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IRS Tortures Wealthy Taxpayers with 'Audits from Hell'
The Internal Revenue Service set up a unit named the Global High Wealth Industry Group to conduct audits on wealthy taxpayers and their complicated financial arrangements. The unit began conducting audits in 2010, requesting hard-to-get documents in very short time...

Planned Parenthood abortion business settles Medicaid fraud case
LifeNews: "The state of Washington and the Planned Parenthood of the Inland Northwest have agreed on a settlement in a Medicaid fraud case that saw the abortion business routinely overcharge the state government...

Audits, audits, audits
KCPD is releasing the results of four internal audits, available here. (At the bottom of the stack.) The most interesting part? The department looked at preventable crashes involving its fleet...

House Passes Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act
On March 3rd, 2008 the Oversight Committee released a report, “The Administration?s Medicaid Regulations: State-By-State Impacts.” The report examined seven Administration-imposed Medicaid regulations which, if implemented, would slash federal Medicaid funding to states for vital programs and services by about $18 billion over the next five years...

Completed school district audits
Completed school district auditsSource: The Office of the State ComptrollerNew York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced his office has completed audits of the school districts listed below...

Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Plans to Audit All In-Home Direct Care Providers to Fight Medicaid Fraud
By Jennifer J. Thomas In the wake of the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 (FERA), which was enacted by Congress on May 20, 2009 and expands the federal False Claims Act, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals ('DHH') announced on October 29, 2009, a new fraud initiative against agencies who deliver in-home direct care to Medicaid beneficiaries...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

BMW Faces Class Action over High Pressure Fuel Pumps
BMW Faces Class Action over High Pressure Fuel Pumps

Oil and Gas
industry workers allegedly subject to serious accident injury from hazardous conditions.

Suit Filed On Behalf of 400,000 Michigan Medicaid-Dependents Denied Access to Dental Healthcare
Michigan Medicaid Sued Over Dental Healthcare

Air Pollution
Directly Linked to High Blood Pressure

Unapproved Drugs
Causing Vision Loss and Blood Pressure Problems

Water Contamination
Industry giants to pay $500,000 settlement in environmental lawsuit.