Category: Qui Tam

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Five-Year-Old Case Settles Defendant Sold Allegedly Faulty Defibrillators Manufacture Allegedly Made False Statements To FDA The submission of fraudulent claims for reimbursement under government healthcare programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, VA and health programs covering government workers like TRICARE, constitute the largest form of fraud against the federal […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Court Denies Summary Judgment For Defendants Private Equity Group’s Possible Liability For Portfolio Company Acts Positive Result For Whistleblowers Healthcare fraud is the largest kind of fraud against the government.  Increasingly, healthcare providers are owned by private equity groups.  The companies owned by private equity groups are often […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Hospice Certifications And False Claims Blowing The Whistle On False Certifications Medicare Reimbursement For Ineligible Patients Hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, labs, drug and medical device manufacturers and physicians groups are each healthcare businesses that may defraud the government particularly for Medicare or Medicaid reimbursement for their services […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Individual Blows Whistle on Illegal Kickback Scheme Kickbacks Allegedly Included Foreign Vacations, Lavish Meals And Entertainment Individual To Receive Share Of Reward Private whistleblower suits (known as qui tam cases) under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., are hands down the primary tool […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Software Developer’s Allegedly Illegal Kickback Scheme Fraudulent Incentive Payments Under Medicare Alleged Individual Whistleblower Will Receive $800,000  Private whistleblower suits (known as qui tam cases) under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., generate rewards for those individuals who bring the qui tam cases […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Case Alleged False Certification For Goods Supplier Allegedly Disguised Source Of Products Relators Will Receive $952,000 Reward Federal government contracts whether for goods or services are typically subject to very specific requirements and regulations. This is particularly true for defense contracts or U.S. government contracts with […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Three Large Recoveries Under False Claims Act Cases Brought By Individual Citizens As Whistleblowers Whistleblowers Rewarded  Three recent settlements[1] announced by the Department of Justice (DOJ) show how effective private whistleblower suits (known as qui tam cases) under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER IRS Loses $1 Trillion Every Year To Tax Cheats Individual Whistleblowers Rewarded When IRS Recovers Protection From Employer Retaliation Charles Rettig, Commission of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), reported this Spring that the United States is losing approximately $ 1 trillion in unpaid taxes every year.  This so-called […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER SEC Has Rewarded More Than $928 Million To Whistleblowers 166 Individuals Have Received Rewards Whistleblowers Remain Anonymous And Confidential The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”), Pub. L. 111-203, created the Whistleblower Office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2010 to encourage […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations of Illegal Kickbacks To Physicians Illegal Referrals To Nursing Homes Alleged Former Executive Brings Suit The False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., allows private citizens with information of fraud against the federal government to bring cases (known as qui tam actions) against businesses […]