Feds Say Spine Device Firm Ran $8M Kickback Scam

By Brian Dowling · March 5, 2020, 5:52 PM EST

A medical device company greased the palms of surgeons to use its spinal products with more than $8 million of kickbacks in the form of sham consulting contracts, the government alleges...

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Documents

Complaint

Case Information

Case Title

United States of America et al v. SpineFrontier, Inc. et al

Case Number

Court

Massachusetts

Nature of Suit

Other Statutes: False Claims Act

Date Filed

July 15, 2015

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