Category: Qui Tam

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Oversees Options Trading CFTC Finds Broker Defrauded 25,000 Customers  Fines Broker Over $13.8 Million The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on October 13, 2020 rdered a broker to pay over $13.8 million[1] in restitution, disgorged profits and civil penalties as the result of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Fraudulent Billing Under Medicaid  Dental Group Allegedly Billed For Work Never Performed Reward For Individual Who Blew Whistle False billing of the government for any work or services constitutes a violation of the False Claims Act (“FCA”).  Services paid for by the government include medical and dental services […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Illegal Physician Referral Kickbacks Violations of Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law and False Claims Act  Former Hospital Official Blows Whistle on Violations Hospital kickbacks to physicians for patient referrals are illegal, and when the patients are covered by Medicare or other government payment programs, these kickbacks constitute fraud against […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Payments For Unproductive Work Contractors Settle False Claims Suit for $58 Million Blowing The Whistle On Improper Billing Improper billing by government contractors and service providers costs taxpayers millions of dollars every year.  Individuals with information about improper billing of the government may have grounds for bringing […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Polices Bitcoin Trading Enforcement Action Charges Broker With False Representations  Customers Lose $7.4 Million In Bitcoin Investments On October 2, 2020, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ordered a broker to pay $7.4 million[1] in restitution to two investors for making fraudulent representations […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER New SEC Rules Favor Whistleblowers Over $500 Million Has Been Rewarded To Whistleblowers Whistleblowers Help SEC Recover Over $2.5 Billion Recently, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced several rule changes expanding the rewards rules for persons who blow the whistle to the SEC on securities fraud.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Regional Hospital Accused Of Illegal Kickbacks To Physicians Physicians Referring Patients Received Back Investment Units In The Hospital Physician Whistleblower Will Receive Reward Hospitals and clinics violate the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733, and the Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b, when they pay illegal […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Expanding Protections Against Employer Retaliation Extending Time To Bring Suit Attorneys’ Fees Now Recoverable California labor law has long protected individuals from retaliation by the employers for blowing the whistle on wrongful conduct by the employer.  See, e.g., Cal. Lab. Code §§ 98.6 and 1102.5; Cal. Gov’t Code […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Issues Massive Order Hundreds Of Thousands Of Illegal Trades In Precious Metals And Futures Insiders Rewarded For Assisting Enforcement On September 29, 2020, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a massive $920 million settlement of a case[1] involving hundreds of thousands of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of Evading Import Duties  Knowing Falsifications On Customs Declarations Misrepresentations And Evasion Constitute False Claims The False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq. reaches to any kind of fraud against the government for payments made by the government based on false claims or to […]