyer, of Landis, North Carolina, and his medical practice, Troyer Medical Inc. P.C. (TMI), have agreed to pay $429,254 to the United States to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations arising from their involvement in laboratory kickback schemes. Troyer and TMI will pay an additional $195,746 to the State of North Carolina, which jointly funded claims paid by the North Carolina Medicaid program. Troyer and his practice have agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department’s investigations of other participants in the alleged schemes.

Oct. 8, 2024

Former Naval Engineer Sentenced to Prison for Unlawful Disclosure

United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Nicole K. Schuster, 32, of Naples, Florida was sentenced to one year and one day in prison and ordered to pay a $4,000 fine by United States District Court Judge Paul S. Diamond for unlawfully disclosing to one company the confidential contractor bid, proposal, and source information of another company.

Oct. 2, 2024

Texas Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in $800,000 PPP Fraud Scheme

Jacob Liticker, 27, of Houston, Texas was sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Liticker was charged in the District of South Carolina for his role in a national fraud scheme related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress authorized the PPP program to provide emergency economic relief to businesses suffering economic harm during and as a result of the pandemic.

Oct. 2, 2024

Precision Toxicology Agrees to Pay $27M to Resolve Allegations of Unnecessary Drug Testing and Illegal Remuneration to Physicians

Precision Toxicology, doing business as Precision Diagnostics, has agreed to pay $27 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act and similar state statutes for billing Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health care programs for medically unnecessary urine drug tests, and for providing free items to physicians who agreed to refer expensive laboratory testing business to Precision. Precision, headquartered in San Diego, is one of the nation’s largest urine drug testing laboratories.

Oct. 2, 2024

Texas Hospital CEO to Pay Over $5.3M to Settle Kickback Allegations Involving Laboratory Testing

Former hospital chief executive officer (CEO) Jeffrey Madison, of Georgetown, Texas, has agreed to pay $5,343,630 to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act involving illegal payments to physicians for laboratory referrals in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute. Madison also has agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department’s investigations of, and litigation against, other participants in the alleged schemes.

Sept. 27, 2024

Electrostim Medical Services, Inc. and Mario Garcia, Jr. to Pay $20 Million to Resolve Allegations of Billing for Excessive and Unnecessary Supplies

United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced today that Florida-based durable medical equipment supplier Electrostim Medical Services, Inc. (EMSI) and its Founder and Chairman Mario Garcia, Jr. have together agreed to pay, based on their limited ability to do so, $20 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by billing federal healthcare programs for excessive and medically unnecessary supplies associated with Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) and related devices.

Sept. 27, 2024

Former Employee Of Global Security And Aerospace Company Charged With Mail Fraud, Theft Of Government Property

A federal grand jury indicted Omar Naziry, a former employee of a global security and aerospace company, with mail fraud for falsely representing he was in the military to obtain pay and benefits. The defendant made his initial appearance in the Northern District of California on Sept. 25, 2024.

Sept. 25, 2024

Former Pharmacy Chief Financial Officer and Former Pharmacy President Admit Roles in $33 Million Pharmacy Compounded Medication Scheme

Two individuals have admitted their respective roles in a multimillion dollar compounded medication kickback scheme that they and others ran out of a pharmacy in Clifton, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Sept. 25, 2024

Ra Medical Systems, Inc. & Physicians Pay Over $8 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations of Illegal Kickbacks

United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today a series of three civil settlements, totaling over $8 million, related to, among other allegations, kickbacks that medical device company Ra Medical Systems, Inc. (Ra Medical), paid to various physicians across the country related to Ra Medical’s DABRA laser.