Merck to pay $650 Million to settle claims of Medicaid fraud filed by former employee. Former employee who filed claims expected to receive $68 Million as a reward.

Sioux Manufacturing Corporation pays $2 Million to resolve allegations that it deliberately and systematically “shorted” an average of 10,000 strands of Kevlar from the helmets of U.S. Soldiers.

Aventis pays over $190 Million to Settle Drug Pricing Fraud allegations asserted by private relator. Person who asserted the allegations to receive approximately $32 Million as a reward.

IBM Corporation and PriceWaterhouseCoopers to pay over $5.2 Million to Settle False Claim allegations asserted by private relators. Persons who filed claims expected to receive up to $1.3 Million for having filed the claims.

Burlington Resources Inc. to pay $97.5 Million to resolve qui tam claims raised by private relator. Relator expected to receive up to $24.3 Million for having filed the claims.

Crane Co. to pay $7.5 Million to Settle False Claim allegations asserted by former employee. Former employee who filed claims expected to receive up to $1.8 Million as a reward.

Oakland City University to pay $5.3 Million to Settle False Claim allegations asserted by former employee. Former employee who filed claims expected to receive up to $1.4 Million as a reward.

U.S. Justice Department discloses that civil fraud recoveries reach $3.1 Billion for 2006, the largest amount recovered in a single year. Persons who filed qui tam claims received over $190 Million in 2006.

American Medical Response to pay $9 Million to resolve qui tam claims raised by former employees. Former employees to receive over $1.6 Million for having filed the claims.

Horizon West to pay $14.7 Million to resolve qui tam claims raised by former employee. Former employee expected to receive up to $3.6 Million for having filed the claims.

Wall Street money manager Mario Gabelli and Affiliates to pay $130 Million for allegedly defrauding the FCC. Persons who filed claims to receive $32.2 Million.

Boeing to pay $615 Million to resolve Fraud Allegations.

Tenet Healthcare Corporation to pay $900 Million to resolve claims of unlawful billing practices. Relators expected to receive up to $225 Million.

AT&T to pay over $2.9 Million to Resolve Allegations of Contracting Fraud. Relator expected to receive share.

St. Barnabas Corporation to pay $265 Million to resolve allegations of Defrauding Medicare. Relators expected to receive up to $66.2 Million.

Serono Corporation to pay $704 Million to resolve conspiracy allegations filed by former employees. Former employees to receive $51.8 Million for having filed claims.

Engineering and construction companies to pay nearly $25 Million to settle claims, by former employee, that the companies submitted inflated claims on Amtrak project to electrify rail corridor between New Haven and Boston.

GlaxoSmithKline to pay $150 Million to settle claims asserted by a private relator, who asserted that Glaxo set up a scheme to increase its sales of drugs through “marketing the spread.” Private relator to receive $26 Million for having filed the claims.

Office Depot to pay nearly $5 Million to settle alleged violations of the Federal False Claims Act. Private relator to receive $712,500 for having filed claims.

PriceWaterHouseCoopers LLP. to pay $41.9 Million to settle qui tam claims that it submitted false claims to the government for travel reimbursements. Relator to receive share.

Diebold Election Systems will pay $2.6 Million to settle allegations asserted by private relators under the California False Claims Act. Relators expected to receive up to 33% as a reward.

Mandated Cost Systems Inc. to pay $3.4 Million to settle qui tam claims asserted by private relator that the company overcharged the State of California. Relator to receive $884,000 as a reward for having filed claims.

Toshiba will pay $30 Million to settle allegations of selling defective computer products to California public agencies.

Bank of America to pay $187.5 Million to settle allegations filed by former employee. Former employee to receive $22 Million as a reward.