The revelations led to several lawsuits against the phone companies that cooperated with the program by people who suspect they were targets of the wiretaps.

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Gallen, Switzerland, said in a statement at the time of the plea that it had cooperated with the probe "within the bounds allowed for by Swiss law" since learning that it was under U.S. investigation.

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For the hospital, rather than merely being an alleged victim of the crimes charged (and, by all appearances, a victim that fully cooperated with the government), it is now a victim that the government has also labeled as a RICO enterprise.

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"Nationwide is fully aware of the issues currently under investigation by the Alabama Securities Commission and the Attorney General and has fully cooperated with regulators regarding this matter, and will continue to do so, " the insurer said in a written statement.

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