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DOJ's False Claims Haul Hits Decade Low At $2.2B

Law360 (January 14, 2021, 10:07 PM EST) -- The U.S. Department of Justice raked in $2.2 billion from False Claims Act cases in fiscal year 2020, the department said Thursday, its lowest haul since 2008 and down nearly $1 billion from the $3.1 billion in fiscal 2019.

Over 670 qui tam lawsuits were brought by relators in fiscal 2020, yielding the lion's share of False Claims Act recoveries during that period: $1.6 billion. Since 1986, False Claims Act judgments and settlements have now paid out more than $64 billion, including $2.9 billion in fiscal 2018, the government said.

"Even in the face of a nationwide pandemic, the department's dedicated...

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