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State Enforcement Actions

					
Each state enforces its laws and defends its interests, and states often work with the federal government in investigating and prosecuting corporate frauds. 聽Whistleblowers with knowledge of fraud or wrongful conduct that involves state or local funds or programs may be able to bring a claim under a state or local False Claims Act, and may be eligible to receive a monetary reward and protection against retaliation.


Below are summaries of recent settlements, successful prosecutions, and enforcement actions by states.聽If you believe you have information about fraud which could give rise to a claim under a State or Local False Claims Act or other whistleblower reward provision, please contact us to speak with one of our experienced whistleblower attorneys.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
July 17, 2020

				 Monsanto will pay $52 million to the District of Columbia to resolve claims that the company sold PCBs for nearly 50 years, damaging the District鈥檚 natural resources and putting the health of residents at risk, despite knowing that the chemicals would pollute waterways, kill wildlife, and cause significant health problems in humans.聽 A majority of the settlement funds will be dedicated to environmental clean-up of District waterways, including the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers.聽 				 					 

						
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													  Environmental Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
July 13, 2020

				 The owner and operator of a skilled nursing facility has agreed to pay $1 million to settle allegations of submitting false claims to Medi-Cal in violation of the California False Claims Act.聽 According to the Attorney General, Legacy Post-Acute Rehabilitation Center (Legacy) failed to provide the minimum number of nursing hours required for the level of care that it billed for.聽 				 					 

						
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													  FCA State, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Medicaid, 
													  Medical Billing Fraud, 
													  SNF, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
July 10, 2020

				 Universal Health Services, Inc. and UHS of Delaware, Inc. (collectively, UHS), and a Georgia-based UHS facility, Turning Point Care Center, LLC, have agreed to pay a combined $122 million to settle 18 qui tam cases pending in four jurisdictions.聽 In violation of the False Claims Act, UHS allegedly billed federal healthcare programs鈥攊ncluding Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, the Department of Veteran Affairs, and the Federal Employee Health Benefit programs鈥攆or medically unnecessary inpatient behavioral health services, failed to provide adequate or appropriate services, and paid illegal inducements to beneficiaries of those programs.聽 UHS will pay over $88 million to the federal government and nearly $29 million to individual states, for a combined penalty of $117 million, with a relator share of about $15.8 million.聽 Turning Point will pay $5 million to the federal government and the State of Georgia; the whistleblower in that case will receive $861,853.64.聽 ; ; ; ; ; ; 				 					 

						
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													  Anti-Kickback and Stark, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  FCA State, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Lack of Medical Necessity, 
													  Medicaid, 
													  Medical Billing Fraud, 
													  Medicare, 
													  Other Government Health Programs, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
July 7, 2020

				 Deutsche Bank AG and Deutsche Bank Trust Company America will pay a $150 million penalty to New York in a settlement with the State鈥檚 Department of Financial Services resolving charges that the bank failed to adequately monitor the activity of its customer Jeffrey Epstein and failed to adequately monitor its international corresponding banking relationships with Danske Bank Estonia and FBME Bank. 聽In the case of Epstein, Deutsche Bank processed hundreds of transactions totaling millions of dollars that allegedly should have prompted additional scrutiny. 聽In the case of Danske Bank and FBME, Deutsche Bank was alleged to have been put on notice that those foreign banks were engaged in money laundering but, despite assigning the highest risk ratings to those institutions, failed to take appropriate actions to prevent the processing of suspicious transactions by those banks through Deutsche Bank accounts.聽 				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  Financial and Investment Fraud, 
													  Financial Institution Fraud, 
													  Money Laundering, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
July 2, 2020

				 The Lithuanian Assistance Foundation, together with several of its individual officers and directors, will pay $7 million and be dissolved.聽 The settlement resolves claims of charity fraud based on allegations that property interests donated to the Foundation were improperly transferred to members of the board, their relatives, and employees at prices significantly below the fair market value.聽 The Foundation failed to disclose the transfers in regulatory filings, and filed false registration renewals.聽 				 					 

						
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July 1, 2020

				 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation will pay a total of $678 million to resolve a case brought by a whistleblower, Oswald Bilotta, alleging that between 2002 and 2011 the pharmaceutical company violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act by providing doctors with cash payments and luxury travel and meals to induce them to prescribe Novartis cardiovascular and diabetes drugs reimbursed by federal healthcare programs.聽 The total settlement consists of $591.4 million as federal FCA damages, $48.2 million as state FCA damages for Medicaid false claims submitted to 28 states and the District of Columbia, and $38.4 million as forfeiture under the Anti-Kickback Statute.聽 The whistleblower award has not yet been determined.聽 In addition to the monetary settlement, Novartis entered into a Corporate Integrity Agreement obligating the company to, among other things, significantly reduce its volume and spending on paid speaker programs.聽 ; ; ; ; 				 					 

						
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													  Anti-Kickback and Stark, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  FCA State, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Pharma Fraud, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
June 24, 2020

				 Monsanto will pay $95 million to resolve a lawsuit brought by the State of Washington alleging that the company produced PCBs for decades while hiding what they knew about the toxic chemicals鈥� harm to human health and the environment. PCBs have been found in bays, rivers, streams, sediment, soil and air throughout Washington, with more than 600 suspected or confirmed contamination sites.聽 				 					 

						
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													  Environmental Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
June 3, 2020

				 In the largest consumer relief package ever obtained in California against a timeshare company, Welk Resorts Inc., which develops and operates timeshares in the U.S. and Mexico, has agreed to a $3.5 million settlement with the California Attorney General鈥檚 Office, the San Diego District Attorney鈥檚 Office, and the California Department of Real Estate.聽 The California-based company鈥檚 sales practices allegedly violated the state鈥檚 Timeshare Law, Vacation Ownership Timeshare Act of 2004 (VOTA), the Unfair Competition Law (UCL), and the False Advertising Law (FAL).聽 In addition to the settlement payment, which will go toward restitution, Welk has also agreed to pay $2 million in penalties and reimbursement of investigation costs, and will implement a compliance program to prevent future violations.聽 				 			
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
May 19, 2020

				 The country鈥檚 largest subprime auto financing company, Santander Consumer USA Inc, has agreed to pay over $550 million to resolve allegations of violating consumer protection laws by knowingly placing consumers in auto loans that the company expected would default at a rate of over 70%.聽 Under the settlement, affected consumers in 34 states who defaulted on loans between 2010 and 2019 will receive restitution.聽 Additionally, Santander has agreed to various relief efforts, including transferring titles and waiving balances for consumers who defaulted on loans and had not had their cars repossessed yet, waiving balances or debt still owed even on cars already repossessed, and helping to repair consumer credit scores.聽 ; ; 				 					 

						
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													  Financial and Investment Fraud, 
													  Financial Institution Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
May 7, 2020

				 Seattle Pain Center, Northwest Analytics, and owner/physician Dr. Frank Danger Li have agreed to pay $2.85 million to settle allegations of defrauding Washington鈥檚 Medicaid program.聽 An investigation revealed that between 2013 and 2015, Li had instituted a policy required nearly every patient treated at Seattle Pain Center to be administered the full urine drug panel at each visit even if they were not medically necessary.聽 The drug tests were then sent to Li鈥檚 exclusively-owned laboratory to be analyzed.聽 Additionally, the investigation revealed that between 2007 and 2016, Li wrote an excessive amount of prescriptions for opioids, and at least 60 of his patients died due to opioid-related causes during this period.聽 ; 				 					 

						
Tagged in:
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Laboratory and IDTF, 
													  Lack of Medical Necessity, 
													  Medicaid, 
													  Provider Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			


											

						

								

									
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