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DOJ Releases Highly Anticipated 2021 Fraud Report
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Apeksha Vora, Laura Zell

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Millennial Couple Faces Twenty Years in Prison for Largest DOJ Bitcoin Seizure in History
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Elizabeth Satarov

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DOJ Secures $5.6 Billion in False Claims Act Recoveries in Fiscal Year 2021 
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Rebecca W. Foreman, Elizabeth Satarov

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DOJ Notches Key Win for Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative: Court Holds That Cyber Security Compliance May Be Material Under the False Claims Act
D. Jacques Smith, Michael F. Dearington

On February 1, 2022, a federal court in California issued the first major ruling in a False Claims Act case testing the Department of Justice’s newly minted Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative, notching a win for the government. In United States ex rel. Markus v. Aerojet RocketDyne Holdings, Inc.

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4th Circuit Affirms Dismissal of FCA Medicaid Suit Against Allergan 
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Rebecca W. Foreman, Mattie Bowden

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Lab Owner Pleads Guilty to $6.9 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme Involving Kickbacks and Bribery
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Mattie Bowden, Michael F. Dearington

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Sixth Circuit Rules That Statute of Limitations for FCA Retaliation Claims Is Triggered by Decision To Terminate, Not Notice of Termination
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Nadia Patel

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Former Theranos CEO Convicted of Defrauding Investors
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater

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Texas Man Arrested for Alleged COVID-19 Fraud Scheme 
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Laura Zell

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Florida Surgeon Who Saved Rapper 50 Cent’s Life Is Sentenced to Seven Years Imprisonment for Fraudulent Insurance Billing 
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Elizabeth Satarov

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Texas Man Sentenced to More Than Nine Years in Prison for COVID-19 Fraud Scheme
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Rebecca W. Foreman

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Third Circuit Distinguishes "Bad Acts" From "Crimes" In Reversing False Statements Conviction for Lack of Materiality
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Peter R. Zeidenberg, Michael F. Dearington

The concept of materiality is critical in criminal fraud and false statement cases, as well as civil fraud cases, because it is what distinguishes harmless misrepresentations from consequential ones.

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Fraud Scheme Results in $56 Million Seized as Largest Recovery of Cryptocurrency by US
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Mattie Bowden

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DOJ Files Complaint in AWP False Claims Act Suit Against Pharmaceutical Ingredient Seller 
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington

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Lab Owner Indicted For $100 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
Randall A. Brater, D. Jacques Smith, Nadia Patel

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DOJ's New Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative and How a Pending Case Could Test Its Efficacy
D. Jacques Smith, Michael F. Dearington

The Department of Justice recently announced a new initiative that aims to hold government contractors accountable when they fail to meet required cybersecurity standards. 

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New York Man Pleads Guilty to PPP Loan Fraud
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater

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CEO of Defunct Medical Testing Lab to Pay $1.1 Million to Settle FCA and AKS Case
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Laura Zell

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Court Reinstates Life Insurance Company's Fraud Claims Over Defunct Laboratory
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Elizabeth Satarov

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Pharmacist Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Prescription Drug Fraud
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Rebecca W. Foreman

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SEC Charges Cannabis Pill Company with $2 Million Securities Fraud
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Mattie Bowden

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DOJ Announces Charges Against 138 Defendants for Alleged Health Care Fraud Schemes Resulting in $1.4 Billion in Losses, with Focus on Telemedicine
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Nadia Patel

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Drugmaker Settles New York Opioid Lawsuit for $50 Million
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Nadia Patel

The New York Attorney General’s office announced that drugmaker Endo Health Solutions has agreed to pay $50 million dollars to resolve a lawsuit brought by the state of New York as well as two New York counties alleging that Endo (and other major drug manufacturers) improperly marketed and sold pres

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Home Health Agency Operator Agrees to Pay $17 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Nadia Patel

A group of New Jersey home health care companies (collectively, the BAYADA Companies), have agreed to pay $17 million to resolve claims that they violated the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute.

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Texas Hospital to Pay Over $3 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Laura Zell

John Peter Smith Hospital (JPS) agreed to pay more than $3.3 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by upcoding hundreds of claims submitted to federal healthcare programs.