Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Sarafoglou v. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 12, 2006No. 03 Civ. 6761(DC)PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHIN, District Judge.
In September 2003, plaintiff Kyriakie Sarafoglou brought a qui tam action on behalf of the United States, alleging, inter alia, that defendants violated the False Claims Act (the “FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., by (1) submitting false claims to obtain federal research funds, and (2) retaliating against her when she expressed concerns to her supervisors about the false claims. After two years of investigating the allegations, the United States partially intervened in the case in June 2005.
At the same time that the United States decided to intervene, it also…
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