Monthly Archives: May 2017

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Attachments Help Secure Whistleblower Awards Potential Millions in Whistleblower Award The HDL Labs/BlueWave Medicare fraud scam is the biggest clinical lab fraud scam yet in the health care industry. A whistleblower (or “qui tam”) lawsuit brought several years ago by a private individual exposed the fraud. The […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Annuity Fraud: A Widespread Problem Beware of Annuity Fraud Scams Annuity agents target seniors. It’s a simple fact. Another simple fact: many annuity agents cannot be trusted. A recent case provides a clear example. There, over years of operation, two fraudulent agents bilked seniors out of $11 million […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Universal Life Insurance Premiums Increase Dramatically Universal Life Insurance (IUL) Universal life insurance premiums are on the dramatic rise, and it forces individuals to decide whether to keep the insurance in effect. If you have had a recent premium increase on a universal life insurance policy and want […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Department of Justice Expands Investigation Lead By Whistleblower Allegations of Large-Scale Medicare Fraud The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently expanded its investigation of the Medicare Advantage Plan thanks to the efforts of a Medicare whistleblower. The whistleblower case (also known as a qui tam) began as an investigation […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Tax Court Continues IRS Whistleblower Anonymity Whistleblower Protected For Now When tax fraud or tax avoidance is in the billions of dollars, there’s much at stake, including the safety of the individual who blew the whistle on the fraud. Courts and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) understand that. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER And The Numbers Are In… Annuities Annuities, in our opinion, are outdated and unsound investments. According to a recent article, it is possible that investors agree with our reasoning as well, as annuity sales in the fourth quarter have dropped 17% as compared to the year before. This […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Duo Caught in Pump and Dump Scam Beware Boiler Room Tactics With Penny Stocks Sometimes the government gets the bad guys. This week a Manhattan jury returned unanimous guilty verdicts against two financial advisors who bilked over 100 people out of at least $15 million. Defendants ran a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Homes: Silent Perpetrators of Elder Abuse Nursing Home Abuse Seniors are a group of very vulnerable individuals. As they age, they begin to lose the ability to care for themselves in ways that they used to, and sometimes the only answer is for them to enter into […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER IRS Whistleblower Program Growing By Leaps and Bounds IRS After Abusive Offshore Tax Avoidance Schemes 2016 marked the Tenth Anniversary of the Whistleblower Office at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Last week, the IRS reviewed that first decade in its Annual Report to Congress. The results are impressive. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER FINRA Arbitration Shuts Down Broker Material Misrepresentations Oftentimes, individuals who invest their money also invest their trust. When they hand over their money, they assume that their broker or financial advisor is going to make decisions that will benefit the investor: personally, financially, and beyond. But what happens […]