Category: Whistleblower

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Rewards Whistleblowers Commission Targets Fraudulent Trading Schemes Insider Rewarded $9 Million For Information Commodities and futures trading constitute an enormous financial marketplace and wherever hundreds of billions of dollars trade hands every year, there’s bound to be fraud. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Senator Grassley Proposes Amendments  Strengthening The False Claims Act  Private Citizens Recover Billions For Government The False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733, imposes liability on persons and companies who defraud the government and rewards individuals who help the government recover money lost as a result of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Overbilling Government Programs For Services Not Provided  Falsifying Program Certifications  Employees, Directors and Other Insiders Bring Fraud To Light Healthcare fraud costs the nation an estimated $68 billion annually, much of that cost ultimately hitting taxpayers through false claims against Medicare and Medicaid (known as Medi-Cal here in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Falsified PPP Loan Applications Small Business Administration Targets Ineligible Recipients  PPP Small Business Loan Fraud 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 government programs (like Medicare and Medicaid) or false […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Illegal Kickbacks For Prescribing Medications Whistleblower Rewarded For Blowing Whistle Kickbacks for prescriptions violate the Anti-Kickback Statute, and, when the government is paying for the services, the False Claims Act. 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b (Anti-Kickback Statute); 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq. (False Claims Act). The government rewards […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER  California False Claims Act Rewards Whistleblowers  Expanding The Act To Tax Fraud Legislation Approved By The State Assembly On June 10, the California State Assembly approved AB 2570, legislation sponsored by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, seeking substantial expansion of the California False Claims Act (CFCA). Among other […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities and Exchange Commission Rewards Whistleblowers Any Securities Fraud Can Be The Basis of a Whistleblower Case Reporting Domestic And Offshore Securities Fraud On June 4, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded $50 million to an individual who provided detailed, firsthand observations of misconduct by […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Disagreement Over Government’s Power To Dismiss Senator Grassley Speaks Out Again Since early 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has actively sought to dismiss dozens of cases brought by whistleblowers under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq. Senator Chuck Grassley (R.-Iowa), a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Contractors May Defraud The Government Whistleblowers Rewarded For Blowing Whistle Contractors who defraud the government in connection with federally funded construction projects or other government orders for work projects or goods violate the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq. (FCA). Private citizens who report […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Charging The Government For Unnecessary Medical Tests Whistleblowers Rewarded For Blowing Whistle Health care providers defraud the government when they submit bills under Medicare, Medicaid and other government-backed programs for unnecessary medical tests and procedures. Private citizens who bring such fraud to light are rewarded under the False […]