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Whistleblowers Helped Recover $8.8B in False Claims in 3 Years |
 February 1, 2012 - Since 1986, the Government has recovered $30 billion in False Claims Act cases. Attorney General Eric Holder has reported that since 2009, the Government has recovered $8.8 billion.
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Support the Ohio False Claims Act |
January 31, 2012 - Attention Ohio Residents! State Sen. Jim Hughes and State Rep. Ross McGregor are sponsoring a False Claims Act for Ohio that would permit whistleblowers with evidence that the State of Ohio has been defrauded, to recover a portions of the money (15-30%) recovered by the State.
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Cayuga Medical Center Settles Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Allegations for $3.5 Million |
January 26, 2012 - A whistleblower government fraud case brought by both the Federal Government under the Federal False Claims Act and the State of New York against Cayuga Medical Center of Ithaca, New York was recently settled by a payment by the hospital of over $3.5M.
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Attorney General Holder Announces Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force Executive Director |
December 7, 2011 - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder today announced the appointment of Michael J. Bresnick
as the new executive director of President Barack Obama’s Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force.
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U.S. Attorneys' Offices Nationwide Collected $6.5 Billion in Civil and Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 2011 |
November 28, 2011 - U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch announced today that the Eastern District of New York collected $75,540,770.04 in Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 related to criminal and civil actions. Of this amount, $49,418,991.52 was collected in criminal actions and $26,121,778.52 was collected in civil actions. Additionally, the office collected $177,959,332 in criminal and civil forfeitures.
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Beds for the Dead? LPK Qui Tam Whistleblower Attorneys Win One of New York State's First Medicaid Fraud Cases |
November 16, 2011 - Three New York nursing homes agree to repay more than $745,000 to New York State for alleged bed-billing fraud schemes. Whistleblower represented by the qui tam law firm Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, receives a $111,000-plus reward for reporting the nursing homes’ false billing.
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LPK Whistleblower Attorneys' Client Receives $14.7 Million from $70 Million Settlement in Medicaid Fraud Case against New York City |
November 1, 2011 - Whistleblower attorneys at Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, help uncover pervasive 10-year fraud on American taxpayers, perpetrated by the City of New York, winning a $14.7 Million reward for the firm's qui tam client, a physician who helped U.S. taxpayers recover $70 Million by sparking federal investigation into City’s alleged Medicaid fraud scheme.
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Federal Judge Affirms All Whistleblower Claims in Medicaid Fraud Lawsuit against New York City |
September 1, 2011 - In a qui tam lawsuit, filed by whistleblower attorneys from Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, alleging multimillion-dollar Medicaid fraud on the part of the City of New York, Federal Judge affirmed all claims and rejected the defendant NYC's attempts to dismiss them on technical grounds.
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$2.5B recovered in health care fraud |
January 24, 2011 - Federal agents recovered $2.5 billion from health care fraud judgments in the budget year that ended in September, a record-breaking amount they credit to whistle-blowers and a renewed effort from the Obama administration.
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Medicaid Fraud Attorneys at LPK Announce Qui Tam Lawsuit Filed by the Law Firm against NYC Intervened by US Government |
January 14, 2011 - Medicaid fraud attorneys at Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, announce that the US Government has partially intervened in a qui tam lawsuit brought by the law firm against the City of New York, alleging false claims related to 24-hour Home Care Services.
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