Mealey's (May 15, 2023, 1:38 PM EDT) -- ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Minnesota federal judge on May 12 entered a $487,048,705.13 judgement for treble damages and penalties to a whistleblower and the U.S. government after a jury awarded them more than $43 million in their suit against an ophthalmic supply company and its owner for violations of the False Claims Act (FCA) and Anti-Kickback Statute related to kickbacks paid to eye surgeons to use the company’s products for cataract surgeries paid for by Medicare....