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Federal Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Friday October 11, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Mass. U.S. Attorney: Magellan Diagnostics Sentenced for Concealing Malfunction in Lead Testing Devices
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2024: Magellan Diagnostics, Inc., a medical device company headquartered in Billerica, Mass., was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for criminal charges related to the concealment of a device malfunction that produced inaccurately low lead test results for tens of thousands of children and other patients. Magellan has been ordered to pay  more

Mass. U.S. Attorney: Teva Pharmaceuticals Agrees to Pay $425 Million to Resolve Kickback Allegations
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. and Teva Neuroscience, Inc. (collectively Teva) have agreed to pay $425 million to resolve allegations that Teva paid kickbacks via two co-pay assistance foundations in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and False Claims Act. The government's complaint, filed in 2020, alleged that from 2006 to 2017, Teva manipulated the   more

U.S. Attorney for D.C.: Massachusetts Man Convicted of Felony and Misdemeanor Charges for Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A Massachusetts man was convicted of felony and misdemeanor offenses related to his conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Michael St. Pierre, 46, of Swansea, Massachusetts, was  more