The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Feb. 7, 2023,
released its annual
statistics for its civil False Claims Act (FCA) and fraud cases
from the 2022 fiscal year (FY).
Up front, we see the following key takeaways:
- For the first time on record, the value of settlements and
judgments where DOJ declined and relators pursued the case was
higher than in DOJ-led cases.
- DOJ pursued with increased success cases outside the healthcare
industry and U.S. Department of Defense (DOD).
- The total number of cases is slowly but steadily increasing,
both in qui tam and DOJ-initiated cases; however, the total amount
recovered is the lowest since 2008.
DOJ reports it recovered more than $2.2 billion for 351
settlements and judgments, the second-highest quantity of
settlements and judgments in a single year. Still an incredibly
large number, this year's dollar recovery pales in comparison
to years past where a few very large recoveries inflated the
total:
