Category: Whisteblower

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Violations Of Anti-Kickback Statute And Stark Law Improper Financial Inducements For Referrals Physician Whistleblower Will Receive $3 Million Reward Federal law prohibits financial inducements for referrals by physicians and other health care providers for patient services.  See Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7(b), and Stark Law, 42 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of False Authorizations For Expensive Prescription Drug Alleged Kickbacks To Prescribing Physicians And Office Staff Former Employee To Receive $2.5 Million Reward The largest kind of fraud against the federal government occurs within the health care sector, primarily under government-sponsored programs like Medicare, Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California), […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER IRS Whistleblower Rewards Increasing Targeting Off-Shore Tax Avoidance Whistleblowers’ Estates Can Pursue Claims The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rewards people who blow the whistle on corporations who fail to pay the tax that they owe.  I.R.C. § 7623(b).  In fiscal year 2020, the IRS issued over $86 million […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of Excessive And Unnecessary Testing Physician Group Allegedly Overbilled For In-House Laboratory Two Former Office Staff Members Blew Whistle  Every year private individuals recoup more money for the government lost to fraud f than the government itself does. Last year alone, of the $2.1 billion recovered by […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Use Of Unapproved Components Failure To Disclose Product Modifications $855,728 Reward For Former Employee/Whistleblower Any knowing violation of the terms of a government contract may violate the False Claims Act.  See False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq.  Government contracts, particularly defense contracts, have very […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Alleged Higher Cost Rates Than Approved Contract Allegedly Contained Hidden Fees Former Employee Will Receive $157,220 Reward Contracts for work for the federal government or the State of California typically contain very precise provisions about the costs and fees to be charged under the contract. If a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER CFTC Announces Several Covered Actions Anonymous Tips From Whistleblower Start Cases Commodities and Futures Trading In 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), Pub. L. 111-203, established a whistleblower program within the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to encourage individuals with information of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Settlement Of Multiple False Claims Allegations Kickbacks, Overbilling For Suspended Provider Services And Devices Former Executive Brought Case Individuals with information of fraudulent claims for reimbursement for health care services from the government can bring actions on behalf of the government to recover the money paid out on […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Retaliation Takes Serious Toll On Whistleblowers  Potent Remedies In Whistleblower Protection Laws Burden Of Proof And Damages All too often, whistleblowers who disclose fraud to their employers, law enforcement, or government agencies suffer retaliation by their employers.  Whistleblower retaliation takes a serious toll on whistleblowers and their families […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER SEC Whistleblower Awards Now Over $ 1 Billion Two Whistleblowers Awarded $114 Million For Assisting Investigation SEC Has Awarded Over 200 Individual Whistleblowers  Assistance and information from whistleblowers who know of possible securities law violations are among the most powerful weapons in the law enforcement arsenal of the […]