Justice Department Recovers Nearly $5 Billion in False Claims Act Cases in Fiscal Year 2012

DOJ press release (4 Dec 2012) on FY2012 FCA recoveries: record $4.9 billion; $13.3 billion since January 2009; relator gets up to 30%; record 647 qui tam suits and $3.3 billion in whistleblower suits; health care over $3 billion, more than $9.5 billion since January 2009; housing and mortgage $1.4 billion; drugs and devices nearly $2 billion federal plus $745 million to state Medicaid; named settlements GSK $1.5 billion (part of a $3 billion global settlement), Merck $441 million (plus nearly $322 million criminal fines and more than $200 million to states), Abbott $561 million (counted in FY2013), $25 billion national mortgage servicer agreement (more than $900 million FCA), Deutsche Bank/MortgageIT $202.3 million, CitiMortgage $158.3 million, Flagstar $132.8 million, ATK $37 million, Maersk $31.9 million, Oracle $200 million: none linked to a qui tam suit or relator in this release, so not cases; procurement $427 million, $1.7 billion since January 2009; war-related $73 million; nearly 8,500 qui tam suits since 1986, nearly 2,200 since January 2009; qui tam recoveries $24.2 billion since 1986, nearly $10.5 billion since January 2009; nearly $4 billion and $439 million to whistleblowers. Out of scope: FDCA criminal results (14 convictions, $1.5 billion). Already in the data: 8 observations. Added: 1 rule, 10 observations. 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): 10 cases (10 settlements). Amounts as printed (lower/upper bounds and global vs civil parts explained in notes); individuals only where named by the agency as parties.