False Claims Act Settlements and Judgments Exceed $6.8B in Fiscal Year 2025

DOJ press release (16 Jan 2026) on FY2025 FCA recoveries: record over $6.8 billion; record 1,297 qui tam suits (980 in 2024); 401 government-opened investigations; more than $85 billion since 1986; health care over $5.7 billion; qui tam recoveries exceeding $5.3 billion; relator typically 15-30%; Trade Fraud Task Force launched (no date given, not recorded as an event); cooperation credit policy; "hundreds of millions" in pandemic recoveries (words). Named matters are in the separate fact sheet (usa-doj-fca-factsheet-2025), not in this release; relator share payments for FY2025 are not printed. Three sidebar teasers at the end (Independence Blue Cross, Signal Diagnostics, Crown Medical) are other releases. Already in the data: 7 observations and 1 event. Added: 2 rules. Decision 10 pass (2026-10-10): re-read for settlements; nothing to add. The release names no settlements (they are in the fact sheet); sidebar teasers are other releases.