Category: Qui Tam

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities and Exchange Commission Rewards Whistleblowers Any Securities Fraud Can Be The Basis of a Whistleblower Case Federal Law Protects You From Employer Retaliation Last month, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced two whistleblower awards in connection with two separate enforcement actions.[1]  Both whistleblowers provided significant […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Wants Whistleblower Help Individuals May Submit Reward Claims Information Can Lead To Investigation Even If Not Exact The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on January 27 that it settled fraud allegations against a commodity pool operator and its CEO for over $10 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER State False Claims Whistleblower Cases Whistleblowers Rewarded The State of California rewards whistleblowers who bring actions (known as qui tam actions) under the California False Claims Act (“CFCA”), Calif. Gov’t Code §§ 12650 et seq., for false claims made to the State of California for payments or other […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Rewards Blowing The Whistle On Healthcare Fraud Whistleblower Cases Under The False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute Under the False Claims Act (FCA), the federal government rewards whistleblowers who present credible information of false claims made to government agencies for payments and reimbursements. The fraud may violate […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Taxpayer First Act Helps Whistleblowers Protections Against Employer Retaliation Expanding The Disclosures Protected By Law Laws enacted within the last year enhanced the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) whistleblower program for accountants, tax professionals, and other insiders who blow the whistle on tax fraud. Whistleblower rewards rose too. Over […]

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 bank and wire fraud. The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (“FIRREA”) […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Taxpayer First Act Helps Whistleblowers New Protections Against Employer Retaliation Awards Exceeded $430 Million In Last Two Years Based on Fiscal Year 2019 figures just released, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) awarded more than $430 million in 2018-2019 to individual citizens who blew the whistle on tax fraud. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Billing, Overcharging, Upcoding And Other Healthcare Fraud Whistleblowers Rewarded For Blowing Whistle 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 billions under the False Claims […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California Insurance Fraud Whistleblower Cases Whistleblowers Rewarded The California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act (“CIFPA”) allows members of the public to file private whistleblower/qui tam suits against anyone who commits insurance fraud in the State of California.  Cal. Ins. Code § 1871.7.  There have been several large whistleblower settlements […]

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 […]