Justice Department Recovers Over $2.2 Billion from False Claims Act Cases in Fiscal Year 2020

DOJ press release (14 Jan 2021) on FY2020 FCA recoveries: more than $2.2 billion; more than $64 billion since 1986; health care over $1.8 billion; relator typically 15-30%; 672 qui tam suits ("nearly 13 new cases every week", average, not recorded); qui tam recoveries over $1.6 billion; $309 million to whistleblowers; co-pay schemes: Novartis and Gilead over $148 million, four foundations $13 million, Teva suit (Aug 2020). Resolutions after FY-end not in the total: Purdue $2.8 billion allowed bankruptcy claim (21 Oct 2020), Sacklers $225 million, Indivior $300 million civil of $600 million (single named matters, no qui tam link, not recorded). Named matters, none linked to a qui tam suit or relator in this release (not cases): Novartis over $591 million, Practice Fusion $145 million, ResMed more than $37 million, Oklahoma Center for Orthopaedic and Multi-Specialty Surgery over $72 million, UTC Laboratories $41.6 million + $1 million, SpineFrontier complaint and six surgeons over $3.25 million, Universal Health Services $117 million, Logan Laboratories/Tampa Pain Relief $41 million, Sterling Medical $1.85 million, Bechtel/AECOM over $57 million, QuantaDyn $37 million and Dunn $500,000, Unitrans $27 million, Bradken over $10 million, SK Engineering $7.8 million, Hybrid Tech $29 million, three states (SNAP) over $24 million, Xavier University $12 million, AECOM complaint, Linde more than $22 million, Scripps $10 million, Lakeway $13.5 million + $1.8 million, Dr. Kline $4.25 million, Dr. Sattar $210,000, Dave O'Mara Contractor $4.25 million (shareholders nearly $2 million). Already in the data: 6 observations. Added: 2 rules, 2 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): 35 cases (32 settlements, 3 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. Includes the post-fiscal-year Purdue ($2.8 billion allowed claim, 21 Oct 2020), Sackler ($225 million) and Indivior ($600 million) resolutions that the release describes but excludes from the FY2020 total.