Category: False Claims

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Wants Whistleblower Help Commission Issues Large Reward Information Can Lead To Investigation Even If Not Exact The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on December 19 it will award more than $1 million to a whistleblower whose tip helped expose a scheme that […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Blowing the Whistle on Bank Fraud Fraud Under The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 How To Report Bank Fraud The government rewards whistleblowers who aid prosecutors in going after fraud. A number of agencies maintain whistleblower programs but when the fraud is related to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblowers May Uncover Violations of Numerous Laws Large Verdict Under FIRREA, Federal Banking Laws and False Claims Act The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (“FIRREA”) and the Federal Claims Act (“FCA”) both offer rewards to whistleblowers with original information about certain fraudulent conduct by […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Announces $41.6 Million Settlement In Healthcare Kickbacks Case Whistleblowers Rewarded $10 Million The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in a recent press release that a large diagnostic laboratory has agreed to pay the U.S. $41.6 million in settlement fees, in addition to an exclusion period preventing […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Fraud Alleged in Large Military Procurement Programs Allegations of Forged Invoices, Inflated Prices, and Misleading Data A False Claims Act (FCA) whistleblower lawsuit[1] unsealed this week alleges a large truck manufacturer defrauded the US government of at least $1.28 billion by forging invoices, catalog prices and other data […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Act Case Alleging False Grant Requests Large Settlement and Whistleblower/Relator Award Under the False Claims Act (FCA), the federal government rewards whistleblowers who present credible, original information of false claims made to government agencies for payments and reimbursements. The cases are known as qui tam cases […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Office Depot California False Claims Settlement Still In The News Former Employee Blew The Whistle $23.5 Million Whistleblower Reward Back in 2015, Office Depot settled a California False Claims Act (CFCA) whistleblower case[1] that alleged Office Depot overcharged state agencies for school supplies and other products.  The case […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Illegal Kickbacks and Payments for Patient Referrals The Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act Suit Large Whistleblower Reward The FBI estimates that fraud under the federal government’s Medicare and Medicaid programs amounts to $75 billion to $250 billion every year. Each year, individual whistleblowers help the government recoup […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Illegal Kickbacks and Referrals: Cash, Trips, Gifts, And Free Equipment The Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act Suit The FBI estimates that fraud under the federal government’s Medicare and Medicaid programs amounts to $75 billion to $250 billion every year. Each year, individual whistleblowers help the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Parties Settle Whistleblower Suits Alleging Drug Misrepresentations Federal and Multi-State Suboxone Qui Tam Suits Settle for $700 Million A large pharmaceutical distributor has settled six whistleblower suits[1] alleging the distributor made certain false and misleading claims in connection with the sale of the drug Suboxone here in the […]