Two licensed home care services agencies in Brooklyn have settled claims of not appropriately paying their staff. The cases were heard in the Eastern District of New York. All American Homecare Agency and Crown of Life violated the federal False Claims Act and New...
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Month: May 2022
Fresenius Medical Care attorney fired for reporting potential misconduct
In recent years, Fresenius Medical Care made headlines for bribes paid in Angola and Saudi Arabia and for shoddy bookkeeping in several other countries. In light of these and other irregularities, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is monitoring the German-based...
SEC issues $6 million to five whistleblowers
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on April 25 that it awarded $6 million to two groups of whistleblowers. According to a redacted order, both provided information assistance to a single covered action. The SEC published no names and did not...
IRS responds to AmEx whistleblower claim
A whistleblower filed a claim in 2021 with the IRS alleging that American Express sales staff knowingly encouraged businesses to underreport their taxes. According to the Wall Street Journal, this was done as part of a sales pitch stating that companies could use...
New bill would fix AML whistleblower program
The Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Act of 2020 was enacted in 2021 to incentivize whistleblowers to report money laundering to the Treasury Department. The incentives were monetary rewards for helpful information and new whistleblower protections that reflected the...
