Business And Financial Crime

On January 27, 2023, Bonfiglioli USA Inc. filed a lawsuit against Midwest Engineered Components, Inc. for fraudulent inducement in the United States District Court, Kentucky Eastern (Covington). The case was assigned to Judge Danny C. Reeves and referred to Magistrate Judge Candace J. Smith. [Case number: 2:23cv14] Bonfiglioli USA, based in Hebron, Kentucky, operates as a subsidiary of its Italian parent company. It manufactures electrical components and gear parts for automated manufacturing. In 2019, it signed an agreement with Midwest Engineer Components (MEC), a sales agency in Burnsville, Minnesota, making MEC its sales representative in the Upper Midwest. A year later, the parties amended the

On August 18, 2020, the United States filed a fraud lawsuit against Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., and Teva Neuroscience, Inc., the nation’s largest generic drug manufacturer. The United States accused Teva Pharmaceuticals of fraud, alleging it violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act by paying over $300 million to charities to cover Medicare co-pays for its drug, Copaxone, between 2006 and 2015. The government claimed this scheme generated false Medicare claims worth hundreds of millions of dollars while hiding the drug’s steep price increases. The case was filed in the

On November 30, 2020, Plaintiffs Francine Shulman, individually and as Trustee of the Shulman Family Trust, Iron Angel, LLC, 3F, Inc., and Emerald Sky filed a fraud lawsuit against Defendants Todd Kaplan, Medical Investor Holdings LLC dba Vertical Companies (“Vertical”), Vertical Wellness, Inc., Charles Houghton, Matt Kaplan, Drew Milburn, Courtney Dorne, Smoke Wallin, Robert Scott Kaplan, Elyse Kaplan, Jeff Silver, Iron Angel II, LLC, and NCAMBA9, Inc. The case was filed in the California Superior Court, Los Angeles County. Judges Huey P. Cotton, Paul A. Bacigalupo, and Virginia Keeny presided over this case. [Case number: 20VECV01406]

On February 14, 2022, Dr. David Forsberg, a radiologist, filed a lawsuit against Knoxville Comprehensive Breast Center, PLLC where he worked under the False Claims Act. The case was filed in the United States District Court, Tennessee Eastern (Knoxville). The case was assigned to District Judge Katherine A Crytzer and referred to Magistrate Judge Debra C Poplin. [Case number: 3:22cv58]

Court: New Jersey State, Trenton Division, District Court Case Number: 3:12cv7758 Filed: December 18, 2012 Judges: Zahid N. Quraishi| Brendan Day Case Type: False Claims Act (375) Cause: False Claims Act Plaintiff(s): Jessica Penelow | Christine Brancaccio | United States of America Counsel for Plaintiff: Peter S. Pearlman| William H Ellerbe Experts for Plaintiff(s): Israel Shaked |