When Lance Armstrong used banned substances to win the Tour de France, he violated the False Claims Act, which imposes legal liability on those who commit fraud against federal programs. The reason his actions violated the False Claims Act is that he had received a...
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Month: August 2018
SEC proposes changes to Dodd-Frank whistleblower award amounts
Earlier this summer, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a proposal that would give it greater discretion when making awards to people who blow the whistle on securities violations under the Dodd-Frank Act. Allowing it to offer larger awards in small cases...
Insys Therapeutics to pay at least $150 in opioid kickback case
Pharmaceutical manufacturer Insys Therapeutics, Inc., has tentatively agreed to settle allegations by the U.S. Justice Department that it paid kickbacks to doctors in order to get them to prescribe its drug Subsys. The drug is an under-the-tongue spray containing the...
CFTC reports high whistleblower activity, dramatic payouts
Calling it a "transformative year" for its whistleblower program, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced recently that it has awarded whistleblowers more than $45 million in rewards for identifying illegal activity. This is a dramatic increase over...
Settlement: Whistleblower reveals defective bulletproof vests
It was recently reported that a former employee of Second Chance Body Armor, Inc., blew the whistle on that company's sales of defective Zylon bulletproof vests to federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies through the Justice Department's Bulletproof...
