Amazon Accused of Blacklisting Vendor Who Refused to Pay Kickbacks

Amazon Studios has been sued by a post-production vendor who alleges he was blackballed after refusing to pay kickbacks to an Amazon employee. Joe Eckardt, owner of Unbreakable Post, alleges he has ...
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New audit finds DHS wrongly believed it could not investigate allegations of kickbacks

SAINT PAUL, Minn. — When Abdinajib Yussuf and Asha Hassan started building up their fraudulent autism centers, they admitted to recruiting and paying kickbacks to families willing to enroll their kids ...
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Kickbacks and Consequences: Lessons from the Innovasis Settlement

On May 29, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) announced a $12 million settlement with Innovasis Inc., a medical device manufacturer, and two ...
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Novartis escapes claim that it paid kickbacks to promote MS drug

(Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed, for the second time, a whistleblower lawsuit accusing drugmaker Novartis AG of paying kickbacks to doctors through a sham speaker program to promote ...

Tax Court ruling: Kickbacks and bribes are not tax deductible

Discover the implications of the recent Tax Court ruling on kickbacks and bribes, which confirms that such payments are not ...