Category: Whistleblower

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER  Billing for Unnecessary Procedures Former Employees Blow Whistle on Nursing Home Chain The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced that a large nursing home chain will pay $15.5 million to settle allegations brought against it by a group of whistleblowers under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities and Exchange Commission Rewards Whistleblowers Any Securities Fraud Can Be The Basis of a Whistleblower Case Federal Law Protects You From Employer Retaliation Last month, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced two whistleblower awards in connection with two separate enforcement actions.[1]  Both whistleblowers provided significant […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 2019: Government Recovers Over $2.1 Billion in False Claims Whistleblower Cases Whistleblowers Rewarded $ 265 Million in 2019 633 New False Claims Qui Tam Suits During Past Year The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) obtained more than $3 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Taxpayer First Act Helps Whistleblowers Protections Against Employer Retaliation Expanding The Disclosures Protected By Law Laws enacted within the last year enhanced the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) whistleblower program for accountants, tax professionals, and other insiders who blow the whistle on tax fraud. Whistleblower rewards rose too. Over […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Taxpayer First Act Helps Whistleblowers New Protections Against Employer Retaliation Awards Exceeded $430 Million In Last Two Years Based on Fiscal Year 2019 figures just released, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) awarded more than $430 million in 2018-2019 to individual citizens who blew the whistle on tax fraud. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Billing, Overcharging, Upcoding And Other Healthcare Fraud Whistleblowers Rewarded For Blowing Whistle The FBI estimates that fraud under the federal government’s Medicare and Medicaid programs amounts to $75 billion to $250 billion every year. Each year, individual whistleblowers help the government recoup billions under the False Claims […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Gold Scams Target Older Investors Financial Elder Abuse And Commodity Futures Trading Commission Whistleblower Cases Unscrupulous gold and rare coin dealers  target seniors in scams because seniors are likely to pick up a phone or respond to an email, and are eager to supplement retirement savings based on […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Blowing the Whistle on Bank Fraud Fraud Under The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 How To Report Bank Fraud The government rewards whistleblowers who aid prosecutors in going after fraud. A number of agencies maintain whistleblower programs but when the fraud is related to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblower Cases for Cryptocurrency Fraud Offshore Virtual Currency Trading Frauds The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) polices trading in commodities (like gold and other precious metals), options, futures, and virtual currencies. The CFTC rewards whistleblowers who voluntarily provide original information that leads to recoveries against organizers of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Announces $41.6 Million Settlement In Healthcare Kickbacks Case Whistleblowers Rewarded $10 Million The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in a recent press release that a large diagnostic laboratory has agreed to pay the U.S. $41.6 million in settlement fees, in addition to an exclusion period preventing […]