A medical imaging company that shortchanged New York City and the state on taxes has agreed to pay $6.2 million under a whistleblower claim.
The settlement with Lantheus Medical Imaging resulted from a false claims act case and used a unique provision written by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman when he was a state senator. The federal government and 30 states have false claim acts that allow prosecutors and whistleblowers to take legal action against individuals and businesses that defraud the government. But only New York expressly includes tax fraud.
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