‘Qui Tam Whistleblower’ Category

March 20, 2015 March 20, 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 recouped by the IRS based on an informant’s unique information. To be eligible for compensation concerning a private...

March 17, 2015 March 17, 2015 — To help fight corruption and securities fraud in the market, the U.S. Congress initiated a whistleblower program as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. The program authorizes awards for informants who alert the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to credible, specific and timely information concerning an imminent or ongoing...

March 13, 2015 March 13, 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 Act...

March 12, 2015 March 12, 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 recouped by the IRS based on an informant’s unique information. To be eligible for compensation concerning a private...

March 11, 2015 March 11, 2015 — A federal anti-kickback statute makes it a crime to pay doctors to prescribe drugs that are reimbursed by federal healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. Since the Anti-Kickback Statute was amended in 2010, violations of this statute automatically violate the federal False Claims Act. When pharmaceutical manufacturers make improper payments to doctors, a...

March 9, 2015 March 9, 2015 — Employee insiders often know more about their employers’ fraudulent schemes against the government than they report. To encourage whistleblowers to take action when they are aware of fraud against the government, like the failure to pay anti-dumping or countervailing duties, the False Claims Act allows tipsters to share in a portion of any recovery made in the lawsuit. When...

March 6, 2015 March 6, 2015 — Investors trust investment hedge fund managers to manage their investments in a responsible and ethical manner. When instead, fund managers actually steal their investors’ money, they deserve to be reported to the financial fraud whistleblower program established by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Informants who notify the Securities...

March 4, 2015 March 4, 2015 — The federal False Claims Act empowers hospice insiders to file a whistleblower lawsuit on behalf of the United States. When hospice providers cheat the system by overbilling Medicare for hospice care services that are unnecessary or ineligible for reimbursement, they put the continued viability of hospice benefits at risk. Whistleblowers, who are also referred to as...

March 3, 2015 March 3, 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 the Medicare healthcare program for those who need it. Under the Act, the United States may choose to intervene in a qui tam lawsuit and take primary control for litigating it. The statute provides for the...