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Over 20 Years Standing Up For Whistleblowers In Nationwide Fraud Litigation
A doctor was found liable for violating the False Claims Act by accepting millions in kickbacks. He agreed to repay $2.3 million to settle a civil lawsuit that alleged that the transfers violated the Federal Debt Collections Procedures Act. The doctor was not guilty...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Securities and Exchange Commission has awarded $14 million to an unnamed individual who published a detailed report on ongoing fraud by unidentified perpetrators. Despite providing credible evidence and valuable insights in the initial report, the agency initially...
A whistleblower is someone who provides information about a private or public organization’s illegal, unethical, or unsafe practices. They report fraud, abuse, or corruption. They can come in the form of an employee within a large organization that has information not...
The pandemic stretched the health care system beyond its limits, causing waiting rooms to overflow with those trying to get treatment and hospital beds to be hard to come by. While things have settled down in the spring of 2022, the aftermath of the last few years...
New York Labor Law § 740 was amended and enacted on January 26, 2022. It significantly strengthens and expands the reach of worker protections in the private sector who allege retaliation for various actions, including whistleblowing. The new law includes the...