Category: Whistleblower Fraud

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Patient Discounts For Service Referrals $1.5 Million Settlement How Qui Tam Cases Begin Billions of dollars are lost to fraud against the government every year.  To combat this fraud, private citizens help the government recover billions every year from those submitting false claims for government payments.  To help, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Improper Claims For Payments Allegedly Submitted $7 Million Settlement Whistleblower To Receive Over $1.2 Million Reward Fraud against the government costs taxpayers billions every year and the majority of fraudulent claims submitted to the government for payment arise from the healthcare sector.  To combat this fraud, private citizens […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Formerly Employed Physician Blows Whistle Allegations Of Kickbacks And Unnecessary Testing Starting A False Claims Qui Tam Case Healthcare providers in the U.S., including hospitals and clinics, are subject to a number of statutes to prevent any fraudulent billing under government programs like Medicare and Medicaid.  One important […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER $4 Million Settlement Formerly Employed Physician Blows Whistle How Qui Tam Cases Work Healthcare providers in the U.S., including hospitals and clinics, are subject to a number of statutes to prevent any fraudulent billing under government programs like Medicare and Medicaid.  One important such law is the Anti-Kickback […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Competitor Blows Whistle Alleged False Statements To Procure Contracts Realtor Will Receive $1.35 Million Reward In Fiscal Year 2022, private citizens and businesses helped the government recover $1.9 billion in cases of fraud against the government.  The False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., allows individuals and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Paid Stipends And Gifts To Referring Physicians Extravagant Dinners, Expensive Gifts And Golf Trips Former Accounting Department Employee Blew Whistle The Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b (prohibits kickbacks for medical services referrals), and the Stark Law, 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn (prohibits physicians from referring patients to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER FCA Settlements And Judgments Exceed $2 Billion 351 Settlements And Judgments For Year Total Recovered By FCA Cases Now Total Over $72 Billion Federal law authorizes private citizens to bring suits against businesses and individuals believed to be defrauding the government. False Claims Act, (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER How IRS Whistleblower Program Works Improvements To Program Passed By Senate Protection from Employer Retaliation The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rewards people who blow the whistle on corporations who fail to pay the tax that they owe just as the False Claims Act rewards persons who submit fraudulent […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Violations Of Terms For Government Payments False Certifications Of Eligibility Alleged $8.3 Million Reward For Two Whistleblowers Government payments to businesses whether for work performed under government contracts or for services provided under government programs like Medicare and Medicaid invariably has certain eligibility and performance requirements and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Settlement Despite Government Attempt To Dismiss Mortgage Underwriting Compliance Issues Whistleblower Will Receive $11.5 Million Reward Fraud against the government includes cases where a business is paid by the government despite the fact that the business has knowingly failed to comply with compliance regulations tied to any payments.  […]