Category: Whisteblower

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations of False Marketing Tactics Unapproved Systems For Pediatric Care Case Brought By Employees False claims for reimbursement under government-sponsored health care programs may violate both federal law (when the claims are submitted to Medicare and other federal programs) and State law (when the claims are submitted to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations of Six-Year Fraud Against Medicare And Other Government Programs Whistleblower Alleged Illegal Inducements And Unnecessary Inpatient Admissions Former Patient Advocate Blew The Whistle The federal Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b, prohibits offering, soliciting, or receiving any remuneration to induce referrals for medical services or procedures, including […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Fraudulent Postal Service Contracts By Former Employees of Airline Allegations of False Delivery Scans Employees Hid Actual Data From Government Federal government contracts are almost always subject to very specific requirements and regulations. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) contracts out domestic and international delivery services and those […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Leaking Non-Public Information And Insider Trading  Special Access Employees May Not Disclose Non-Public Information CFTC Targets Unauthorized Disclosures As Fraud The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) polices the options and commodities markets in the U.S.   The 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), Pub. L. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Rewards for Blowing Whistle On Commodities Trading Fraud Commodity Futures Trading Commission Issues Whistleblower Alert On Spoofing Spoofing And Other Commodities Trading Fraud The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) saw a 126% increase in whistleblower tips during 2020. The 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Former Employee Blows Whistle On Telemedicine Fraud  Criminal And Civil Prosecution Of Wrongdoers Defendants Allegedly Submitted $400 Million In False Claims  The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced that the owner of a medical device maker has agreed to resolve criminal charges and civil claims arising out of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations of Unlawful Kickbacks Free Trips to Golf Tournaments and the Kentucky Derby Whistleblowers Will Receive Share of Settlement In order to protect all of us from medical services or care procured by health care providers paying kickbacks for referrals, federal law prohibits such conduct.  See Anti-Kickback Statute, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Overcharges on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Contracts Former Defense Contractor Executive Blows Whistle Set To Receive $4.625 Million As Reward Knowingly overcharging the government for goods and services can be a violation of federal and State law depending on which level of government has been defrauded.  See federal False […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cardiology Practice Allegedly Failed To File Required Reports Former Employee Blew Whistle On The Violations Case Settles For $500,000 And Whistleblower Rewarded Anytime a healthcare provider submits a claim to the government for reimbursement under Medicare, Medicaid, or any other government-sponsored healthcare program, the provider must comply with […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unallowable Time Charged To Government Four Workers Blow Whistle On The Fraudulent Charges  Whistleblowers Share $13.75 Million Reward Under both the federal False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq. and the California False Claims Act, Cal. Gov’t Code §§ 12650 et seq., the federal or […]