London Bridge Trading Company, LTD. Agrees to Pay United States Over $2 Million to Settle Buy American Act Allegations

On behalf of their client Ann Keating, Morgan Verkamp LLC, Cincinnati, OH and Denton Law, Virginia Beach, VA are pleased to announce that London Bridge Trading Company, Ltd, (“LBT”) Virginia Beach, VA agreed to pay the United States nearly $2.1 million to resolve allegations brought in a False Claim Act lawsuit filed in 2016 by […]

$487 Million Judgment Entered Against Precision Lens

On May 12, 2023, a more than $487 million-dollar judgment was entered against Defendants Cameron-Ehlen Group, Inc. dba Precision Lens and its owner Paul Ehlen for violations of the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute. The judgment is the largest judgment entered under the False Claims Act.

Jitendra Swarup Pays Over $2,900,000 to the United States to Resolve False Claims Act

Jitendra Swarup pays over $2,900,000 to the United States to resolve False Claims Act allegations brought by relator Kipp Fesenmaier. The United States intervenes against additional defendants.

Sightpath Medical and Its Former President Pay $12,000,000 to the United States to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Brought by Former Vice President Kipp Fesenmaier

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  CINCINNATI, OHIO, August 21, 2017 SIGHTPATH MEDICAL AND ITS FORMER PRESIDENT PAY $12,000,000 TO THE UNITED STATES TO RESOLVE FALSE CLAIMS ACT ALLEGATIONS BROUGHT BY FORMER VICE PRESIDENT KIPP FESENMAIER Sightpath Medical, its parent, TLC Vision Corporation, and Sightpath’s former President James Tiffany have paid $12 million to resolve federal False Claims Act […]

United States of America ex rel. Donald R. Galmines v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  CINCINNATI, OHIO, October 5, 2016 NOVARTIS PAYS MORE THAN $35,000,000 TO UNITED STATES AND EIGHT STATES TO RESOLVE FALSE CLAIMS ACT CASE BROUGHT BY FORMER SALES REP DON GALMINES Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation has paid more than $35 million to resolve federal and state False Claims Act allegations resulting from the off-label marketing for […]

State Farm Fire and Casualty Company v. United States ex rel. Cori Rigsby, et al.

Below is a link to the Amicus Curiae brief to the Supreme Court of the United States that Morgan Verkamp LLC submitted on behalf of Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund   Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondents can be read here: Brief of TAFEF Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondents

United States ex rel. Julio Escobar; Carmen Correa v. Universal Health Services, Inc.

Supplemental Brief for Amicus Curiae Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund in Support of Appellants and Reversal of District Court’s March 24, 2014 Order TAFEF Supplemental Amicus Brief Brief for Amicus Curiae Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund in Support of Appellants and Reversal TAFEF Amicus Curiae Brief Brief of Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund as Amicus Curiae in […]

United States ex rel. Beaujon v. Hebrew Homes Health Network, Inc.

United States ex rel. Beaujon v. Hebrew Homes Health Network, Inc. Practice Area: Healthcare Result: Settled in 2015 for $17,000,000 Miami, Florida Relator Stephen Beaujon was the Chief Financial Officer for one of Florida’s largest nursing home networks, Hebrew Homes, when he discovered that his company was offering physicians illegal kickbacks in exchange for patient […]

U.S. & Coalition Troops Food Supplier in Afghanistan Pays $389,300,000 in Civil Damages, Criminal Fines and Penalties

  On behalf of their client Michael Epp, the law firms Morgan Verkamp LLC (Cincinnati) and Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP (Philadelphia) note the settlement of claims initiated by Mr. Epp alleging fraud on the part of Supreme Foodservice, the “prime vendor” of food and related items to the Department of Defense and […]

Bostwick Laboratories Agrees to Pay United States $6,048,000 to Settle Allegations That It Offered Incentives to Physicians in Exchange for Referrals and Billed for Unordered Tests and Services

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 14, 2014 On behalf of its client Michael Daugherty, Morgan Verkamp, LLC is pleased to announce that Bostwick Laboratories, Inc., an anatomic and pathology lab based in Uniondale, New York, has agreed to pay the United States $6,048,000 to resolve allegations regarding violations of the False Claims Act.   The […]