Criminal investigators search Siemens office

April 23, 2009 Diagnostic Imaging. Criminal investigators search Siemens office By Greg Freiherr Investigators from the U.S. Department of Defense executed a search warrant April 22 at the Malvern, PA, office of Siemens Medical Solutions USA, seeking evidence of wrongdoing associated with a government contract between the DoD and Siemens. The search focused on a single floor of one building on the Malvern campus, according to spokesperson Lance Longwell. Information about the specific contract being investigated was not publicly known. The Malvern office focuses on healthcare IT, having been the headquarters of Shared Medical Systems, which Siemens acquired eight years ago for $2.1 billion. At least one half of the floor involved in the investigation, however, includes staff who market Siemens medical imaging equipment, Longwell said. These personnel work on federal contracts.

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