‘Qui Tam Whistleblower’ Category
July 21, 2014 July 21, 2014 — Because Medicaid is funded in part with federal tax dollars, U.S. taxpayers everywhere have an interest in ensuring that claims are properly filed in every state. The federal False Claims Act helps whistleblowers working inside dental clinics to make a difference by filing a qui tam lawsuit for the government’s benefit. The statute’s whistleblower provisions entitle tipsters...
July 18, 2014 July 18, 2014 — Two more brokers have been charged with trading on inside information in advance of the 2009 acquisition by IBM Corporation of SPSS Inc. Sharing or trading on nonpublic information is a crime that undermines the public’s trust in the markets. To protect investors, the U.S. Congress initiated a whistleblower program in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection...
July 11, 2014 July 11, 2014 — A New York hedge fund advisory firm has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with conducting forbidden principal transactions and then engaging in retaliatory actions against the employee who reported the misconduct. This is the first anti-retaliation enforcement action brought by the SEC under the authority given the agency under a 2011 rule authorized...
July 9, 2014 July 9, 2014 — Company insiders often learn about confidential revenue information that could be misused to make illicit personal profits. But sharing or trading on nonpublic information is a crime. To protect investors and discourage illegal insider trading, the U.S. Congress set up a whistleblower program in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010....
July 7, 2014 July 7, 2014 — Omnicare Inc. will pay more than $124 million to settle False Claims Act allegations of Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Under the qui tam provisions of the statute, whistleblowers who collaborate with the Justice Department by filing a lawsuit for the government’s benefit are eligible for a share of the government’s recovery.
Two Whistleblowers Allege That Omnicare Violated...
July 4, 2014 July 4, 2014 — A California federal court has approved a $22.5 million partial settlement in a multibillion-dollar federal and state False Claims Act case involving defective PVC pipes. Under the qui tam provisions of the federal False Claims Act, insider employees who notify the government by filing a lawsuit are eligible for a significant portion of the government’s...
July 2, 2014 July 2, 2014 — An Alabama dentist has been arrested on charges of Medicaid fraud after his partner pleaded guilty to similar charges the preceding week. Dr. William Britt Morris and Dr. Jimmy C. White have offices in the southwestern Alabama towns of Grove Hill and Butler. Medicaid is funded in part with federal tax dollars, so dental Medicaid fraud committed in Alabama actually injures...
June 30, 2014 June 30, 2014 — Participants in a Houston home health care Medicare fraudoperation have been sentenced in federal court. Under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act, tipsters who notify the government by bringing a lawsuit are eligible for a significant share of the government’s recovery.
Houston Participants In Medicare Fraud Operation Ordered To Pay Restitution
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June 26, 2014 June 26, 2014 — Georgy Betser has been charged by the Connecticut State Division of Criminal Justice with insurance fraud and defrauding a public community. Medicaid is funded in part with federal tax dollars, so dental Medicaid fraud injures American taxpayers in every state, regardless of where it occurs. The federal False Claims Act encourages inside employees to notify the government of...
June 25, 2014 June 25, 2014 — To help protect investors from fraud in the securities industry, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 instituted a whistleblower program. The Act rewards tipsters who provide original, high-quality information that leads to an enforcement action by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that results in sanctions that top $1 million....
