Category: False Claims California

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Former Employee Blows Whistle Government Alleged Improper Billing For Consulting Contracts Realtor Will Receive $70 Million Reward The False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., allows individuals and businesses with knowledge of fraud against the federal government to initiate actions on behalf of the government […]

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 Two Former Employees Blow Whistle On Alleged False Billing Complaint Says Drugs Never Dispensed Realtors Will Share Reward The False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., allows individuals with knowledge of fraud against the federal government to initiate actions on behalf of the government to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Two Patients Blow Whistle Alleged Financial Inducements Realtors Will Share $5.6 Million Reward In Fiscal Year 2022, private citizens 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 with knowledge of fraud against […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims For Medicaid Payments Alleged Accused Of Inadequate Staffing And No Hot Water Licensing Irregularities Healthcare fraud, including fraud against Medicare and Medicaid, is the biggest kind of fraud perpetrated against the government.  When the targeted patients are elders, such fraud cases may also constitute elder abuse […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Former Accounts Manager Blows Whistle Defendant Allegedly Failed To Abide By Price Reduction Clause Realtors Will Receive $437,500 Reward The False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., allows individuals with knowledge of fraud against the federal government to initiate actions on behalf of the government […]

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 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.  […]