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		<title>Blowing the Whistle From Abroad: A Guide to the U.S. False Claims Act and U.S. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jay W. Eisenhofer, Reuben A. Guttman and Justin K. Victor The United States Government has established laws providing for bounties to be paid to those who report certain types of fraud. Even foreign citizens are eligible to receive these monetary awards, which are paid under the False Claims Act (“Federal False Claims Act” or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aon Corporation Agrees to Pay a $1.76 Million Criminal Penalty to Resolve Violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act—12/20/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the largest insurance brokerage companies in the world, Aon Corporation, has agreed with the DOJ to pay a $1.76 million penalty to settle violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The agreement states that Aon’s UK subsidiary used funds—given for education and training purposes relating to its reinsurance business with Instituto Nacional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patient Recruiter Pleads Guilty in Health Care Fraud Conspiracy—12/16/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alliance Healthcare Services patient recruiter, Ollie Futrell, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge for engaging in a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Her four co-owners also pled guilty last week for their roles in the fraud scheme. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three arrested in $90 million Medicare fraud scheme – 12/14/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three owners of Spectrum Care in West Houston, a mental health care program, were arrested for defrauding Medicare out of $90 million in fake treatments. According to the indictment, Mansour Sanjar, Cyrus Sajadi, and Chandra Nunn’s scheme involved illegal healthcare kickbacks and fraudulent Medicare billings for treatments that amounted to patients “watching movies, playing bingo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medtronic to Pay 23.5M for False Claims Settlement—12/13/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medtronic will pay $23.5 million to settle DOJ allegations of illegal kickbacks and wrongful use of cardiac implants, but will not admit any misconduct. DOJ civil division Tony West states, “Kickbacks, like those alleged here, distort sound medical judgments with financial incentives paid for by the taxpayers.” Medtronic’s Dr. Marshall Stanton states that Medtronic is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senators Scrutinize CMS over Felons Enrolled in Medicare —12/12/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) are questioning the Centers for Medicare &#38; Medicaid Services’ (CMS) ability to protect seniors and taxpayer dollars, when the organization has allowed dozens of convicted felons to enroll in Medicare and bill the government for services. “We believe that the lack of systematic editing, the refusal to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shovel Ready Government Contracts Need Whistleblowers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early this year, the fate of a government shut down teetered as legislators on Capitol Hill huddled over efforts to find an extra 30 billion dollars.  Now, as the year ends and lawmakers are still squabbling over ways to balance the budget, an investigation launched by 22 newspapers seems to indicate that the government may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Healthcare Services Booming in Houston, but Violating Regulations—12/03/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medicare has given $1.25 billion for home-based health care services in Houston, Texas for over four years. But according to a Houston Chronicle investigation, nearly all the agencies that provide care for the elderly and disabled have violated state and federal regulations. Although declining to provide details due to ongoing investigations, Assistant U.S. Attorney Justo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Olympus Former Chief Executive and Whistleblower Resigns from the Board —12/03/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former chief executive of Japan’s Olympus Corp. has resigned from the board in light of several allegations of a whistleblower. Michael Woodford, who worked at Olympus for three decades, was fired in October after questioning the company’s accounting practices. Upon his departure, Woodford vowed to work with shareholders to replace the company’s board and hopes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diakon’s Erroneous Claims to Medicare Cost Hospice $10.56M—12/02/11</title>
		<link>http://www.whistleblowerlaws.com/diakon%e2%80%99s-erroneous-claims-to-medicare-cost-hospice-10-56m%e2%80%94120211/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diakon Hospice Saint John, which operates hospice care facilities in Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay $10.56 million in a false claims settlement. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the HHS’ Office of the Inspector General, Diakon erroneously submitted claims to Medicare for hospice care provided to individuals who [...]]]></description>
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