Category: Whisteblower

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Extend Enforcement Actions Fraudulent Trading Schemes May Violate Bank Secrecy Laws  Insiders Rewarded For Assistance And Information The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) polices the commodities and futures markets and have extended their policing power to enforcing bank secrecy laws that commodities brokers […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Private Citizens Brings Suit For Alleged Overbilling False Claims For Medicare Payments Case Settles For $117 Million Under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., private citizens can bring suits on behalf of the United States government to recover […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER One Individual Exposed Large-Scale Healthcare Fraud Employees And Other Insiders Can Blow Whistle On Fraud Salesman Brings Massive Kickback Fraud To Light Healthcare fraud is the largest single category of fraud against the federal government year in and year out. Employees, case managers, nurses, physicians, salespeople, directors and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Settlement Of Large Whistleblower Healthcare Fraud Suit Kickbacks For Medical Services Referrals Former Employee Brings Fraud To Light Healthcare fraud against government programs costs billions and individual citizens help the government recoup large amounts lost to this fraud. Under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Settlement Of Large Whistleblower Healthcare Fraud Suit Kickbacks And Illegal Referrals To Related Providers Individual Whistleblower 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. […]

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 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 […]