Billions of Dollars in Medicare and Health Care Fraud

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Medicare fraud and health care fraud are overwhelming. 

Billions of dollars reported in just the last few months.

Imagine how much hasn’t even been investigated.

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What do Verizon, Johnson & Johnson, Goldman Sachs, CVS, and Taylor Bean and Whitaker have in common?

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What do Verizon, Johnson & Johnson, Goldman Sachs, CVS, and Taylor Bean and Whitaker have in common?

These leading American companies were each charged with dishonesty or corruptuion in April 2011 to the tune of billions of dollars.

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Former Chairman of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Convicted for $2.9 Billion Fraud Scheme That Contributed to the Failure of Colonial Bank

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Former Chairman of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Convicted for $2.9 Billion Fraud Scheme That Contributed to the Failure of Colonial Bank

Lee Bentley Farkas, the former chairman of a private mortgage lending company, Taylor, Bean & Whitaker (TBW), was convicted today for his role in a more than $2.9 billion fraud scheme that contributed to the failures of Colonial Bank, one of the 25 largest banks in the United States in 2009, and TBW, one of the largest privately held mortgage lending companies in the United States in 2009.

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Senate panel concludes Goldman Sachs profited from financial crisis

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A Senate panel has concluded that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. profited from the financial crisis by betting billions against the subprime mortgage market, then deceived investors and Congress about the firm’s conduct.

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CVS Pharmacy Inc. Agrees to Pay $17.5 Million to Resolve False Prescription Billing Case

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CVS Pharmacy Inc., the retail pharmacy division of CVS Caremark Corporation that operates more than 7,000 retail pharmacies in 41 states and the District of Columbia, has agreed to pay the United States and 10 states $17.5 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations.

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Johnson & Johnson Agrees to Pay Penalty to Resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Oil for Food Investigations – Total Penalties of $70 Million

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Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has agreed to pay a $21.4 million criminal penalty as part of a deferred prosecution agreem

The agreement also resolves kickbacks paid to the former government of Iraq under the United Nations Oil for Food Program.

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Verizon Communications Pays United States $93.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

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Verizon Communications Inc. has paid the United States $93,525,410.96 in order to resolve allegations that the company overcharged the General Services Administration (GSA) on invoices dealing with government-wide voice and data telecommunications services contracts, the Justice Department announced April 5, 2011.

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Former Owner of Illinois Technology Company Pleads Guilty in Multi-State Scheme to Defraud the Federal E-Rate Program

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A former owner of an Illinois-based technology company has pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to defraud the federal E-Rate program, the Department of Justice announced today.  

Tyrone Pipkin was originally charged in U.S. District Court in New Orleans on Nov. 18, 2010, for his role in the conspiracy to defraud the E-Rate program.

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Scrimping on Regulators puts Public Safety at Risk

General Electric marketed the Mark 1 boiling water reactors that were used in Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi plant as cheaper to build than other reactors because they used a smaller and less expensive containment structure. Yet American safety officials have long thought the smaller design more vulnerable to explosion and rupture in emergencies than competing designs.

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Pentagon overpaid Oilman by up to $200 million

Harry Sargeant III, a well-connected Florida businessman and once-prominent Republican donor, first faced scrutiny over his defense work in October 2008, when he was accused in a congressional probe of using his close relationship with Jordan’s royal family to secure exclusive rights over supply routes to U.S. bases in western Iraq.

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