Category: Qui Tam

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER IRS Loses $1 Trillion Every Year To Tax Cheats Individual Whistleblowers Rewarded When IRS Recovers Protection From Employer Retaliation Charles Rettig, Commission of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), reported this Spring that the United States is losing approximately $ 1 trillion in unpaid taxes every year.  This so-called […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER SEC Has Rewarded More Than $928 Million To Whistleblowers 166 Individuals Have Received Rewards Whistleblowers Remain Anonymous And Confidential The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”), Pub. L. 111-203, created the Whistleblower Office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2010 to encourage […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations of Illegal Kickbacks To Physicians Illegal Referrals To Nursing Homes Alleged Former Executive Brings Suit The False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., allows private citizens with information of fraud against the federal government to bring cases (known as qui tam actions) against businesses […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of Overbilling By Nursing Home Chain Government Intervenes In Suit Alleging Ten Years Of False Claims Medicare Fraud Allegedly Exceeds $129 Million  Medicare and Medicaid fraud cost the government and taxpayers billions every year.  In fact, healthcare fraud is the largest source of fraud against the government.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Suit Alleged Three Years Of Illegal Kickbacks Covering Patient Co-Pays For Medications Former Executive Will Receive $3.59 Million As Reward Fraud within the healthcare industry continues to be the primary form of fraud against the government.  The government, and private individuals suing on behalf of the government, rely […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER CFTC Alleges Fraud On Investors Agency Alleges Fraudulent Solicitation And Registration Investor Money Allegedly Spent By Fund Promoter The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) oversees trading in commodities, options, futures and currencies.  See Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. and 17 C.F.R. Part 1 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Ninth Circuit Revives Important Claim  “Fraud on the FDA” Claim How False Claims Cases Work Individuals with credible, original information of false claims made to government agencies for payments and reimbursements can bring actions on behalf of the government against the offending companies under the federal False Claims […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Act Whistleblower Ruling Court Expands Protections Continued Retaliation Against Former Employees Cases brought against companies that defraud the federal government are brought under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq. Cases under the FCA may be brought by the government, but are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER IRS Made 169 Whistleblower Awards In 2020 $86.6 Million Awarded Last Year Whistleblower Protections From Employer Retaliation The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Office pays money to people who blow the whistle on corporations who fail to pay the tax that they owe.  The Whistleblower Office continues encourages […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations of Improper Billing Patient Blew Whistle On Fraud Whistleblower Will Receive Reward Healthcare fraud is the largest form of fraud against the federal government.  Typically, the fraud is against Medicare or Medicaid, and patients or persons who work in the companies defrauding the government may discover the […]