Yearend 'Victory' lap: DOJ snares 2 drug makers in kickback schemes

Drug makers paying out millions of dollars to resolve state and federal civil and criminal charges stemming from accusations from insider whistleblowers has become an almost routine occurrence in the US, with two more such cases settled with the Department of Justice (DOJ) in the past week – one even involving allegations of illegal kickbacks paid to a physician in the form of strip club "lap dances" for the doctor's employees in exchange for prescribing the company's medicine.