Staten Island University Hospital to pay $74 Million to Settle Allegations of Medicaid & Medicare Fraud Asserted by Private Relators. Relators Who Filed Claims to Receive Over $9 Million as a Reward.

Pratt & Whitney and PCC Airfoils to Pay More Than $52 Million to Settle Allegations of Selling Defective Jet Engine Parts.

Cox Medical Centers to Pay $60 Million to Settle Allegations of Fraudulent Medicare Payments.

Toray Industries to pay $61.75 Million to Settle Allegations of Price Fixing Asserted by Private Relators. Relators who filed claims to receive up to 25%.

Medtronic Spine to pay $75 Million to Settle False Claims Allegations of Defrauding Medicare filed by two former employees. Former Employees who filed claims to receive $14.9 Million as a Reward.

Computer Sciences Corporation to pay $1.37 Million to Settle Allegations of Kickbacks Asserted by Private Relators. Relators who filed claims to receive up to 25%.

Florida Radiologist to pay $7 Million to Settle Allegations of Health Care Fraud asserted by Former Employee. Former Employee to receive $1.75 Million as a Reward.

Protective Products International Pays $960,000 to Settle Claims of Supplying Defective Zylon Bulletproof Vests.

North Carolina Dental Service Chain Pays $10 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations.

National Air Cargo to pay $28 Million to Settle Allegations of Defrauding the Department of Defense, Asserted by Former Employee. Former Employee to receive $3.3 Million as a Reward.

CVS to pay $36.7 Million to Settle Allegations of Medicaid Prescription Fraud asserted against it by a Pharmacist. Pharmacist to receive over $4.3 Million as a Reward.

Cathedral Healthcare System to pay $5.3 Million to Settle Allegations of Medicaid Fraud asserted against it by Private Relators. Relators to receive nearly $850,000 as a Reward.

Respiratory Equipment & Supplies Company to pay $17 Million to Settle Health Care Fraud Allegations.

Merck to pay $650 Million to settle claims of Medicaid fraud filed by former employee. Former employee who filed claims expected to receive $68 Million as a reward.

Sioux Manufacturing Corporation pays $2 Million to resolve allegations that it deliberately and systematically “shorted” an average of 10,000 strands of Kevlar from the helmets of U.S. Soldiers.

U.S. Justice Department discloses that civil fraud recoveries under the False Claims Act reached $2 Billion for 2007. Persons who filed qui tam claims received over $177 Million in rewards in 2007.

Aventis pays over $190 Million to Settle Drug Pricing Fraud allegations asserted by private relator. Person who asserted the allegations to receive approximately $32 Million as a reward.

IBM Corporation and PriceWaterhouseCoopers to pay over $5.2 Million to Settle False Claim allegations asserted by private relators. Persons who filed claims expected to receive up to $1.3 Million for having filed the claims.

Burlington Resources Inc. to pay $97.5 Million to resolve qui tam claims raised by private relator. Relator expected to receive up to $24.3 Million for having filed the claims.

Crane Co. to pay $7.5 Million to Settle False Claim allegations asserted by former employee. Former employee who filed claims expected to receive up to $1.8 Million as a reward.

Oakland City University to pay $5.3 Million to Settle False Claim allegations asserted by former employee. Former employee who filed claims expected to receive up to $1.4 Million as a reward.

Judge awards $334 Million against Amerigroup Illinois and Amerigroup Corporation in Medicaid Fraud in case filed by private relator under the Illinois Whistleblower Protection Act. Relator expected to receive between 15% and 25%.

U.S. Justice Department discloses that civil fraud recoveries reach $3.1 Billion for 2006, the largest amount recovered in a single year. Persons who filed qui tam claims received over $190 Million in 2006.

$144 Million damage award against Amerigroup Illinois and Amerigroup Corporation for Medicaid Fraud in case filed by private relator under the Illinois Whistleblower Protection Act. Relator expected to receive between 15% and 25%.

American Medical Response to pay $9 Million to resolve qui tam claims raised by former employees. Former employees to receive over $1.6 Million for having filed the claims.

Horizon West to pay $14.7 Million to resolve qui tam claims raised by former employee. Former employee expected to receive up to $3.6 Million for having filed the claims.

Wall Street money manager Mario Gabelli and Affiliates to pay $130 Million for allegedly defrauding the FCC. Persons who filed claims to receive $32.2 Million.

Boeing to pay $615 Million to resolve Fraud Allegations.

Tenet Healthcare Corporation to pay $900 Million to resolve claims of unlawful billing practices. Relators expected to receive up to $225 Million.

State of Indiana & ITS Intelenet Commission agree to pay $8.2 Million to Settle False Claims Involving E-Rate Program.

AT&T to pay over $2.9 Million to Resolve Allegations of Contracting Fraud. Relator expected to receive share.

St. Barnabas Corporation to pay $265 Million to resolve allegations of Defrauding Medicare. Relators expected to receive up to $66.2 Million.

Serono Corporation to pay $704 Million to resolve conspiracy allegations filed by former employees. Former employees to receive $51.8 Million for having filed claims.

Engineering and construction companies to pay nearly $25 Million to settle claims, by former employee, that the companies submitted inflated claims on Amtrak project to electrify rail corridor between New Haven and Boston.

GlaxoSmithKline to pay $150 Million to settle claims asserted by a private relator, who asserted that Glaxo set up a scheme to increase its sales of drugs through “marketing the spread.” Private relator to receive $26 Million for having filed the claims.

PriceWaterHouseCoopers LLP. to pay $41.9 Million to settle qui tam claims that it submitted false claims to the Government for travel reimbursements. Relator to receive share.

New York based Turner Construction Company will pay $6.6 Million to settle claims that it submitted false claims on construction projects which included construction of the federal courthouse on Long Island.

McHenry County Paving Contractor to pay $500,000 to settle false billing allegations. Person who filed claim to receive $125,000.

University of Illinois to pay $2 Million to settle suit filed by private relator. Person who filed claim to receive over $250,000.