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Company: Atrium Medical Corporation
Penalty: $11,500,000
Year: 2016
Date: July 14, 2016
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: qui tam whistleblower lawsuit
Violation Description: In a qui tam whistleblower case in which there was no government intervention, Atrium Medical agreed to pay $11.5 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by paying improper kickbacks to doctors for promoting the unapproved use of medical stents in patients' arteries.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Western District of Texas
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 5:13-cv-00244
Case Name: United States Of America, ex rel Esther Sullivan, Relator, et al v. Atrium Medical Corporation, et al
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
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