Johnson & Johnson, Antitrust Violations, Massachusetts 2023

Boston, MA – Johnson & Johnson, DePuy Synthes, Inc. and DePuy Synthes Sales, Inc. have agreed to pay $9.75 million to resolve Anti-Kickback Statute violations, announced Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts recovered more than $90 million in Fiscal Year 2023, including $42,233,999 in criminal actions and $25,730,882 in civil actions.

The Office also recovered another $22,451,124 in criminal and civil forfeiture proceedings in Fiscal Year 2023.

Through work that involved other U.S. Attorney’s Offices, components of the Department of Justice and whistleblowers, the District of Massachusetts collected an additional $918,412,292. Of this amount, the Office collected $29,621 in criminal actions and $918,382,671 in civil actions.

“Our Office is committed to restoring funds to victims of crime and depriving criminals of their ill-gotten gains. Our civil and criminal prosecutors work in close coordination from the outset of an investigation to identify, trace and seize assets to accomplish those important goals. In addition, we have a long history of success in recovering taxpayer dollars in False Claims Act cases. These cases protect the public and root out fraud against the United States in health care, government contracting, grants and other government expenditures. We will continue to make these important collection efforts a very high priority,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Levy.

The Asset Recovery Unit, located within the U.S. Attorney’s Office, was responsible for the collection of over $41 million in restitution for crime victims in Fiscal Year 2023.

In addition to monetary recoveries, the Asset Recovery Unit: led the effort to return a stolen manuscript from 1527 signed by Hernando Cortez to the Mexican National Archives; returned stolen marksmanship medals to the Springfield Armory; and filed five civil complaints to forfeit cryptocurrency traceable to fraud schemes involving Massachusetts victims.

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