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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.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
April 30, 2020

				 Israel-based Bank Hapoalim, together with its Swiss and other subsidiaries, will pay nearly $875 million and plead guilty to charges that it conspired with U.S. taxpayers and others to conceal $7.6 billion in thousands of Swiss and Israeli bank accounts from the Internal Revenue Service and other U.S. government entities, including New York State.聽 As part of its plea, the bank admitted that it assisted U.S. customers in setting up secret accounts, sheltering assets and income, and evading taxes.聽 The total payment by bank entities consists of $216.8 million in restitution to the IRS, $160.3 million in forfeiture, federal penalties of $239.8 million, $37.4 million in civil monetary penalties to the Federal Reserve System, and $220 million in penalties to the New York State Department of Financial Services.聽 聽As part of a deferred prosecution agreement, the bank will cooperate with ongoing investigations and disclose information regarding U.S.-related accounts. The bank simultaneously entered into a separate settlement agreement regarding money laundering with respect to the FIFA bribery investigation. ; ; .				 					 

						
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													  Abusive Tax Shelters, 
													  Criminal Proceedings, 
													  Tax Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
April 29, 2020

				 North Carolina physician Ibrahim Oudeh and his wife Teresa Sloan-Oudeh will pay up to $8.8 million to resolve claims of Medicare and Medicaid fraud. 聽Between 2010 and 2017, the Oudehs reportedly submitted more than 40,000 false claims, including more than 37,000 claims for laboratory tests, including nerve-conduction studies that Dr. Oudeh was not qualified to interpret, the vast majority of which were medically unnecessary.聽 To submit as many claims as they did, defendants falsely billed for office visits, in some instances billing for more than 24 hours of visits in a single calendar day.聽 The Oudehs sometimes used outside physicians to interpret laboratory tests, but paid those physicians less than their practice鈥檚 Medicare reimbursement, a violation of the Anti-Markup Rule.聽 Defendants will forfeit $3.3 million in assets and pay an additional $5.5 million. 聽 ; 				 					 

						
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													  FCA Federal, 
													  FCA State, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Laboratory and IDTF, 
													  Lack of Medical Necessity, 
													  Medicaid, 
													  Medical Billing Fraud, 
													  Provider Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
April 29, 2020

				 Ecotrust Forest Management and its non-profit affiliate, Ecotrust, will pay $4.4 million to resolve claims under the Oregon False Claims Act that they fraudulently claimed entitlement to New Market Tax Credits, which are meant to provide incentives for economic development in disadvantaged areas of the state, on their financing of two development projects, the Rough & Ready Sawmill in Cave Junction and the purchase of forestland in Desolation Creek.聽 The companies allegedly overstated their expenses on the projects in order to secure larger tax credits.聽 				 					 

						
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													  FCA State, 
													  Government Programs Fraud, 
													  Tax Credit and Deduction Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
April 20, 2020

				 The Industrial Bank of Korea will pay $86 million as part of a deferred prosecution agreement resolving claims arising from the bank鈥檚 processing of more than $1 billion of transactions between Korean entities to Iranian entities in violation of economic sanctions law under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The bank admitted that it failed to institute an adequate and effective anti-money laundering program despite repeated warnings by its New-York based compliance officer.聽 The bank will pay a $35 million to the State of New York and forfeit $51 million to the U.S.聽 ; 				 					 

						
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													  Criminal Proceedings, 
													  Financial and Investment Fraud, 
													  Financial Institution Fraud, 
													  Money Laundering, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
April 15, 2020

				 A Florida-based reference laboratory, pain clinic, and two former executives have agreed to pay $41 million to settle claims of defrauding Medicaid, Medicare, TRICARE, and other government health programs by billing for medically unnecessary urine drug tests between 2010 to 2017.聽 Led by Michael T. Doyle and Christopher Utz Toepke, the defendants allegedly had a policy of automatically ordering both presumptive and definitive urine drug tests for all patients at every visit regardless of need, with Toepke鈥檚 Tampa Pain Relief Centers Inc. performing all presumptive tests, and Doyle鈥檚 Logan Laboratories Inc. performing all definitive tests.聽 The alleged False Claims Act violations were eventually brought to light in two qui tam cases; the whistleblowers of those cases will split a relator鈥檚 share of approximately $7.79 million.聽 ; ; ; 				 					 

						
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													  FCA Federal, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Laboratory and IDTF, 
													  Lack of Medical Necessity, 
													  Medicaid, 
													  Medicare, 
													  Other Government Health Programs, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
April 9, 2020

				 Auction house Christie鈥檚 Inc. and its affiliates will pay up to $16.7 million and enter into a deferred prosecution agreement to resolve claims arising from their failure to register to collect and to collect New York state and local taxes on purchases made in and/or delivered to New York between 2013 and 2017, despite having a legal obligation to do so. 				 					 

						
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March 4, 2020

				 STG Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. and senior executives Paschal Gilley and Mathew Gilley have agreed to resolve fraud allegations by paying $1.75 million.聽 The case against the hospice was launched by two former employees, Serita Samuel and Miranda Eskridge, who alleged in a qui tam suit that STG Healthcare submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid that arose from illegal payments to so-called back-up medical directors, and that were on behalf of patients who were not terminally ill and thus ineligible for palliative care.聽 ; 				 					 

						
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													  Anti-Kickback and Stark, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Home Health and Hospice, 
													  Medicaid, 
													  Medicare, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
March 2, 2020

				 Arizona became the third state, following Oregon and Washington, to reach a settlement with telecommunications CenturyLink resolving allegations that the company mislead consumers about its prices and fees.聽 The settlement is valued at $11 million, with the company agreeing to refund $1.9 million to consumers, provide $2 million in fiber optic services, and pay a fine of $7 million.聽 				 			
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
February 25, 2020

				 In a global settlement agreement with states and local entities, Mallinckrodt, the largest generic opioid manufacturer in the United States, has agreed to pay at least $1.6 billion in cash to a trust that would help fund treatment for opioid addiction.聽 Mallinckrodt also agreed to be subject to stringent injunctive terms, including prohibitions on the marketing of its opioid products and safeguards to prevent them from ending up in the wrong hands.聽 The pharmaceutical company had earlier paid $35 million to the DOJ for other opioid related charges. 聽; ; ; 				 					 

						
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													  Pharma Fraud, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
February 20, 2020

				 Three Vermont nursing homes operated by Genesis Healthcare will pay $740,143 to resolve claims of neglect and substandard care arising from inadequate staff training, improper use of third-party contractors, and failure to adequately document resident care.聽 The settlement also requires Genesis to create a Patient Care Coordinator position and be subject to an independent monitor.聽 				 					 

						
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													  SNF, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			


											

						

								

									
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