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DOJ Enforcement Actions

					
The  is the principal federal agency authorized to enforce the laws and defend the interests of the United States. As such, it oversees the enforcement of the False Claims Act, the foundation of the American whistleblower system, as well as numerous other laws.


The agency traces its origins to the Judiciary Act of 1789 which created the Office of the Attorney General, and the 1870 Act to Establish the Department of Justice, which established the agency as “an executive department of the government of the United States” with the Attorney General as its head.


The agency is comprised of numerous divisions with the Civil Division and in some instances, the Criminal Division, overseeing investigations and prosecutions under the False Claims Act. The  of the federal district where the False Claims Act case is filed also plays a key role in False Claims Act enforcement.


Below are summaries of recent DOJ settlements or successful resolutions under the False Claims Act as well as other successful prosecutions for fraud and misconduct. If you believe you have information about fraud which could give  rise to a claim for a whistleblower reward, please contact us to speak with one of our experienced whistleblower attorneys.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
July 12, 2018

				 Darren Goodrich, a former registered stock broker, was sentenced to two concurrent 41-month terms in prison for his role in two securities schemes.  In the first, along with his co-conspirators, Goodrich had controlled the trading of stock in Cubed, Inc., to manipulate the price and trading volume to their advantage.  In the second, Goodrich helped engineer several pump-and-dump schemes that generated almost $35 million in profits for the conspirators.  				 					 

						
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													  Market Manipulation and Trading Violations, 
													  Securities Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
July 12, 2018

				 A Collinsville, Virginia pharmacist pleaded guilty to failing to account for and pay over employment taxes, announced the Justice Department’s Tax Division. According to court documents, Jerry R. Harper, Jr., 61, owned and operated Family Discount Pharmacy, Inc. (FDP) in Stanleytown, Virginia, with multiple locations in Stuart, Rocky Mount, Chatham, and Brosville, Virginia. As owner of FDP, Harper was responsible for collecting and paying over FDP’s employment taxes. From 1998 through 2014, FDP accrued employment tax liabilities of more than $5 million. Harper withheld these taxes from FDP employees’ wages, but did not pay the taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). In over 15 years, Harper only filed one employment tax return with the IRS. 				 					 

						
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													  Employment Tax Fraud, 
													  Tax Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
July 10, 2018

				 A man who had pretended to be a Navy SEAL as part of a scheme to defraud investors was sentenced to 60 months in prison and ordered to pay $1.4 million in restitution.  Edward Campbell had promised investors he would use their funds to buy historical bonds in China and to exchange currency from Papua New Guinea.  Instead, he converted the funds for personal use.  				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Misrepresentations, 
													  Securities Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
July 10, 2018

				 Liberty Ambulance agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle an FCA qui tam alleging that, from 2005 to 2016, Liberty had fraudulently upcoded life support services and unnecessarily transported patients.  The case was filed by whistleblower Shawn Pelletier, who will receive $264,000 from the settlement, on top of $1.2 million he had received from prior settlements with other defendants.  				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Ambulance, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Upcoding, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
July 10, 2018

				 Colorado man Frank Morelli was sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in a seven-person scheme to defraud the SEC and investors.  With his co-conspirators, Morelli had manipulated the stock price of a company they controlled through false press releases, organized insider trading, and bribery.  The fraud had generated several million dollars in profits before it was stopped.  				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Insider Trading, 
													  Misrepresentations, 
													  Securities Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
July 10, 2018

				 The New Mexico U.S. Attorney’s Office announced the sentencing of a cardiologist to 51 months in prison for healthcare fraud and obstruction of justice.  Roy Heilbron had been indicted for regularly performing unnecessary diagnostic tests on his patients and falsifying medical records to cover the fraudulent billing; he also had billed for procedures that were never performed.  				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Lack of Medical Necessity, 
													  Medical Billing Fraud, 
													  Provider Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
July 9, 2018

				 NY-based Health Quest Systems, Inc. (Health Quest), and its subsidiary hospital Putnam Health Center (Putnam) entered a $14.7 million settlement with DOJ and a $895,427 settlement with New York based on their submission of inflated and otherwise impermissible claims for payment to Medicare and Medicaid.  Specifically, the defendants billed Medicare for undocumented E&M services, billed for home-health services without supporting medical records, and billed for orthopedic surgeons who referred patients in violation of the Physician Self-Referral Law, also known as the Stark Law.  Three former Health Quest employees, who filed suit under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act, will receive a share of the recovery, including a reward of nearly $2 million to one of the relators.  ; 				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Anti-Kickback and Stark, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  FCA State, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Hospital Fraud, 
													  Medical Billing Fraud, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
July 6, 2018

				 North American Power Group Limited, along with its owner Michael Ruffatto, have agreed to pay $14.4 million as a result of allegations that they submitted false claims under an agreement with the DOE to carry out data collection and carbon sequestration projects at a Wyoming energy site.  Rather than seek reimbursement for work done, as they claimed, the defendants had submitted invoices reflecting personal expenses like travel, jewelry, and car payments.  Ruffatto was also sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in the scheme.  ; 				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Environmental Fraud, 
													  Falsifying Invoices, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Government Procurement Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
July 6, 2018

				 Kansas man Gary Duff was sentenced to 18 months in prison for defrauding the State Department in connection with $1.47 million in contracts.  Duff admitted in his plea that he concealed conflicts of interest underlying his successful bids for the contracts.  His co-conspirator was previously sentenced to 15 months imprisonment for steering the contracts to Duff.  				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Contract Non-Compliance, 
													  Government Procurement Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
July 6, 2018

				 A former hedge fund manager and a former stock trader were convicted of, among other charges, conspiracy to commit securities fraud in connection with a scheme that generated $30 million in ill-gotten profits.  The defendants conspired with cybercriminals to obtain press releases prior to their release and then execute trades designed to profit off their advance knowledge of the financial information contained in the announcements.  DOJ, DHS, the Secret Service, and the SEC worked together on the investigation and prosecution.  				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Insider Trading, 
													  Securities Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			


											

						

								

									
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