Shell Oil Company and its subsidiaries Shell Offshore Inc., Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc., and Shell Western Exploration and Production, have agreed to settle a qui tam lawsuit and pay the US government $2.2 million, plus interest. In exchange, the US government will release Shell for its fraud claims for violation of the False Claims Act by underpaying the government royalties [...]
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SHELL OIL TO PAY OVER $2 MILLION TO SETTLE QUI TAM LAWSUIT FOR UNPAID ROYALTIES OWED TO GOVERNMENT
Posted: June 22, 2011 by administrator in FCRATags: alabama, Atlanta, attorney, birmingham, Dallas, false claim, false claims act, Florida, FRAUD, GEORGIA, huntsville, Jacksonville, law, lawsuit, lawyer, Memphis, mobile, nashville, Orlando, over charge, overpayment, Panama City, qui tam, royalties, Shell, tallahassee, Tennessee, TEXAS, Tuscaloosa, WHISTLEBLOWER
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SENATOR GRASSLEY HAS HARSH WORDS FOR SEC CHAIR REGARDING WHISTLEBLOWER TREATMENT
Posted: June 19, 2011 by administrator in FCRATags: alabama, assisted living, Atlanta, attorney, birmingham, Dallas, false claim, false claims act, Florida, GEORGIA, home, huntsville, Jacksonville, law, lawsuit, lawyer, medicaid, MEDICARE, Memphis, mobile, nashville, Orlando, over charge, overpayment, Panama City, qui tam, securities, tallahassee, Tennessee, TEXAS, Tuscaloosa, violation fraud, WHISTLEBLOWER
US Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote to the SEC chairwoman, Mary Schapiro, and asked her to forego the proposed whistleblower rule which would require whistleblowers to report the non-compliance issue to compliance officers BEFORE filing a claim with the SEC. Sen. Grassley acknowledged the primary purpose of the SEC - ”to protect investors – not internal compliance programs.” Read Sen. Grassley’s letter HERE. The Dodd-Frank [...]
ARE NURSING HOME PATIENTS BEING OVER MEDICATED?
Posted: June 16, 2011 by administrator in FCRATags: alabama, assisted living, Atlanta, attorney, birmingham, Dallas, false claim, false claims act, Florida, GEORGIA, home, huntsville, Jacksonville, law, lawsuit, lawyer, medicaid, MEDICARE, Memphis, mobile, nashville, nursing, Orlando, over charge, overpayment, Panama City, pensacola, qui tam, tallahassee, Tennessee, TEXAS, Tuscaloosa, WHISTLEBLOWER
The US government recently issued a report with some troubling findings for nursing home patients. The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) report found that hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents were illegally drugged. In fact, the HHS Inspector general, Daniel R. Levinson, makes the alarming statement that ”despite the fact that it is potentially lethal [...]
QUEST DIAGNOSTICS TO PAY $241 MILLION FOR FALSE CLAIMS BILLED TO MEDICAID
Posted: June 13, 2011 by administrator in FCRATags: alabama, Atlanta, birmingham, Dallas, false claim, false claims act, Florida, GEORGIA, huntsville, Jacksonville, medicaid, Memphis, mobile, nashville, Orlando, over charge, overpayment, Panama City, pensacola, Quest, qui tam, tallahassee, Tennessee, TEXAS, Tuscaloosa, WHISTLEBLOWER
According to the Wall Street Journal, Quest Diagnostics has agreed to pay $241 million to settle a Medicaid fraud lawsuit. The lawsuit alleged Quest over charged California’s Medicaid program for diagnostic testing. The lawsuit was filed under the California False Claims Act. The lawsuit was filed by one of Quest’s competitors, Chris Riedel, CEO of Hunter Laboratories, whose company [...]