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‘Qui Tam Whistleblower’ Category

Four Charged With Insider Trading in Northern California

March 2, 2015 March 2, 2015 — Financial analysts are entrusted with sensitive information concerning their employers’ business dealings. Trading on that nonpublic information for personal gain is a crime. To fight illegal insider trading, the U.S. Congress set up a whistleblower program as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Tipsters who notify the Securities and...

Iowa Home Health Care Provider Settles False Claims Act Allegations for $5.63 Million

February 27, 2015 February 27, 2015 — The False Claims Act empowers health care insiders to file a whistleblower lawsuit on the government’s behalf. Courageous whistleblowers help to protect the integrity of our federal healthcare programs, like Medicare or Medicaid, for those who need them. Under the Act, the United States may choose to intervene in the lawsuit and take primary control for litigating it....

AstraZeneca Settles False Claims Act Lawsuit for $7.9 Million

February 26, 2015 February 26, 2015 — A federal anti-kickback statute makes it a crime for drug makers to pay pharmacy benefit managers to give preferential treatment to one drug over another. Since the Anti-Kickback Statute was amended in 2010, violations of this statute automatically violate the federal False Claims Act as well. When pharmaceutical companies have secret financial agreements with pharmacy...

Dental Medicaid Fraud Charges End in Plea Agreements

February 24, 2015 February 24, 2015 — Most whistleblowers in False Claims Act lawsuits involving dental Medicaid fraud are dental clinic insiders. But for many, it’s a difficult thing to notify the government about an employer mixed up in billing fraud schemes against the government. When tipsters file a lawsuit against those engaged in unethical dental practices, the qui tam provisions of the False Claims...

Former Executive at Florida Engineering Firm Charged with FCPA Violations

February 20, 2015 February 20, 2015 — The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is a powerful weapon to stop corporations from attempting to win or retain business abroad by making bribe payments to or bestowing lavish gifts on foreign government officials or their family members. Since the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 instituted a whistleblower program, anyone can collaborate...

Judge Sentences Former Owner of Miami Home Health Company in $30 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

February 13, 2015 February 13, 2015 — The False Claims Act empowers health care insiders to file a whistleblower lawsuit on the government’s behalf. Courageous whistleblowers help to protect the integrity of our federal healthcare programs, like Medicare or Medicaid, for those who need them. Under the Act, the United States may choose to intervene in the lawsuit and take primary control for litigating it....

Jury Finds Idaho Dentist Guilty of Medicaid Fraud

February 11, 2015 February 11, 2015 — Dental Medicaid fraud rarely goes unnoticed by dental clinic insiders. But many just keep their heads down and try to hold onto their jobs — until they are asked to participate. For some, that’s the point at which they seek legal help to stop billing fraud schemes against the government. When tipsters file a lawsuit against unethical dental practices under the qui tam...

SEC Charges Two Traders in Chile with Insider Trading

February 6, 2015 February 6, 2015 — People entrusted to serve on a board of directors become aware of sensitive information concerning the company’s business dealings. But trading on that nonpublic information for personal gain is a crime. To fight illegal insider trading, the U.S. Congress set up a whistleblower program as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010....

U.S. Government Prosecutes First “Layering” Securities Fraud Scheme

February 5, 2015

February 5, 2015 — Layering, or “spoofing,” is a type of securities fraud that manipulates the market through high-speed stock trading. A trader places phony orders to purchase or sell securities but then cancels the orders before they can be executed. The activity artificially moves share prices up for “non-bona fide buy orders” and down for “non-bona fide sell orders.” The...

Former Kentucky Physician Admits to Tax Fraud

February 2, 2015 February 2, 2015 — The Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 set up an IRS Whistleblower Office so whistleblowers with information about tax fraud could notify the IRS and receive compensation. The Act allows tipsters to receive a percentage of 15 to 30 percent of the funds the IRS recovers based on an informant’s unique information. To be eligible for compensation concerning a private...
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