Justice Department Recovers $2.4 Billion in False Claims Cases in Fiscal Year 2009; More Than $24 Billion Since 1986 (09-1253)

DOJ press release 09-1253 (19 Nov 2009) on FY2009 FCA recoveries: $2.4 billion total (second largest); more than $24 billion since 1986; nearly $2 billion from qui tam suits; $255 million to relators; relator share rules; civil penalty $5,500-$11,000 per claim (liability, not recorded); FERA 2009 amendments and HEAT task force (20 May 2009) mentioned without detail; health care $1.6 billion ("two-thirds", words, not recorded); pharmaceutical and medical device $866.7 million plus $402 million to state Medicaid; procurement $608.4 million ("a quarter", words), DoD $422 million, of which $59 million Iraq/Afghanistan war contracts; $76 million cumulative war-related; two record qui tam settlements (New York State/City $540 million, NetApp $128.7 million). Already in the data: 7 observations. Added: 3 rules, 4 observations, 2 cases. Not cases (no qui tam link in the release): Boeing (two settlements, $27 million), APL Limited $26.3 million; Aventis, Bayer, Eli Lilly and Quest/Nichols named without amounts. 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): 6 cases (6 settlements). Amounts as printed (lower/upper bounds and global vs civil parts explained in notes); individuals only where named by the agency as parties. Aventis, Bayer HealthCare, Eli Lilly and Quest/Nichols are named without separate amounts (only the $866.7 million industry total) and are recorded with an empty amount; Boeing's two war-contract settlements are one case at their combined $27 million.