Category: Qui Tam

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Taxpayer First Act What Conduct Is Protected What Remedies Are Available To Whistleblowers Individuals with credible information of tax fraud, such as offshore tax avoidance, begin a whistleblower case by submitting an application to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).  The whistleblower’s identity is kept confidential by the IRS […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Act Whistleblower Protections Who And What Is Protected? What Acts Of Retaliation Are Prohibited And What Are An Employee’s Remedies? The False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., protects employees, contractors, and agents who engage in protected activity from retaliation in the form of their […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of Kickbacks To Physicians For Drug Purchases Allegedly Paid Cash Bonuses To Physicians Realtors Will Share $2.6 Million Reward Kickbacks paid by drug manufacturers or distributors and pharmacies to physicians for prescribing drugs are against the law.  Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b. When the drugs are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Largest Total Since 2014 Health Care Fraud Is Leading Source Of Judgments And Recoveries 598 Qui Tam Suits Filed In 2021 The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) obtained more than $5.6 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblower Awards Increasing IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act of 2021 Important 2021 Tax Court Whistleblower Decisions In 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Program did not draw the same attention as other whistleblower reward programs. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Whistleblower Program made headlines for awarding over $500 million […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Misrepresentations Regarding Prescription Shoes Government Alleges Five Years Of False Claims For Payment Former Employee Whistleblower Will Receive Share Of Settlement Private individuals bringing suits under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., recover billions of dollars every year for the government against […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Submitting An Application To The IRS Process For Evaluating Whistleblower Claims How Whistleblower Rewards Are Paid Persons with credible information of large tax fraud begin a whistleblower case by submitting an application to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) describing the fraud, how you learned about it, and what […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER What Kinds Of Fraud Does The IRS Target? Off-Shore Tax Avoidance Is A Primary IRS Target How An IRS Whistleblower Case Begins The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) pays rewards to individuals who blow the whistle on corporations and individuals who commit tax fraud.  I.R.C. § 7623(b).  Rewards generally […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of Unauthorized Prescriptions Allegedly Misleading Statements Of Drug’s Effectiveness Former Employee Whistleblower Will Receive $200,000 Reward Health care fraud costs taxpayers billions of dollars every year.  Much of that fraud comes under the government’s Medicare and Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California programs, including payments for medications that are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Changes To IRS Whistleblower Program Targeting Off-Shore Tax Avoidance Rewards Increasing  The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rewards people who blow the whistle on corporations and individuals who fail to pay the tax that they owe.  I.R.C. § 7623(b).  The award percentage depends on several factors, but generally falls […]