Justice Department Recovers Over $3.7 Billion From False Claims Act Cases in Fiscal Year 2017

DOJ press release (21 Dec 2017) on FY2017 FCA recoveries: more than $3.7 billion; more than $56 billion since 1986; health care $2.4 billion; drugs and devices over $900 million; housing and mortgage over $543 million; individuals more than $60 million (not jointly liable); 669 qui tam suits ("more than 12 new cases every week", average, not recorded); qui tam recoveries $3.4 billion; $392 million to whistleblowers. No reward-percentage rule printed this year. Qui tam case: Shire $350 million (relators' allegations). Named matters not linked to a qui tam suit in this release (not cases): Mylan about $465 million ($231.7 million federal, $213.9 million state), Life Care Centers $145 million, eClinicalWorks $155 million, Allied Home Mortgage over $296 million verdict and over $25 million against its CEO, PHH $65 million, Financial Freedom $89 million, Agility $95 million (and $249 million claims forgone), Bechtel/URS $125 million, Energy & Process $4.6 million, CA Inc. $45 million (its intervened whistleblower suit appears only in the FY2014 release), SolarCity $29.5 million, Total Call Mobile $30 million, ADS $16 million, Medstar $12.7 million, 21st Century Oncology $19.75 million, Dr. Daller $3.8 million, Dr. Windsor $20 million, Dr. Marder $18 million, Bogdan $1 million, Pagidipati $750,000. Already in the data: 6 observations. Added: 3 observations and 1 case. 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): 22 cases (18 settlements, 4 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.