Justice Department Recovers $2 Billion for Fraud Against the Government in FY 2007; More Than $20 Billion Since 1986 (07-873)

DOJ press release 07-873 (1 Nov 2007) on FY2007 FCA recoveries: $2 billion total; more than $20 billion since 1986; $1.45 billion from qui tam suits; $177 million to relators; health care $1.54 billion; DoD $48.4 million; relator share rules (15-25%, up to 30%); civil penalty of $5,500-$11,000 per claim (defendants' liability, not a reward rule, not recorded); $264 million returned to state Medicaid in pharmaceutical cases; fact sheet of 11 significant recoveries. Already in the data: 6 observations. Added: 3 rules, the state Medicaid figure and 7 qui tam cases (BMS, Aventis, Medco, Oracle/PeopleSoft, Harbert judgment, Maximus, InterMune). Not cases because the release does not link them to a qui tam suit or relator: Zimmer/Depuy/Biomet/Smith & Nephew $311 million, Amerigroup $172 million judgment, Purdue $100.6 million, Burlington Resources $97.5 million ($105.3 million with interest), Mellon Bank $34.6 million. "More than $800 million" from five named pharmaceutical settlements is a sum of named settlements, not a category total, so not recorded. 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): 5 cases (4 settlements, 1 judgments (outcome 'reported')). Amounts as printed (lower/upper bounds and global vs civil parts explained in notes); individuals only where named by the agency as parties. Added: hip and knee implant makers ($311 million, one combined case), Amerigroup Illinois judgment, Purdue, Burlington, Mellon.