Category: Whisteblower

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER IRS Whistleblower Program How To File An IRS Whistleblower Claim Protection From Employer Retaliation Over the past year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) made 179 award payments to individual citizens who blew the whistle on tax fraud.  These awards totaled $36,144,926. The awards paid to whistleblowers generally range […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Kickbacks To Discourage Competing Drugs Monetary And Non-Monetary Kickbacks Alleged Former Employee Blew Whistle Employee and former employees of government contractors, medical service providers, drug manufacturers, and other businesses providing services paid for by the government may become aware of fraudulent claims for such government payments.  Federal […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Two Civil Lawsuits Settled For $4 Million Company Provides Home Sleep Disorder Testing Kickbacks And Unnecessary Testing Alleged Federal law authorizes private citizens to bring suits against businesses defrauding the government. False Claims Act, (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.  Every year in this country, individuals bring […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 2021 Awards 179 Payments Total Over $36 Million Whistleblowers Collected $245 Million For Government The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Office recently released in its annual report for Fiscal Year 2021.  During 2021, the IRS made 179 award payments to whistleblowers totaling $36,144,926, according to the office’s annual […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Growing Problem Of Hospice Fraud Fraud And Patient Abuse And Neglect For-Profit Hospice Agencies Hospice fraud in the United States is an increasing problem as the number of hospice patients has exploded over the past few years. From 2004 to 2008, the number of patients receiving hospice care […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cases Started Eight Years Ago Series Of Settlements Recovers Millions For Government Allegations Of Kickback System For Use Of Medial Device Every year in this country, individuals bring more enforcement efforts against companies defrauding the government than the government itself brings. Sometimes further government actions spring from cases […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Adds Defendants To Qui Tam Case Allegations Of Kickbacks For Referrals Further Allegations Of Unnecessary Testing Federal and California laws authorize private citizens to bring suits against businesses and individuals believed to be defrauding the government. False Claims Act, (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.(federal) and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER IRS Whistleblower Process Elements Of An IRS Whistleblower Case Protection From Employer Retaliation The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rewards individuals who submit credible evidence of tax fraud to the IRS and assist the Service in pursuing tax cheats.  To be eligible for an award, the government must recover at […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Three Former Patients Blows Whistle On False Billing Allegations Of Billing For Unnecessary Procedures Realtors Will Share $147,250 Reward Private citizens recover more money lost by the government to fraud every year than the government itself recovers through its own enforcement efforts.  Most of the private cases are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of Signing Up Ineligible Customers Inadequate Supervision Of Government Program Alleged Former Sales Representative Collects $462,500 Reward The Biden Administration has accelerated enforcement efforts against companies defrauding the government by increased participation in cases brought by private citizens under the False Claims Act, (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § […]