Category: Qui Tam

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Announces $48 Million Settlement In Healthcare Fraud Case Former Employees Blew The Whistle On The Fraud Whistleblowers Rewarded $12.4 Million The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reported earlier this month that Encompass Health Corporation, formerly known as HealthSouth Corporation, has agreed to pay $48 million to resolve […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Wants Whistleblower Help Commission Issues $2 Million Reward On July 1, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a whistleblower award of $2 million to two whistleblowers who blew the whistle on violations of commodities trading regulations.[1] The CFTC is the government agency […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Against the Federal Government Whistleblowers Rewarded for Helping Government Recover Billions With help from employee or other insider whistleblowers, the government has recovered billions of dollars from companies involved in Medicare and Medicaid fraud, other financial fraud, flawed or unapproved pharmaceutical products, tax fraud, government contract fraud, physician/hospital kickbacks […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Taxpayer First Act Helps Whistleblowers New Privacy Safeguards, Quicker Response Time, and Protections Against Retaliation The House and Senate acted this month to strengthen the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Whistleblower Program and help whistleblowers who bring forth evidence of taxpayer fraud. The Taxpayer First Act (TFA), which the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Against the Federal Government Private Whistleblowers May Have Up To Ten Years To Report Fraud The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that private persons in some situations may have up to 10 years from an alleged fraud against the government to file a whistleblower (also known […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Wants Whistleblower Help Commission Issues $1.5 Million Reward Recently, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a whistleblower award of $1.5 million to a whistleblower who blew the whistle on violation of commodities trading regulations.[1] The CFTC is the government agency that oversees commodities […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Act Cases Against Healthcare Industry Big Cases and Big Rewards 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 and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Blowing the Whistle on Bank Fraud How the Process Works 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 banks and other federally insured financial institutions, the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities and Exchange Commission Pays Out Millions in Whistleblower Awards Fiscal Year 2018 was a record-breaking year for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) whistleblower program, both in amounts recovered and rewards to whistleblowers. In fact, the SEC awarded more dollars in 2018 ($168 million) to whistleblowers […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Act Cases and Alternate Remedies Whistleblowers/Relators Can Share in Criminal Forfeitures 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 […]