Recoveries in Fiscal Year ’19 Fall Just Short of Last Year’s Total Despite Large Q4 Recoveries
The final quarter of the federal government’s fiscal year 2019 was the most successful of the year for the Department of Justice in terms of False Claims Act recoveries, with DOJ netting nearly $742 million from 46 settlements in Q4. However, this amount falls well short of the $1.4 billion DOJ recovered in this same period last year and was not enough to push this fiscal year’s total over last year’s recoveries. By our count, DOJ collected $2.68 billion in FY2019, $200 million less than its FY2018 recoveries and the lowest amount recovered since 2009.
