Dec. 16 (UPI) -- The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has agreed to pay $15 million for allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by making false statements and certifications related to National Institutes of Health research grants.
"NIH has limited resources to support important research being conducted at institutions across the country," Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate of the Justice Department's Civil Division said in a statement.
"Today's settlement demonstrates that the Department of Justice will pursue grantees that undermine the integrity of federal funding decisions by failing to use research funds appropriately or by failing to abide by grant awards' terms and conditions."
As part of the settlement, Dana-Farber admitted that its researchers used funds from six NIH grants to conduct research that resulted in 14 publications in scientific journals containing misrepresented or duplicated images and data.
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