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Quest Diagnostics has paid the federal government $1.79 million to settle whistleblower allegations that it submitted false claims to the Medicare program, U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner announced Tuesday.   Based in Madison, N.J., Quest Diagnostics has 10 clinical laboratory draw and testing stations in the Sacramento area. The company bought more than 50 testing centers in California and Nevada from Dignity Read More »

An Albuquerque Public Schools administrator is suing the district and the head of the state Public Education Department, claiming that Albuquerque Superintendent Luis Valentino placed him on administrative leave for reporting a corrupt contract.   Don Moya, the Albuquerque school district’s chief financial officer, alleges in a whistleblower complaint filed Monday in state District Court Read More »

A Bullhead City physician will pay the federal government more than $200,000 as part of a settlement for allegedly submitting false claims to Medicare in a whistleblower case involving a former area doctor who is linked to bigger legal problems.   The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Arizona announced the settlement Wednesday that will resolve civil Read More »

When Michael Rhinehimer got fired from U.S. Bancorp Investments for trying to protect an elderly client, he decided to get even. He took his former employer to court, and he won.   In May, he was awarded $250,000 in damages. In his lawsuit, Rhinehimer claimed that he was fired in retaliation for complaining about another Read More »

A former Doña Ana County Clerk’s Office employee filed a civil lawsuit Tuesday alleging violations of the state’s Whistleblower Protection Act and his civil rights.   Robert “RJ” Hernandez, via attorney Hans William Voss, alleged in the lawsuit he was “subjected to cronyism, harassment, retaliation, creation of a hostile work environment and outrageous” conduct that Read More »