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Over 20 Years Standing Up For Whistleblowers In Nationwide Fraud Litigation
We often write about regulatory violations related to the healthcare industry or finance, but the government investigates a wide range of cases. For example, the Department of Justice announced a few months ago that defense contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. settled...
The pharmaceutical company Biogen Inc. out of Cambridge, Massachusetts, agreed to pay $900 million to settle allegations that the company caused false billing submissions to Medicare and Medicaid. The company was accused of paying illegal kickbacks to doctors who...
As technology for billing and tracking medical expenses has increased in ease and sophistication, challenges still exist for outsourcing companies in the business of billing. Patients have unprecedented access to their digital health records and can track health care...
The IRS announced on September 8 that two whistleblowers received a reward of $8.8 million for their information in collecting $35 million in corporate income taxes. This amount triples the amount initially awarded to the two. As we wrote earlier this year, the IRS’s...
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act (WPIA) on September 15, 2022. The vote on the bipartisan bill was 221-203. The bill is designed to expand whistleblower protections for federal employees, notably granting employees...
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...