Category: Whistleblower Fraud

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.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Services Allegedly Performed By Offshore Technicians Lack Of Qualifications Of Monitoring Technicians Two Whistleblowers Will Share $8.3 Million Reward  Any individual with knowledge of fraud against the government is authorized to bring an action on behalf of the government to recover money paid out on fraudulent claims. See […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Two Former Therapists Blow Whistle Allegations Of False Upcoding And Unnecessary Services Realtors Will Share $1.3 Million Reward In Fiscal Year 2021, private citizens helped the government recover $1.6 billion in cases of fraud against the government.  The citizens, known as “relators,” brough the cases, referred to as “qui tam” […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Former Employee Blows Whistle On Alleged Mislabeling Allegations Of Over The Counter Drugs Labelled As Prescription Drugs Realtor Will Receive $946,000 Reward Private citizen cases for fraud against the government are brought under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq. (FCA).  The FCA allows individuals […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Former Employee Initiates False Claims Act Action Manufacturer Allegedly Misrepresented Origin Of Products Employee To Receive $124,500 Reward Government contracts for the purchase of goods and services often include strict rules regarding product specifications which contractors are obligated to meet in order to qualify for payment.   One such […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged False Claims To Medi-Cal Former Membership Services Director Blows Whistle Federal Government And California To Share Settlement Federal and California law authorizes citizens to bring civil lawsuits on behalf of the government against businesses defrauding the federal or State government.  False Claims Act, (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Senate Judiciary Committee To Vote On Amendments Amendments Would Strengthen The False Claims Act  Private Citizens Recover Billions For Government The federal False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., rewards individuals who help the government recover money lost to businesses and individuals as a result […]