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Sep 22, 2021

DOJ Announces National Healthcare Fraud Enforcement Action – 138 Defendants Charged and $1.4 billion in Alleged Losses

On September 17, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the execution of another nationwide enforcement action targeting healthcare fraud. The enforcement action marks the second year that the DOJ has announced a nationwide takedown. Last year, CG attorneys discussed the DOJ’s nationwide enforcement action involving 345 defendants allegedly responsible for submitting more than $6 […]

Aug 5, 2021

COVID-19 Relief Fraud Results in Jail Sentence and Million Dollar Restitution

Chilivis Grubman attorneys have discussed government enforcement efforts related to COVID-19 relief programs. Since Congress enacted the various COVID-19 relief programs, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has actively prosecuted individuals who defraud these programs. The Fraud Section of the DOJ has prosecuted over 100 defendants in over 70 criminal cases and has seized more than […]

Jul 22, 2021

Doctor Arrested for Providing Fake COVID-19 Immunizations and Fraudulent Vaccine Cards

On July 14, the Department of Justice announced the arrest of a homeopathic doctor in Napa, California who had allegedly been providing fake COVID-19 immunizations and falsifying vaccine cards. Rather than provide one of the select FDA-authorized vaccines to patients seeking to ward off COVID-19, the doctor allegedly sold patients homeoprophylaxis immunization pellets, which are […]

Jul 15, 2021

DOJ Announces Arrest in $3.6 Million Scheme to Defraud COVID-19 Relief Programs

Chilivis Grubman attorneys have written about complying with relief programs enacted to help tackle the financial strain of the COVID-19 pandemic. CG attorneys have also monitored and written about the government’s efforts to combat fraud against the CARES Act programs and other COVID-19 related relief programs. More than a year after many of these programs […]

Jul 7, 2021

Second Rehabilitation Service Settles False Claims Act Allegations for $8.4 Million

On June 2, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced its second settlement for alleged False Claims Act (“FCA”) violations by a rehabilitation provider servicing skilled nursing facilities. The FCA prohibits any person from knowingly presenting or causing to be presented, a false or fraudulent claim for payment to the federal government. The FCA […]

May 27, 2021

SavaSeniorCare Settles Alleged False Claims Act Violations for $11.2 Million

On May 21, 2021, the Department of Justice issued a press release announcing that Georgia-based SavaSeniorCare, LLC and related entities (Sava) agreed to pay at least $11.2 million to resolve allegations of False Claims Act violations. Between 2011 and 2015, multiple qui tam actions were filed against Sava. In 2015, the government consolidated the lawsuits […]

May 24, 2021

Task Force Dedicated to COVID-19 Fraud Created

On May 17, 2021, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland released a memo announcing the establishment of a COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force (“COVID-19 Task Force”). Continuing the government’s collaboration with interagency partners, the COVID-19 Task Force invited at least ten agencies, including the Department of Labor, Department of the Treasury, Small Business Administration, and the […]

Nov 26, 2019

DOJ and HUD Release Memorandum Guiding Inter-Agency Collaboration for False Claims Act (FCA) Violations by Federal Housing Administration Lenders.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have published a memorandum of understanding related to violations by Federal Housing Administration (FHA) lenders. Citing a shared goal of addressing FHA program requirements and “in particular, the submission of knowingly false and fraudulent claims to the Government,” the agencies will work […]

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