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Company: Stericycle, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Waste Management Inc.
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Penalty: $26,750,000
Year: 2015
Date: October 30, 2015
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Federal Contractor Abuses
Violation Description: Stericycle agreed to pay $26.75 million to a group of states and the federal government to settle allegations of overcharging public entities in its medical waste disposal contracts.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: waste management and environmental services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: waste management
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