Case library · edition of 1 November 2026
Fresno False Claims Act case library
Live dossiers, settlement records and dated comparators from the Eastern District of California
Four case records — Terpening, Peters, Mukker and Goswami — and a dated collection of regional civil comparators and adjacent criminal matters, each with its court, docket, Fresno connection, status label and latest verified event.
Fresno division · 1:19-cv-01699 · Discovery · sanctions undecided
Open →F2PetersSacramento division · 2:24-cv-00287 · Discovery · Rule 37(b) preclusion adopted
Open →F3MukkerFresno practice · 2024 agreement · Settled with specified facts accepted
Open →F4Goswami / California Pain ConsultantsFresno practice · 2024 agreement · Settled; contentions denied
Open →RRegional and criminal comparatorsEastern District of California · Dated historical records
Open →LThe False Claims Act in healthcareGoverning law · Statute, pleading, materiality, scienter, Stark, AKS
Open →What this library is for
Each record connects an entity to an act, the act to a claim, the claim to a governing payment rule, and the asserted violation to the state of the evidence — and then says what the record does not yet show. A procedural order is not proof of an allegation; a settlement is not a finding unless its terms say so; a criminal conviction is not a civil judgment. The status label on each record names the stage the matter has actually reached.
Stated by the operative instrument itself: a signed order, an executed agreement, a statute, an official opinion.
An identifiable public source that is not the operative instrument: a DOJ announcement, a docket summary, a reproduced text.
Reported by a party or index and confined to what the reporter says; the underlying document was not obtained.
KPSGILL analysis from timing, structure or omission — labeled, never promoted to fact.
A question the retrieved record does not answer; the document that would answer it is named.
The matters
| Matter | Docket / court | Fresno connection | Classification | Status label | Latest verified event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terpening | 1:19-cv-01699-JLT-HBK · E.D. Cal., Fresno | Fresno hospital system, physician groups and foundation | Civil FCA (qui tam) | DISCOVERY · SANCTIONS NOT DECIDED | ECF 102, Oct. 29, 2026 |
| Peters | 2:24-cv-00287-WBS-CKD · E.D. Cal., Sacramento | Two Fresno practice settlements tied to it by DOJ | Civil FCA (government action) | DISCOVERY · SANCTIONS ORDER | Production order, Aug. 4, 2026 |
| Mukker | Settlement (no separate docket stated) | Fresno podiatry corporation | Civil FCA settlement | SETTLED WITH SPECIFIED FACTS ACCEPTED | Announced Nov. 21, 2024 |
| Goswami / California Pain Consultants | Settlement (no separate docket stated) | Fresno pain-medicine corporation | Civil FCA settlement | SETTLED WITHOUT LIABILITY FINDING | Announced Nov. 21, 2024 |
| Nine regional comparators | E.D. Cal. | Fresno, Clovis, Bakersfield, Stockton, Oroville, Sacramento, Los Angeles conduct | Civil FCA settlements | SETTLED (dated, historical) | 2013–2026 |
| Two criminal matters | E.D. Cal. | Fresno; Bakersfield | Criminal — separate | CONVICTION · CHARGES | Apr. 13 and Sept. 30, 2026 |
"Latest verified event" is the latest document actually read, not a certification that no later docket entry exists. Selected published orders are not a complete docket.
How each record is built
- Court and division stated exactly — a Sacramento-division case is not relabeled a Fresno case.
- Entities named by their full legal names, kept distinct even where initials overlap.
- The payment mechanism identified: claim, cost report, reconciliation, invoice, or repayment obligation.
- Every amount labeled: principal, restitution within it, interest, relator's share out of it, separate fees.
- Admissions, accepted facts and denials quoted as the agreement states them.
- Future dates attributed to the order that set them, "subject to later orders."
The governing law is in The False Claims Act in healthcare; the broader Fresno history in The Fresno Files; whistleblower retaliation in Whistleblowing and retaliation.
Fresno and Eastern District False Claims Act library
- Fresno division · 1:19-cv-01699TerpeningDiscovery · sanctions undecided
- Sacramento division · 2:24-cv-00287PetersDiscovery · Rule 37(b) preclusion adopted
- Fresno practice · 2024 agreementMukkerSettled with specified facts accepted
- Fresno practice · 2024 agreementGoswami / California Pain ConsultantsSettled; contentions denied
- Eastern District of CaliforniaRegional and criminal comparatorsDated historical records
- Governing lawThe False Claims Act in healthcareStatute, pleading, materiality, scienter, Stark, AKS
Case library index · The Fresno Files · Healthcare enforcement investigation · Source ledger