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A settlement has been reached in a whistleblower class action lawsuit brought against DynCorp International LLC and The Sandi Group (TSG). They are accused of submitting false claims to the Department of State.

According to the settlement, DynCorp has agreed to pay the United States $7.7 million and TSG agreed to pay $1.01 million. The whistleblowers will will share a total of up to $481,710 of the government’s recovery.

Originally filed in September 2006, the United States alleged that DynCorp submitted inflated claims for the construction of container camps at various locations in Iraq and that TSG sought reimbursement for danger pay that it falsely claimed to have paid its U.S. expatriate employees working in Iraq.

A settlement was reached to resolve False Claims Act allegations against Serono Laboratories Inc., EMD Serono Inc., Merck Serono S.A, and Ares Trading S.A. They are accused of paying health care providers to promote or prescribe Rebif, a recombinant interferon injectable that is used to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis. 

Under the terms of the agreemen, the proceeds from the settlement will be split between the federal government and various states, with the United States receiving $34.6 million to resolve the federal claims and the states receiving $9.7 million to settle their respective claims under Medicaid.

Serono is alleged to have made payments to providers for hundreds of speaker training meetings and programs, as well as payments for attending consultant, marketing and advisory board meetings, all at upscale resorts and other locations. Serono’s actions allegedly resulted in the submission of false claims to federal health care programs including Medicare and Medicaid for the payment of Rebif, i.e., claims that were tainted by kickbacks.

A settlement was reached to resolve False Claims Act allegations against Ultralife Corporation, formerly known as Ultralife Batteries Inc., who is accused of failing to provide current, accurate and complete cost and pricing data related to three contracts with the U.S. Army.

In each of the three contracts at issue, Ultralife was alleged to have knowingly provided government contracting personnel with false certifications concerning the company’s cost and pricing information, which was not current, accurate and complete as required by law. As a result of the defective price disclosures, the Army paid inflated prices for the batteries it purchased.

A settlement has been reached in a whistleblower class action lawsuit brought against Midtown Imaging LLC, a radiology clinic, and its former owners Midtown Imaging P.A. and PBC Medical Imaging. They are accused of submitting false claims to Medicare during the period 2000 through 2008.

The whistleblowers will share in $600,000 of the government's recovery.

Originally filed in November 2009, the United States alleged that the West Palm Beach clinic is alleged to have submitted false claims to Medicare during the period 2000 through 2008 by entering into certain leasing and professional services agreements with referring physicians and physician groups that violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law.

A settlement has been reached in a whistleblower class action lawsuit brought against Apollo Group Inc who is accused of defrauding the government of billions in financial aid.

Apollo Group Inc agreed to pay $78.5 million to the U.S. and a share of $11 million will go the whistleblowers.

Filed in 2003, the lawsuit alleges the company violated a federal ban on paying recruiters on the basis of the number of students enrolled. Apollo Group Inc paid $9.8 million in 2004 to the Department of Education to settle similar allegations.