- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Adrianne Appel2023-04-14T17:39:00
Adobe agreed to pay $3 million to settle allegations it paid kickbacks in an attempt to win more software purchase orders from the federal government.
Adobe gave improper payments to companies between January 2011 and December 2020 that had contracts with the federal government and were in position to influence the government to buy Adobe software, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in its settlement agreement published Thursday.
Adobe paid the companies a percentage of the purchase price of the software under its “Solution Partner” program, the DOJ alleged.
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A judge affirmed more than $487 million in penalties and damages against Precision Lens and its owner after a jury found they filed tens of thousands of false claims to Medicare and violated the Anti-Kickback Statute.
Alaska-based telecommunications provider GCI Communications Corp. agreed to pay more than $40.2 million as part of a settlement agreement with the Department of Justice for alleged violations of the False Claims Act.
Utah-based military equipment manufacturer L3 Technologies agreed to pay $21.8 million to settle false claim charges levied by the Department of Justice regarding double-billing the Department of Defense for certain parts.
Massachusetts-based technology company Circor International settled charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding deficient internal accounting controls without paying a fine.
Broker-dealer Nationwide Planning Associates and two affiliated investment advisers impeded potential whistleblowers from reporting misconduct to the Securities and Exchange Commission and have agreed to settle the charges for a combined $240,000.
Six credit rating agencies will pay $49 million in fines to the Securities and Exchange Commission for allowing their employees to communicate on company business using nonapproved communication channels like Whats App and WeChat.
