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Are Large Corporations Treated Differently? Pfizer $2 Billion False Claims Act Settlement Is Its Second In Six Years

By Robert David, Esq.

Often, we hear that white collar crime is treated differently than other types of crime. However, it is often who commits white collar crime that brings about different treatment. I had a client indicted for fraud related to a DME. Monthly, he would send me articles about large DME companies paying large fines and false claims settlements for the same conduct he was alleged to have engaged in and asked the simple question, ?Why am I supposed to go to jail and they don?t?? People arrested for crimes, and in particular health care fraud can find many rationales for conduct that objectively looks bad; some form the bases for defenses; some are to try to feel better. One reaction is generally the same for nearly all, whether it is speeding or a million dollar fraud, ?everyone is doing it...continue to full post

Full post as published by Health Care Fraud Blog on November 13, 2009 (boomark / email).