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Over 20 Years Standing Up For Whistleblowers In Nationwide Fraud Litigation
Defrauding the government is a serious crime. If you work for an organization with this type of dishonest business practice, you may have questions about your own recourse. Is it safe to report your employer? Would doing so be putting your job in jeopardy? Here are...
In its semiannual report to Congress, the House of Human Services and Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) announced that its audits and investigations would likely yield about $3 billion in recoveries. The report covers 320 criminal enforcement actions between...
The Bayer Corporation has been a household name for decades, selling aspirin and other pharmaceutical products to consumers. Now the Justice Department announces $40 million in penalties for its actions involving Trasylol, Avelox and Baycol. The settlement resulted...
Attorney General Letitia James announced on August 1 that a medical doctor from Kings Point and his company (America’s Imaging Center, Inc.) are accused of unnecessary radiological testing and kickbacks to employees and defrauding Medicaid. The years-long scheme...
The Securities and Exchange Commission has awarded more than $1.3 billion to 281 whistleblowers since 2012. It can now add two more people and more money to that list after an August 9 announcement of $16.3 million to two whistleblowers who provided useful information...
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced on July 18, 2022, that Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company would pay $50 million to 1.4 million variable annuity investors. The company provided false or misleading statements and omissions to the investors, many...
On July 20, the Department of Justice announced a $1.2 billion health care fraud case. This action involves coordinated nationwide enforcement to charge 36 defendants in 13 federal districts with fraud schemes involving telemedicine, clinical laboratory and durable...
Noted short seller Carson Block and his equity firm Muddy Waters LLC and a former business associate Kevin Barnes are in dispute over a $14 million whistleblower award by the SEC enforcement action in 2015. In a lawsuit not involving this firm but filed in the New...
On June 21, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that hinges on whether the federal government can drop cases taken up on its behalf as a qui tam action. The dispute involves whether the government can drop the case regardless of whether the relator or...
Whistleblowers may be awarded between 10% and 30% of the funds recovered by government agencies. Of course, there are specific rules for getting that money, and one of them is that the whistleblower must voluntarily come forward with useful information for a...