Financial, Real Estate Documents Relevant to Allegation Defendants Conspired to Avoid Paying Qui Tam Settlement; U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, Columbia Division No. 3:18-cv-02775-MBS, Catherine A. Schaefer M.D. v. Family Medicine Centers of South Carolina LLC, et al.

The district court granted the plaintiff’s motions to compel discovery, finding that the defendants’ internal communications, tax returns, and real estate transactions were relevant to allegations that the defendants conspired to misinform the government about their ability to pay a settlement resolving a qui tam case, and to hide assets so that they could avoid paying the lower amount to which they’d agreed.