Category: Qui Tam

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Rewards Whistleblowers Commission Targets Fraudulent Trading Schemes Insider Rewarded $9 Million For Information Commodities and futures trading constitute an enormous financial marketplace and wherever hundreds of billions of dollars trade hands every year, there’s bound to be fraud. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Settlement Of Large Whistleblower Healthcare Fraud Suit Kickbacks For Medical Services Referrals Former Employee Brings Fraud To Light Healthcare fraud against government programs costs billions and individual citizens help the government recoup large amounts lost to this fraud. Under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Senator Grassley Proposes Amendments  Strengthening The False Claims Act  Private Citizens Recover Billions For Government The False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733, imposes liability on persons and companies who defraud the government and rewards individuals who help the government recover money lost as a result of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Overbilling Government Programs For Services Not Provided  Falsifying Program Certifications  Employees, Directors and Other Insiders Bring Fraud To Light Healthcare fraud costs the nation an estimated $68 billion annually, much of that cost ultimately hitting taxpayers through false claims against Medicare and Medicaid (known as Medi-Cal here in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Settlement Of Large Whistleblower Healthcare Fraud Suit Kickbacks And Illegal Referrals To Related Providers Individual Whistleblower Brings Fraud To Light Under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., the federal government rewards whistleblowers who present credible information of false claims under Medicare and Medicaid. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Falsified PPP Loan Applications Small Business Administration Targets Ineligible Recipients  PPP Small Business Loan Fraud Under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., the federal government rewards whistleblowers who present credible information of false claims under government programs (like Medicare and Medicaid) or false […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER IRS Targets Offshore Tax Avoidance And Other Tax Evasion Schemes Billions Lost Every Year To Tax Fraud Whistleblowers Rewarded For Assistance Over the past several years, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has targeted offshore tax avoidance as perhaps the largest drain year after year on tax revenue. Corporations […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Rewards Whistleblowers Commission Targets Fraudulent Trading Schemes Even Participating Insiders Can Be Rewarded The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) rewards individuals who provide original information to the CFTC about fraudulent trading schemes in commodities like gold or other precious metal trading. On July […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California False Claims Act Rewards Whistleblowers Protections From Employer Retaliation Whistleblowers who blow the whistle on fraud against the State of California are entitled to rewards when the State recovers funds. Cal. Gov’t Code § 12652(g). California law also protects those individuals from employer retaliation. Cal. Gov’t Code […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Three Former Employees Blow Whistle On Alleged Overbilling Allegations Of Unnecessary Treatment Paid For By Medicare Whistleblowers To Share $3 Million Award Under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., the federal government rewards whistleblowers who present credible information of false claims for reimbursements […]