Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Mikes v. Straus
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 15, 1994No. 92 Civ 2745 (VLB)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
VINCENT L. BRODERICK, District Judge.
I
This ease is brought by plaintiff Patricia S. Mikes under the federal Qui Tañí statute (31 U.S.C. § 3730) against defendants, physicians by whom plaintiff was employed, alleging that diagnostic tests paid for by Medicare were improperly conducted. Plaintiff also asserts that defendants have failed to pay withholding taxes, dismissed her for complaining about the improprieties, and owe her back wages.
The Qui Tam statute permits a party discovering fraud against the United States as defined in 31 U.S.C. § 3729 to bring the matter to the…
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