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March 21, 2014 March 21, 2014 — Every U.S. taxpayer bears the cost of Medicare fraud. The government relies on health care insiders to take notice of False Claims Act violations and to help stop them. The qui tam provisions in the statute give tipsters a way to do what’s right. Informants willing to collaborate with the government by filing a lawsuit on its behalf may be entitled to a portion of the...

March 20, 2014 March 20, 2014 — When large corporations file false claims with the government, the ride to greater profits is taken on the backs of American taxpayers. Many company insiders who learn about unscrupulous scams to bilk the government wonder what they can do to stop the practice. The federal False Claims Act gives whistleblowers the power to file suit for the government in federal court. To...

March 19, 2014 March 19, 2014 — Dental clinic insiders are often the first to spot dental Medicaid fraud, but they may wonder, how do I go about collaborating with the government to stop it? The False Claims Act empowers dental practice employees to file a whistleblower claim for the benefit of state Medicaid programs. If the government receives a recovery, the informant also receives a reward for taking the...

March 18, 2014 March 18, 2014 — The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) targets multinational businesses that grow their revenue abroad by showering foreign government officials with illegal bribes. When businesses stoop to paying kickbacks to obtain overseas contracts, they foster an uneven marketplace and disadvantage honest competitors. To fight foreign bribery, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and...

March 17, 2014 March 17, 2014 — In 2010, Congress established a financial fraud whistleblower program as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Insiders may be eligible for significant rewards when they collaborate with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about a firm’s failure to register with the SEC prior to providing cross-border brokerage services, or...

March 14, 2014 March 14, 2014 — The U.S. Justice Department (“DOJ”) relies on tips from honest individuals about contractors that fail to abide by the terms of government contracts. When False Claims Act violations occur, the qui tam provisions of the statute give industry insiders the power to file a lawsuit for the benefit of the government. In return for their collaboration, whistleblowers share in...

March 13, 2014 March 13, 2014 — The Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 established an IRS Whistleblower Office to allow tipsters with information about tax fraud to notify the IRS and receive deserved compensation. The Act provides informants with the right to rewards ranging from 15 to 30 percent of the amount recouped by the IRS as the result of a successful tip. The rules governing rewards are...

March 12, 2014 March 12, 2014 — Profiteers who dupe investors into pouring their money into glamorous-sounding investment scams should be stopped. But the government simply does not have the resources to catch them all. That’s why federal authorities collaborate with company insiders under the financial fraud whistleblower program set up by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of...

March 11, 2014 March 11, 2014 — People who work in the financial industry may often be tempted by confidential insider information that could be misused to turn a personal profit. But trading on nonpublic information is illegal. To redress the problem of insider trading, the U.S. Congress established a whistleblower program as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010....

March 10, 2014 March 10, 2014 — Medicaid dental fraud is a challenge for many state healthcare programs. When dental offices file fraudulent claims with Medicaid, which is funded in part by the federal government, American taxpayers are saddled with the bill. With the assistance of inside employees, however, Medicaid programs have a way to fight back. Using federal and state False Claims Act statutes,...