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The Wall Street Journal reported that The Justice Department recouped $3 billion for the federal treasury in the most recent fiscal year from civil suits, most brought against companies alleged to have defrauded the government, the department said Monday.

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The recoveries were up 25% from the $2.4 billion collected the previous year.

Civil settlements and court judgments in health-care fraud cases accounted for a record $2.5 billion in the year, the department said. It is unclear whether health-care fraud is on the rise, or whether the sums recovered are a result of a tougher enforcement stance that dates to the end of the Bush administration, said Tony West, assistant attorney general for the Civil Division.

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Lawsuits Bring in $3 Billion for U.S.

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