On February 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released its annual False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement statistics for fiscal year (FY) 2023, which ended on September 30, 2023. While the $2.68 billion in total recoveries continues an upward trend from the $2.24 billion reported in FY 2022, a primary takeaway is the focus on DOJ-driven investigations.
During remarks on February 22 at the Federal Bar Association’s Qui Tam Conference, DOJ Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton reported that in FY 2023, the United States was a party to 543 FCA ...
- Lowest Total Recoveries Since 2008
- Record-Shattering Number of New Cases Filed
- Health Care and Life Sciences Cases Continue to Dominate
On February 7, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released its annual False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement statistics for fiscal year (FY) 2022, which ended on September 30, 2022.[1] While total recoveries exceeded $2.2 billion, this is a drop of more than 50 percent from the $5.7 billion recovered in FY 2021, marking the lowest annual reported recovery in 14 years. The total recoveries in fraud cases brought with respect to the health care and life sciences industries fell to the lowest level since 2009.
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