Department of Justice Recovers $3 Billion in False Claims Cases in Fiscal Year 2010

DOJ press release 10-1335 (22 Nov 2010) on FY2010 FCA recoveries: $3 billion total; $2.5 billion health care (record, 83% of total); $5.4 billion since January 2009 ($4.6 billion health care); more than $27 billion since 1986; over $2.3 billion from qui tam suits; $385 million to relators; more than $18 billion qui tam recoveries and more than $2.8 billion relator awards since 1986; relators get 15-30%; pharmaceutical and medical device $1.6 billion (Pfizer $669 million FCA part of a $2.3 billion resolution, AstraZeneca $302 million, Novartis $192.7 million); Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati/Christ Hospital $108 million; financial fraud $327.2 million (11%); Iraq/Afghanistan war contracts $10.6 million in FY2010, $137.2 million to date, $114.7 million since Jan 2009. Out of scope: FDCA criminal fines and forfeitures ($1.8 billion in FY2010, more than $3 billion since Jan 2009, 25 convictions), Pfizer criminal fines ($1.3 billion) and state Medicaid share ($331 million) of the Pfizer resolution (a single named settlement, not a case here). HEAT (20 May 2009), FERA 2009 and the ACA amendments are mentioned; FERA and ACA are already in the timeline from the statutes. Already in the data: 7 observations. Added: 2 rules and 9 observations. No cases: the named settlements are not linked to a qui tam suit in this release ("most of the cases ... were brought ... by whistleblowers" is general). 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): 4 cases (4 settlements). Amounts as printed (lower/upper bounds and global vs civil parts explained in notes); individuals only where named by the agency as parties. Novartis is printed as '$192.7' with 'million' missing; recorded as $192.7 million with a note.