Rebecca Hillyer

Apr 18, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Meredith Auten |Rebecca Hillyer

The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force (CFETF) released a report on April 9 summarizing its efforts to identify, investigate, and prosecute fraud related to COVID-19 relief programs.

Apr 17, 2024 | morganlewis.com | Meredith Auten |Rebecca Hillyer

The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force (CFETF) released a report on April 9 summarizing its efforts to identify, investigate, and prosecute fraud related to COVID-19 relief programs.

Mar 15, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Meredith Auten |Rebecca Hillyer |Steven Strauss

Recent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) enforcement trends suggest that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has begun focusing on False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement actions centered on PPP applicants’ technical compliance with more complex PPP rules and regulations. This is a shift from the DOJ’s prior PPP enforcement focus on combatting less technical, more clear examples of alleged fraud.

Mar 14, 2024 | morganlewis.com | Rebecca Hillyer |Meredith Auten |Steven Strauss

Recent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) enforcement trends suggest that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has begun focusing on False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement actions centered on PPP applicants’ technical compliance with more complex PPP rules and regulations. This is a shift from the DOJ’s prior PPP enforcement focus on combatting less technical, more clear examples of alleged fraud.

Feb 26, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Rebecca Hillyer |Ryan McCarthy |Jeffery Masters

During remarks to False Claims Act (FCA) practitioners on February 22 in Washington, DC, and in an accompanying press release, Department of Justice (DOJ) Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian Boynton announced that recoveries from FCA settlements and judgments in fiscal year 2023 reached nearly $2.7 billion, with healthcare and procurement fraud continuing to be the largest areas of recovery.