false statements act

• S56(1) Insurance Contracts Act Does Not Apply To False Statements Made In Proceedings.

Douralis v Allianz Australia Insurance Limited [2008] VSCA 72 Introduction In this case, the Victorian Court of Appeal held that s56(1) of the Insur...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2008, March 2008

• Health care fraud.

Fourteenth Survey of White Collar Crime Preventing health care fraud is receiving greater attention from the federal government as white collar criminals seek to tap into the enormous sums now being expended on health care. Federal statutes relevant to this field include the False Claims Act, the False Statements Act, and mail and wire fraud statutes. Other statutes specifically target Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Enforcement is carried out by several federal agencies in cooperation with state governments.

• American Criminal Law Review
• Vol. 36 Nbr. 3, June 1999

• 18 USC 1027 - Sec. 1027. False statements and concealment of facts in relation to documents required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

• U.S. Code - Title 18: Crimes and Criminal Procedure

• Health care fraud.

Eleventh Survey of White Collar Crime The US Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Health and Human Services are charged with enforcing federal criminal laws against Medicare and Medicaid fraud. The total cost of health care fraud and abuse is estimated to cost up to $100 billion annually. Prosecution of health care fraud can proceed under general criminal fraud statutes, the Social Security Act or the False Statements Act. Special Medicare and Medicaid fraud statutes have also been developed to combat complex kick-back schemes.

• American Criminal Law Review
• Vol. 33 Nbr. 3, March 1996

• 36 CFR 223.187 - Determinations of unprocessed timber.

...620d) and the False Statements Act (18 U.S.C. 1001) that the products ...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 36: Parks, Forests, and Public Property

• U.S. Supreme Court Considers Securities Fraud Class Action Burden

During oral arguments Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court pondered whether plaintiffs seeking class certification in a fraud-on-the- market securities fraud claim must prove that a company's alleged false statements caused its stock to lose value. The lead plaintiff in the case, the Erica P. John Fund, sued Halliburton and its former president and CEO under [section][section]10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, and Securities Exchange Commission Rule 10(b)-5, alleging that they made false statements about its asbestos liability and other aspects of the business.

• Lawyers USA
• May 02, 2011

• U.S. Supreme Court Justices Rule On Fraud Class Certification

Securities fraud plaintiffs need not prove loss causation in order to obtain class certification, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled. Shareholders in the case sued Halliburton and its executives under [section][section]10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act and Securities Exchange Commission Rule 10(b)-5, alleging that they made false statements about its asbestos liability and other aspects of the business.

• Lawyers USA
• June 13, 2011

• Community Members Spied for Iraq

Shemami and [Al-Awadi] are charged with conspiring to act as agents of a foreign government without notification of the U.S. attorney general and acting as an agent for a foreign government. Shemami also is charged with violating the U.S. International Economic Powers Act and making false statements to the FBI. The indictment claims that Shemam i shared information about Iraqi expatriates in the United States, potential Iraqi political candidates and U.S. and Turkish military activities in Turkey, the release said. Both men are U.S. citizens. [Shemami] is married, has nine children and has lived in the United States for about 40 years, [Juan Mateo] told the Free Press. Al-Awadi, who has seven children, has been in the United States since 1974, court records said.

• Arab American News, The
• August 18, 2009

• Colorado Couple Pleads Guilty to Illegal Trapping and Sale of Bobcats

WASHINGTON, June 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Colorado couple pleaded guilty in a Denver federal court to charges related to the illegal trapping and interstate sale of bobcats, the Justice Department announced today. Jeffrey M. Bodnar, 37, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one felony count of conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act, and one felony count of possession of a firearm by a felon. His wife, Veronica Anderson- Bodnar, 46, pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of Lacey Act trafficking and one misdemeanor count of making false statements in violation of the Lacey Act. Both defendants reside in Hartsel, Colo.

• U.S. Newswire
• June 02, 2010

• Chief Engineer of Ship Indicted for Covering Up Pollution; Panamanian Vessel Used 'Magic Pipe' to Bypass Pollution Prevention Equipment

BOSTON, Oct. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- An Indian national working as the chief engineer on the container ship M/V MSC Elena was indicted late yesterday by a federal Grand Jury and charged with conspiracy, obstruction, destruction of evidence, false statements and violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships in connection with the use of a secretly concealed "magic pipe" used to discharge sludge and oil contaminated waste overboard. Michael J. Sullivan, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts; Kelly A. Johnson, acting assistant attorney general of the Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division; and William Schenkelberg, special agent in charge of the Northeast Region of the U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service, announced the Grand Jury's Indictmen...

• U.S. Newswire
• October 07, 2005