SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated - UNH

NEW YORK, Feb. 20, 2017

The investigation concerns whether UnitedHealth and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices. 

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On February 16, 2017, at the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a False Claims Act lawsuit against UnitedHealth was made public.  According to the complaint, filed in 2011 under seal, UnitedHealth and other insurers had participated in a scheme to overcharge Medicare by "hundreds of millions — and likely billions — of dollars" for more than a decade.  

On this news, UnitedHealth's share price fell $6.03, or 3.68%, to close at $157.62 on February 17, 2017.

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Robert S. Willoughby
Pomerantz LLP
rswilloughby@pomlaw.com