The Civil Frauds Unit brought a number of significant civil actions alleging financial and healthcare fraud and collected hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements for fraud relating to faulty lending practices.
More than two dozen attorneys will be devoted to working with the new
civil frauds unit and another recently - established unit targeting complex frauds, «using every weapon... to combat financial fraud and to vindicate its victims,» Bharara said.
The office of the Manhattan U.S. Attorney is boosting its efforts to crack down on financial fraud with the launch of a new
civil frauds unit, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced today.
Not exact matches
The new
unit, headed by Sean Cenawood, the office's former affirmative
civil enforcement coordinator, will target mortgage
fraud, bank
fraud, and
fraud related to federal stimulus spending, among other white collar crimes.
Represented a variety of life science and health care companies, as well as individual employees, officers, consultants and medical professionals, in criminal and
civil litigation by multiple U.S. Attorneys Offices, DOJ, HHS - OIG, qui tam Relators, state attorneys general and national Medicaid
fraud control
units, regarding alleged «off - label» promotion, unlawful inducements and other sales, marketing, pricing and development activities.
The preamble to the proposed rule listed the following as examples of health oversight agencies that conduct oversight activities relating to the health care system: state insurance commissions, state health professional licensure agencies, Offices of Inspectors General of federal agencies, the Department of Justice, state Medicaid
fraud control
units, Defense Criminal Investigative Services, the Pension and Welfare Benefit Administration, the HHS Office for
Civil Rights, and the FDA.
Total monetary recoveries by state Medicaid
Fraud Control
Units in assisted living - related
fraud, abuse and neglect criminal and
civil cases increased by more than 600 % from fiscal year 2016 to FY 2017, according to a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General.