Justice Department Recovers Over $2.8 Billion from False Claims Act Cases in Fiscal Year 2018

DOJ press release (21 Dec 2018) on FY2018 FCA recoveries: more than $2.8 billion; more than $59 billion since 1986; health care $2.5 billion; relator up to 30%; 645 qui tam suits ("more than 12 new cases every week", average, not recorded); qui tam recoveries over $2.1 billion; $301 million to whistleblowers; Zylon body-armour matters more than $132 million to date; increasing use of the government's dismissal authority (no numbers). Qui tam case: HealthCare Partners/DaVita $270 million (whistleblower allegations). Named matters not linked to a qui tam suit in this release (not cases): AmerisourceBergen $625 million ($581.8 million federal, $43.2 million state), Alere $33.2 million ($28.4 million federal, $4.8 million state), United Therapeutics $210 million, Pfizer about $23.85 million, UnitedHealth Group suit (2017, ongoing; only the linked page title mentions intervention), HMA over $216 million (+ $35 million criminal), Beaumont $84.5 million, Toyobo $66 million, Inchcape $20 million, TrellisWare over $12 million, 3M $9.1 million, Deloitte $149.5 million, Bassett Mirror $10.5 million, American Dawn over $2.3 million, Citation Oil & Gas $2.25 million, HDL/Singulex individuals more than $114 million judgments, Dr. Fonn $5.5 million, Lance Armstrong $5 million, Prime Healthcare $65 million (Dr. Reddy $3.25 million), Dr. Portnow $1.95 million, Dr. Frey $2.8 million. Already in the data: 6 observations. Added: 1 rule, 1 observation, 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): 21 cases (18 settlements, 2 judgments (outcome 'reported'), 1 pending government suits or claims). Amounts as printed (lower/upper bounds and global vs civil parts explained in notes); individuals only where named by the agency as parties. The UnitedHealth suit's printed URL mentions an intervention, but the text does not; recorded as not_stated with a note.