Category: Whisteblower

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities and Exchange Commission Pays Out Millions in Whistleblower Awards Whistleblower information about securities law violations can result in big rewards for the whistleblower when the whistleblower brings the information to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The information must be original and cannot be derived from publicly […]

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 Settlement in Whistleblower Case Against Network Security Company The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced a settlement in a False Claims Act whistleblower case against Silicon Valley network security provider Fortinet. [1]   The government settled the case for a deal worth $545,000.  The Sunnyvale-based company agreed to pay […]

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 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 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Internal Revenue Service Rewards Whistleblowers Over $312 Million in IRS Whistleblower Rewards Paid Out in 2018 IRS Targets Offshore Tax Avoidance Last year the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) created a task force of agents dedicated exclusively to international tax enforcement as part of the IRS criminal investigations unit. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities and Exchange Commission Pays Out Millions in Whistleblower Awards Whistleblower information about securities law violations can result in big rewards for the whistleblower when the whistleblower brings the information to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Since 2011, the SEC has paid out hundreds of millions of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Internal Revenue Service Rewards Whistleblowers Offshore Tax Avoidance Schemes Targeted The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rewards people who provide credible information to the IRS regarding tax scams including tax avoidance through the use of offshore accounts and companies. The IRS aggressively pursues taxpayers who use offshore tax avoidance […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Healthcare Fraud on the Government The Three Pillars of Government Enforcement and Prevention Whistleblowers Rewarded Healthcare fraud against Medicare and other government health care programs amounts to billions of dollars every year. Whistleblowers initiate the majority of enforcement and recovery actions and typically bring their cases under three […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Important False Claims Act Case for Sales of Defective Drugs Will the Department of Justice Put Public Health and Safety at Risk? Last year, the Ninth Circuit reinstated all claims of a whistleblower (also called a “relator”) brought under the federal False Claims Act (FCA) against the large […]