Justice Department's False Claims Act Settlements and Judgments Exceed $5.6 Billion in Fiscal Year 2021

DOJ press release (1 Feb 2022) on FY2021 FCA recoveries: more than $5.6 billion (second largest); more than $70 billion since 1986; health care over $5 billion; relator typically 15-30%; 598 qui tam suits ("over 11 new cases every week", average, not recorded); qui tam recoveries exceeding $1.6 billion; $237 million to whistleblowers; Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative (6 Oct 2021) and cybersecurity executive order (12 May 2021, context, not recorded); Medicare Advantage enrolment and spending figures (26 million, $343 billion; not about the programme). Whistleblower cases: DOJ intervened in suits against Independent Health and Kaiser Permanente members. Named matters, none linked to a qui tam suit in this release (not cases): Indivior $209.3 million (of $600 million), Purdue $2.8 billion allowed claim, Sacklers $225 million, Sutter Health $90 million, Kaiser/GHC $6.3 million, Arriva/Alere $160 million, McCollum clinics more than $140 million default judgments and $9 million consent judgment, Athenahealth $18.25 million, Taro/Sandoz/Apotex over $400 million, Sava $11.2 million, Alere $38.75 million, Apria $40.5 million, St. Jude $27 million, Regency up to $20.3 million, Navistar $50 million, Insitu $25 million, Workrite $7.1 million, United Airlines $32.1 million, Cognosante $18.9 million, AAR $11 million, Level 3 $12.7 million, Schneider Electric more than $9 million, PPP cases (Walia $70,000, Sextant $30,000, Bernstein $287,055), Devon $6.15 million, Stargate/Rivstar $6 million, Concept Schools $4.5 million, Innovative Educational Programs $1.1 million, Guild Mortgage $24.9 million, Dr. Pal $6.75 million, Wills and Frank $3.9 million, ACI/Yohay $6 million; other kickback matters named without amounts. Already in the data: 6 observations. Added: 2 rules, 2 cases, 1 event. 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): 43 cases (41 settlements, 2 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. Eight kickback matters named only in a list (Oglethorpe, BAYADA, Akron General, Texas Heart Hospital, Prime, Biogen, Alliance Family, Merit Medical) and Select Medical are recorded without amounts.