False Claims Act Recoveries, Broken Down by Year and Number of Whistleblower-Initiated Cases

The Department of Justice on Feb. 7 announced more than $2.2 billion in False Claims Act settlements and judgments in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2022.[1]

Oct. 1, 1986 - Sept. 30, 2022, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice

FY

NEW MATTERS[2]

SETTLEMENTS AND JUDGMENTS[3]

RELATOR SHARE AWARDS[4]

NON QUI TAM

QUI TAM

NON[5] QUI TAM

QUI TAM

TOTAL QUI TAM AND NON QUI TAM

WHERE U.S. INTERVENED OR OTHERWISE PURSUED

WHERE U.S. DECLINED

TOTAL

TOTAL

WHERE U.S. INTERVENED OR OTHERWISE PURSUED

WHERE U.S. DECLINED

TOTAL

1987

12

3

11,361,826

0

0

0

11,361,826

0

0

0

1988

5

7

2,182,675

355,000

0

355,000

2,537,675

88,750

0

88,750

1989

19

16

350,460

5,099,661

0

5,099,661

5,450,121

50,000

0

50,000

1990

27

11

10,327,500

903,158

0

903,158

11,230,658

119,474

0

119,474

1991

19

12

8,670,735

5,420,000

0

5,420,000

14,090,735

861,401

0

861,401

1992

26

15

9,821,640

2,192,478

0

2,192,478

12,014,118

446,648

0

446,648

1993

22

38

12,523,165

151,760,404

0

151,760,404

164,283,569

22,946,101

0

22,946,101

1994

42

75

381,470,015

6,280,815

240,000

6,520,815

387,990,830

1,113,597

72,000

1,185,597

1995

26

87

96,290,779

84,061,789

1,620,000

85,681,789

181,972,568

14,337,982

465,800

14,803,782

1996

20

177

63,059,873

49,236,698

2,340,000

51,576,698

114,636,572

8,707,168

667,400

9,374,568

1997

48

269

351,440,027

578,987,081

92,500

579,079,581

930,519,608

58,852,605

20,250

58,872,855

1998

35

276

40,107,920

251,824,167

2,526,075

254,350,242

294,458,162

46,863,357

187,015

47,050,372

1999

28

315

88,000,792

396,402,128

1,366,699

397,768,827

485,769,619

45,174,556

317,829

45,492,385

2000

35

212

208,899,015

723,152,746

333,457

723,486,203

932,385,218

115,397,403

87,343

115,484,746

2001

34

181

435,849,179

931,262,922

14,991,554

946,254,475

1,382,103,654

143,904,700

3,735,500

147,640,200

2002

22

194

74,454,427

937,841,186

23,407,571

961,248,757

1,035,703,184

150,280,717

4,008,686

154,289,403

2003

27

215

541,929,810

1,304,920,314

2,880,785

1,307,801,099

1,849,730,909

284,074,368

722,233

284,796,601

2004

28

273

34,816,447

470,335,081

5,775,062

476,110,142

510,926,589

95,920,149

1,625,129

97,545,278

2005

35

270

204,821,548

906,656,836

6,671,593

913,328,429

1,118,149,977

120,989,298

1,900,095

122,889,393

2006

19

216

1,050,520,714

1,227,114,221

16,229,540

1,243,343,761

2,293,864,475

163,167,984

3,921,996

167,089,981

2007

30

199

465,052,993

929,615,846

152,456,640

1,082,072,486

1,547,125,480

157,860,623

2,497,177

160,357,799

2008

64

231

162,972,022

1,005,797,375

6,852,571

1,012,649,946

1,175,621,969

192,433,605

1,522,164

193,955,770

2009

36

279

240,061,424

1,368,411,522

30,283,452

1,398,694,974

1,638,756,398

155,440,550

8,669,822

164,110,372

2010

42

385

549,097,732

1,955,805,336

16,366,232

1,972,171,568

2,521,269,301

335,084,132

4,639,804

339,723,936

2011

42

417

178,287,545

2,183,142,674

88,291,393

2,271,434,067

2,449,721,612

446,890,505

24,055,563

470,946,068

2012

31

417

561,373,967

2,580,255,899

37,838,668

2,618,094,567

3,179,468,534

296,518,575

10,598,793

307,117,368

2013

30

504

61,354,329

2,573,568,951

122,854,972

2,696,423,924

2,757,778,253

474,900,353

29,569,605

504,469,958

2014

34

471

89,054,490

2,282,799,137

75,322,326

2,358,121,462

2,447,175,952

385,057,130

13,397,186

398,454,316

2015

27

426

160,758,915

1,492,103,005

477,123,065

1,969,226,070

2,129,984,985

272,916,832

133,278,440

406,195,271

2016

96

504

97,354,415

2,552,466,698

75,145,688

2,627,612,387

2,724,966,802

464,489,816

20,481,847

484,971,663

2017

71

495

32,627,357

1,668,286,326

446,222,506

2,114,508,832

2,147,136,189

301,070,938

123,637,553

424,708,490

2018

61

448

568,069,015

1,871,758,567

172,958,622

2,044,717,189

2,612,786,204

286,640,878

27,091,647

313,732,524

2019

59

449

700,838,735

1,623,696,829

284,329,091

1,908,025,920

2,608,864,654

231,928,954

69,026,440

300,955,394

2020

122

459

402,745,794

1,295,390,759

180,079,049

1,475,469,808

1,878,215,602

230,136,355

48,094,625

278,230,979

2021

102

389

3,591,166,587

1,074,269,163

454,044,509

1,528,313,672

5,119,480,259

168,559,467

54,937,327

223,496,794

2022

93

371

106,369,498

641,697,050

1,013,116,617

1,654,813,666

1,761,183,164

115,525,911

296,535,477

412,061,388

TOTAL

1,469

9,306

11,594,083,366

35,132,871,824

3,711,760,235

38,844,632,059

50,438,715,425

5,788,750,879

885,764,744

6,674,515,623

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