Justice Department Recovers Record $3.1 Billion in Fraud and False Claims in Fiscal Year 2006 (06-783)

DOJ press release 06-783 (21 Nov 2006): record more than $3.1 billion recoveries in FY2006 (previous record $2.2 billion FY2003); $18 billion since 1986; Tenet ($920 million) and Boeing ($565 million) nearly half the total; health care up more than $1 billion and non-health care (28% of total) up half a billion on the year; $1.8 billion government-initiated, $1.3 billion qui tam; treble damages and $5,500-$11,000 per claim (liability); relator share 15-25% with intervention; $190 million awarded to whistleblowers (excludes shares set after 30 Sep 2006); by industry 72% health care, 20% defence, 8% other; health care $2.2 billion; defence procurement $609 million. Already in the data: 8 observations. Added: 2 rules, 4 share observations (new indicator recoveries_share). Decision 10 pass (2026-10-10): every named settlement, judgment and newly announced government suit not already in cases.csv added as a case with whistleblower_link=not_stated (the document does not tie it to a whistleblower): 2 cases (2 settlements). Amounts as printed (lower/upper bounds and global vs civil parts explained in notes); individuals only where named by the agency as parties.