Justice Department Recovers $3 Billion in False Claims Act Cases in Fiscal Year 2011

DOJ press release 11-1665 (19 Dec 2011) on FY2011 FCA recoveries: more than $3 billion total; $8.7 billion since January 2009; record $2.8 billion in qui tam cases; more than $30 billion since 1986; 28% of 25-year recoveries since January 2009; health care $2.4 billion, $6.6 billion since January 2009; more than 7,800 qui tam suits since 1986, peak of 638 in FY2011 ("300s and low 400s" earlier in the decade: words, not recorded); pharmaceutical nearly $2.2 billion ($1.76 billion federal, $421 million state Medicaid), including $900 million from eight drug manufacturers (pricing) and GlaxoSmithKline $750 million (criminal and civil, no qui tam link, not a case); non-war procurement and consumer financial fraud nearly $358 million; procurement $422 million, of which $89.3 million war-related; war-related $153.4 million and procurement $1.5 billion since January 2009. Out of scope: FDCA criminal results (21 convictions, $1.3 billion). HEAT, FERA and ACA mentioned (FERA and ACA already in the timeline). Already in the data: 6 observations. Added: 12 observations. No rules, no cases. 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.