Penalties assessed for violations of the False Claims Act (FCA) topped $2.2 billion during fiscal year 2022, less than half the mark the Department of Justice (DOJ) reached the previous year.
The DOJ didn’t give a reason for the decreased dollar amount of FCA recoveries during the fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, 2022. The agency’s return of $5.6 billion in FY2021 was its second-largest amount ever collected in one year, while the FY2022 amount is the smallest since FY2008, according to agency records.
