Sioux Manufacturing Corporation pays $2 Million Dollars to resolve allegations that it deliberately and systematically “shorted” an average of 10,000 strands of Kevlar from the helmets of U.S. Soldiers.

U.S. Justice Department discloses that civil fraud recoveries under the False Claims Act reached $2 Billion for 2007.  Persons who filed qui tam claims received over $177 Million in rewards in 2007.

Bristol-Myers Squibb to pay more than $515 Million to Settle False Claim allegations asserted by private relators.  Relators who filed claims are to receive $50 Million as a reward for having filed the claims.

Aventis Pays over $190 Million Dollars to Settle Drug Pricing Fraud allegations asserted by private relator.  Person who asserted the allegations to receive approximately $32 Million as a reward.

IBM Corporation and PriceWaterhouseCoopers to pay over $5.2 Million to Settle False Claim allegations asserted by private relators.  Persons who filed claims expected to receive up to $1.3 Million for having filed the claims.

Burlington Resources to pay $97.5 Million to resolve qui tam claims raised by private relator.  Relator expected to receive up to $24.3 Million for having filed the claims.

Crane Co. to pay $7.5 Million to Settle False Claim allegations asserted by former employee.  Former employee who filed claims expected to receive up to $1.8 Million as a reward.

Oakland City University to pay $5.3 Million to Settle False Claim allegations asserted by former employee.  Former employee who filed claims expected to receive up to $1.4 Million as a reward.

New York State Adopts False Claims Act to provide monetary rewards to people who expose fraud against the State, or any Local Government or School District within the State.

U.S. Justice Department discloses that civil fraud recoveries reach $3.1 Billion for 2006, the largest amount recovered in a single year.  Persons who filed qui tam claims received over $190 Million in 2006.

American Medical Response to pay $9 Million to resolve qui tam claims raised by former employees.  Former employees to receive over $1.6 Million for having filed the claims.

Horizon West to pay $14.7 Million to resolve qui tam claims raised by former employee.  Former employee to expected receive up to $3.6 Million for having filed the claims.

Wall Street money manager Mario Gabelli and Affiliates to pay $130 Million for allegedly defrauding the FCC.  Persons who filed claims to receive $32.2 Million

Boeing to pay $615 Million to resolve Fraud Allegations.

Tenet Healthcare Corporation to pay $900 Million to resolve claims of unlawful billing practices.  Relators expected to receive up to $225 Million.

AT&T to pay over $2.9 Million to Resolve Allegations of Contracting Fraud. Relator expected to receive share.

State of Indiana & ITS Intelenet Commission agree to pay $8.2 Million to Settle False Claims Involving E-Rate Program.

St. Barnabas Corporation to pay $265 Million to resolve allegations of Defrauding Medicare.  Relators expected to receive up to $66.2 Million.

Serono Corporation to pay $704 Million to resolve conspiracy allegations filed by former employees.  Former employees to receive $51.8 Million for having filed claims

Engineering and construction companies to pay nearly $25 Million to settle claims, by former employee, that the companies submitted inflated claims on Amtrak project to electrify rail corridor between New Haven and Boston

GlaxoSmithKline to pay $150 Million Dollars to settle claims asserted by a private relator, who asserted that Glaxo set up a scheme to increase its sales of drugs through “marketing the spread.”  Private relator to receive $26 Million Dollars for having filed the claims.

Office Depot to pay nearly $5 Million to settle alleged violations of the federal False Claims Act.  Private relator to receive $712,000 for having filed claims.

PriceWaterHouseCoopers LLP. to pay $41.9 Million to settle qui tam claims that it submitted false claims to the government for travel reimbursements.  Relator to receive share.

New York based Turner Construction Company will pay $6.6 Million to settle claims that it submitted false claims on construction projects which included construction of federal courthouse on Long Island.