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The complaint states that Zyprexa is the largest selling atypical antipsychotic in the world and the most widely prescribed antipsychotic in the United States.

"West Virginia's Department of Health and Human Services has paid at least $70 million for Zyprexa in its Medicaid program since 1996," the complaint states.

It says studies have linked Zyprexa to diabetes since 1998.

It alleges that sales representatives misled and deceived doctors about the safety and the efficacy of Zyprexa.

It alleges that advertisements deceptively understated risks and overstated benefits.

It alleges that Lilly promoted "off label" prescriptions for anxiety, sleep disruption, mood swings, attention deficit hyperactivity and dementia.

As a result of these actions, according to McGraw, Lilly sold more Zyprexa than it would have sold if it had disclosed the risk of diabetes and other diseases.

"Lilly benefited from its misrepresentations and fraudulent conduct by gaining sales of Zyprexa at the expense of other, safe, effective drugs," the complaint states.

"The money paid by the State would not have been paid to Lilly except for its fraudulent conduct," it states.

McGraw seeks three times the amount of the alleged overpayments plus civil penalties, restitution, reimbursement and creation of a fund to pay for future medical care.

He also seeks reasonable attorney fees along with other costs and fees.

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The commonwealth ombudsman found immigration department officials could have found out the Vietnam-born Australian citizen's identity when he was first detained if they had taken his fingerprints.

Instead, the 45-year-old man known only as Mr T was locked up in Sydney's Villawood detention centre three times between 1999 and 2003 - at one stage for eight months.

Senator Vanstone said her department had written to apologise to Mr T, but she felt that was not enough and sent her own apology.

"I felt he needed to have the government view conveyed to him by the minister," she said.

"And that was of very serious concern, regret and apology." Commonwealth ombudsman John McMillan outlined Mr T's case in a report cataloguing a string of mistakes by the department.

The investigation was sparked by the cases of Cornelia Rau and Vivian Alvarez, both of whom were wrongly presumed by immigration officials to be in the country illegally.

Ms Rau, a mentally ill Australian resident, was held in immigration detention for 10 months while Ms Alvarez, an Australian citizen, was deported to the Philippines.

Professor McMillan said Mr T's fingerprints had been on a police database since he was arrested for stealing in 1985, but immigration officers had failed to check that source.

"It is alarming," Professor McMillan said.

"The fact that readily available identification means like that weren't used for months and months is ...

...ba href=/schizophrenia/a/b who was locked up in Villawood detention centre three times.

The Commonwealth ombudsman found immigration department officials could have found out the Vietnam-born Australian citizen's identity when he was first detained if they had taken his fingerprints.

Instead, the 45-year-old man known only as Mr T was locked up in Sydney's Villawood detention centre three times between 1999 and 2003 - at one stage for eight months.

Senator Vanstone said her department had written to apologise to Mr T, but she felt that was not enough and sent her own apology.

"I felt he needed to have the government view conveyed to him by the minister," she said.

"And that was of very serious concern, regret and apology." Commonwealth ombudsman John McMillan outlined Mr T's case in a report cataloguing a string of mistakes by the department.

The investigation was sparked by the cases of Cornelia Rau and Vivian Alvarez, both of whom were wrongly presumed by immigration officials to be in the country illegally.

Ms Rau, a mentally ill Australian resident, was held in immigration detention for 10 months while Ms Alvarez, an Australian citizen, was deported to the Philippines.

Prof McMillan said Mr T's fingerprints had been on a police database since he was arrested for stealing in 1985, but immigration officers had failed to check that source.

"It is alarming," Prof McMillan told AAP.

"The fact that readily available identification means like that weren't used for months and months is distur...