ENFORCEMENT: Your Trading Partners' Help Could Backfire
Alleged deals to win business cost two companies more than $45 millionThe feds' undercover probe into durable medical equipment fraud - called "Operation Headwaters" - reeled in sizable settlements from the enteral nutrition industry Feb. 11.OPI Properties, Inc., a subsidiary of drugmaker Novartis Corporation, pled guilty to nine felony counts of obstructing a federal audit. OPI agreed to five years' probation and a criminal fine of $4.5 million. U.S. Attorney for the southern district of Illinois Ronald J. Tenpas also announced a $45 million civil settlement agreement with OPI and Novartis Nutrition Company (NNC) -...
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