Astellas Pharma US Inc. to Pay $7.3 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Marketing of Drug Mycamine
Pharmaceutical company Astellas Pharma US Inc. will pay $7.3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in connection with its marketing and promotion of the drug Mycamine for pediatric use, the Justice Department announced...
Tennessee Husband and Wife Sentenced to 36 Months for Tax Fraud
James E. Beavers and Beverly S. Beavers of Knoxville, Tenn., were each sentenced to serve 36 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. James and Beverly...
Hawaii Man Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Claim for Tax Refund and Filing False Retaliatory Liens Against Four Federal Officials
Francis E. Chandler III was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan Oki Mollway late to serve 37 months in prison and ordered to pay $3,066,629 in restitution for filing a false claim for tax refund and false retaliatory liens against four federal...
CEO and Managing Partner of Wall Street Broker-Dealer Charged with Massive International Bribery Scheme
The chief executive officer and a managing partner of a New York-based U.S. broker-dealer were arrested on felony charges arising from a conspiracy to pay bribes to a senior official in Venezuela’s state economic development bank.
Government Settles False Claims Act Allegations Against Kansas Cancer Treatment Facility and Its Owner
Hope Cancer Institute, a cancer treatment facility in Kansas, and Dr. Raj Sadasivan, the owner of Hope Cancer Institute, have agreed to pay $2.9 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to Medicare,...
Government Intervenes in Lawsuit Against Medical Equipment Supplier Orbit Medical Inc. and Former Vice President Jake Kilgore
The government has intervened in a False Claims Act lawsuit against Orbit Medical Inc. and Jake Kilgore alleging that Orbit Medical’s sales representatives boosted power wheelchair and accessory sales by altering and forging physician prescriptions...
Indiana Physician Sentenced for Failing to Pay Employment Taxes
Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally for the Tax Division and U.S. Attorney David A. Capp of the Northern District of Indiana announced that Ronald Eugene Jamerson, 56, of Schererville, Ind., was sentenced to serve 12 months and one day in...
Queens, N.Y., Tax Preparer Indicted for Filing False Tax Returns
The Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that Celamour Berus, of Springfield Gardens, N.Y., was arrested for multiple tax crimes following his indictment on April 3, 2014. The indictment was unsealed in the District Court...
