False Claims
US Department of Justice Announces New Initiative for Data Miners Filing False Claims Act Lawsuits - The National Law Review
On 30 April 2026, DOJ announced a new anti-fraud initiative: the Fraud Oversight through Careful Use of Statistics (FOCUS) initiative. The FOCUS initiative is intended to strengthen DOJ’s working ...
Read moreMeta removes Bangladeshi community archivists’ pages through false copyright claims - Global Voices Advox
For the past several months, a coordinated digital campaign has targeted community archivists in Bangladesh who document and preserve audiovisual material related to the July 2024 Student-People’s...
Read moreElon Musk to Save Spirit Airlines? Nope, it’s Satire. - NewsGuard's Reality Check
Elon Musk to Save Spirit Airlines? Nope, it’s Satire.
Read moreDOJ’s FOCUS Initiative: False Claims Act Qui Tam Complaints Derived from Data Mining - JD Supra
On Thursday, DOJ’s Civil Division announced FOCUS: the Fraud Oversight through Careful Use of Statistics initiative. The initiative is a reminder to potential False Claims Act defendants that whis...
Read moreThe Shapiro administration is going after an Artificial Intelligence company for false medical claims - Tri-State Alert
CHAMBERSBURG – PA Governor Josh Shapiro’s administration announced yesterday that the PA Department of State has filed a lawsuit against Character.AI for impersonating licensed medical professiona...
Read moreFact check: New campaign ad features false claim about San Diego vacancy tax - inewsource
How to fix San Diego’s housing shortage is a problem that has dogged city leaders for years. This story is featured on the KPBS Voter Hub as part of our Public Matters nonprofit news partnership. ...
Read moreTabloid tale of ‘sex slave’ banker sets Wall Street imaginations aflutter - Financial Times
Wall Street is captivated by its most unusual case of alleged sexual harassment in the #MeToo era, ensnaring industry giant JPMorgan Chase, which made a $1mn offer to stop it from going public. Th...
Read moreDish Wireless Agrees to $17 Million False Claims Act Settlement - Bloomberg Law News
Dish Wireless LLC agreed to pay roughly $17 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, common law, and the Communications Act of 1934 relating to claims submitted to Fed...
Read moreDISH wireless LLC to pay more than $17m to resolve false claims act and administrative allegations related to FCC’s broadband benefits programs — DOJ - Regtechtimes
DISH Wireless LLC (DISH), located in Englewood, Colorado, has agreed to pay $17,280,240 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA), common law. The Communications Act of 19...
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Laura Owens gets 30 days in jail for false pregnancy claims involving ‘Bachelor’ star - The Press Democrat
Laura Owens, the daughter of Bay Area radio legend Ronn Owens, was sentenced Friday to 30 days in jail in Arizona for four felony convictions stemming from false claims that she became pregnant wi...
