Category: Qui Tam

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Falsified PPP Loan Applications Small Business Administration Targets Ineligible Recipients  PPP Small Business Loan Fraud Under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., the federal government rewards whistleblowers who present credible information of false claims under government programs (like Medicare and Medicaid) or false […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER IRS Targets Offshore Tax Avoidance And Other Tax Evasion Schemes Billions Lost Every Year To Tax Fraud Whistleblowers Rewarded For Assistance Over the past several years, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has targeted offshore tax avoidance as perhaps the largest drain year after year on tax revenue. Corporations […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Rewards Whistleblowers Commission Targets Fraudulent Trading Schemes Even Participating Insiders Can Be Rewarded The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) rewards individuals who provide original information to the CFTC about fraudulent trading schemes in commodities like gold or other precious metal trading. On July […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California False Claims Act Rewards Whistleblowers Protections From Employer Retaliation Whistleblowers who blow the whistle on fraud against the State of California are entitled to rewards when the State recovers funds. Cal. Gov’t Code § 12652(g). California law also protects those individuals from employer retaliation. Cal. Gov’t Code […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Three Former Employees Blow Whistle On Alleged Overbilling Allegations Of Unnecessary Treatment Paid For By Medicare Whistleblowers To Share $3 Million Award Under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., the federal government rewards whistleblowers who present credible information of false claims for reimbursements […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities and Exchange Commission Rewards Whistleblower Under Dodd-Frank Whistleblower’s “Significant Information” Led To Recovery For Investors Dodd-Frank Awards Under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Whistleblower Program, securities fraud whistleblowers who report crimes that result in enforcement actions of $1 million or more can become eligible for […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Settlement Of Large Whistleblower Healthcare Fraud Suit  Costly Services Never Provided  Case Manager Brings Fraud To Light Under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., the federal government rewards whistleblowers who present credible information of false claims under Medicare and Medicaid. The California whistleblower […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Rewards Whistleblowers Commission Targets Fraudulent Trading Schemes CFTC Awards Climbing The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) rewards individuals who provide original information to the CFTC about fraudulent trading schemes in futures, options, foreign currency, virtual currency and commodities like gold or other precious […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER $85 Million Nursing Home Medicare Fraud Jury Verdict Upheld $255 Million After Statutory Penalties And Trebling Whistleblower Prosecuted Case On Her Own The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit last month affirmed a jury verdict against a nursing home management company which found the company […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities and Exchange Commission Rewards Whistleblowers Any Securities Fraud Can Be The Basis of a Whistleblower Case Awards Under Dodd-Frank Act Growing In June, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded $50 million to an individual whistleblower who provided detailed, firsthand observations of misconduct by a company, […]