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NJ Power Broker, Attys Demand Wiretap Docs In RICO Case

Government Contracts

Norcross III, a politically influential insurance executive in New Jersey, and others accused alongside him of a massive racketeering scheme demanded Wednesday that state prosecutors turn over complete wiretap application information dating back to 2016, arguing that those details form the core of the state's case against them.

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Farmers to Pay $6.5 Million After Whistleblower Alleges They Defrauded Crop Insurance Programs

Whistleblower Network News

A qui tam whistleblower initiated a federal investigation that unveiled that the two defendants allegedly defrauded federal crop insurance programs by interfering with rain gauges. Finegan states, “Hardworking farmers and ranchers depend on USDA crop insurance programs, and we will not allow these programs to be abused.”

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False Claims Act Whistleblower Awarded $9.9 Million for Alleging Medicare Part C Kickback Scheme

Whistleblower Network News

Department of Justice announced that Oak Street Health agreed to pay $60 million to settle allegations that it violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to third-party insurance agents in exchange for referring seniors to Oak Street Health’s primary care clinics.

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Whistleblower Suits Lead to Massive Rite Aid Settlements Relating to Opioid Dispensing and Reporting Rebates

Whistleblower Network News

101 Million Settlement over Allegations of Falsely Reporting Rebates Rite Aid and Rite Aid subsidiaries, Elixir Insurance Company, RX Options LLC and RX Solutions LLC agreed to pay the government $101 million to settle the allegations of falsely reporting rebates. Lutzko for the Northern District of Ohio.

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Ransomware Attack Hits Florida Department of Health

Extract Systems

The compromised PII and PHI might include names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, appointment details, health insurance information, medical record numbers, and health policy numbers. This legal constraint is in place to discourage the payment of ransoms, as it can perpetuate the cycle of cybercrime.

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CityMD Whistleblower Receives $2 Million After Alleging COVID-19 Fraud

Whistleblower Network News

4, 2020, through April 5, 2022, CityMD knowingly submitted or caused to be submitted false claims for payment for COVID-19 testing to the Uninsured Program for individuals who had health insurance coverage when CityMD administered those tests.” According to the DOJ, “from Feb. The bill is widely supported by whistleblower advocates.

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Modern data strategy for government tax and labor systems

AWS Public Sector

Introduction Government authorities such as tax, unemployment insurance, and other finance agencies across the US and globally are seeking ways to innovate. This database stores structured data, such as unemployment insurance (UI) claimant and taxpayer records, and semi-structured and unstructured data such as PDF documents, all in one place.

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