Civil Division Press Releases for 2006

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DECEMBER 29, 2006 U.S. Files Suit Against John Torkelsen, Richard Propper, Daniel Beharry, & Sovereign Bank Alleging Fraud of $32 Million Against the Small Business Administration
NOVEMBER 30, 2006 Miami Hospital Pays $15.4 Million to Resolve Fraud Case for Kickbacks & Medically Unnecessary Treatments
NOVEMBER 29, 2006 Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR) to Pay $8 Million to Settle Allegations of Fraud
NOVEMBER 21, 2006
Justice Department Recovers Record $3.1 Billion in Fraud and False Claims in Fiscal Year 2006
OCTOBER 11, 2006 Atlanta-based Insurance Services Firm to Pay $1.36 Million for Allegedly Overbilling the Government
OCTOBER 5, 2006
American Medical Response Pays $9 Million to Settle Civil Fraud Case
SEPTEMBER 26, 2006 Horizon West Inc. & Horizon West Healthcare Inc. to Pay U.S. $14.7 Million for False Claims to Medicare
SEPTEMBER 11, 2006
United States Joins Suit Against Dey
AUGUST 31, 2006 Workforce Central Florida & Workforce Central Florida Foundation to Pay $3.4 Million to Settle Grant Fraud Allegations
AUGUST 18, 2006 Beverly Enterprises Inc. to Pay $20 Million for False Claims by Former Subsidiary
AUGUST 17, 2006 Louisiana Medical Center to Pay United States $3.8 Million to Settle Allegations of Fraud
AUGUST 3, 2006
Age Refining to Pay United States $9 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
AUGUST 2, 2006
Houston-based Egl Inc. Pays United States $4 Million; Allegedly Inflated Costs for Iraq Military Cargo Shipments
JULY 21, 2006 GE & Two Subcontractors Pay $11.5 Million to Resolve Allegations of Selling Defective Aircraft Parts to Defense Department
JULY 18, 2006
Marion County Medical Center to Pay U.S. $3.75 Million to Resolve Kickback Allegations
JULY 18, 2006 Medtronic to Pay United States $40 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations
JULY 13, 2006
Mario Gabelli & Affiliate Companies Pay U.S. $130 Million for Allegedly Defrauding FCC
JULY 13, 2006
Odyssey Healthcare to Pay U.S. $12.9 Million to Resolve Hospice Fraud Case
JUNE 30, 2006
Boeing to Pay United States Record $615 Million to Resolve Fraud Allegations
JUNE 29, 2006 Tenet Healthcare Corporation to Pay U.S. more than $900 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
JUNE 27, 2006 AT&T Agrees to Pay the United States $2.9 Million to Settle Allegations of Contracting Fraud
JUNE 27, 2006 State of Indiana & ITS Intelenet Commission Agree to Pay U.S. over $8.2 Million to Settle False Claims Involving E-Rate Program
JUNE 15, 2006
Honeywell International Inc. to Pay United States $2.6 Million for Violating the False Claims Act
JUNE 15, 2006 Largest Health Care System in New Jersey to Pay U.S. $265 Million to Resolve Allegations of Defrauding Medicare
MAY 31, 2006 Farmers Exchange Bancorp. to Pay United States $2.1 Million to Settle Allegations of Loan Fraud
MAY 18, 2006
United States Intervenes in Suit Against Abbott Laboratories Inc.
APRIL 27, 2006
York County, Pennsylvania to Pay U.S. $16 Million for Inflating Immigrant Detention Figures
MARCH 28, 2006 Insight Public Sector, Inc. Pays U.S. $1 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
FEBRUARY 10, 2006
Corporate Express Pays United States $5.02 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
FEBRUARY 9, 2006

Minnesota-Based Home Health Care Chain Pays U.S. $8 Million to Settle Civil Fraud Allegations

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