Have you witnessed something illegal, unethical, or potentially fraudulent where you work?
If you rat out corporate bad behavior, you could win millions. Last year, for example, Edward O’Donnell, a former Countrywide Financial executive, won $58 million from parent company Bank of America in…
The Philadelphia Inquirer Feb 21, 2015
The Internal Revenue Service and the Securities and Exchange Commission are still reviewing allegations that Vanguard Group Inc.’s unusual business structure operates in violation of federal tax law, according to attorneys for former Vanguard tax lawyer David Danon, who brought the allegations to…
Whistleblower News Review 2/21/2015
“2015 Year of the Whistleblower: Record $3.5 Billion False Claims Recoveries” by ML McLaren Link to original source (153K) The Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) collected over $3.5 billion in settlements and judgements from False Claims Act (FCA) civil cases in fiscal year 2015, with a whopping 81% of these recoveries […]
Unusual Medicare Fraud Cases Settles for $1.25 Million
Medicare fraud cases are unfortunately commonplace. One of the most common types of case involves overbilling. Usually these claims are brought directly against the provider. A recent settlement involving Covidien PLC subsidiary EV3 is unusual because prosecutors sought to hold a third party responsible for over billing. The government claims that EV3 wrongly duped hospitals […]
Why is Your Snout Squealing Answered (Whistleblower Post)
Great lawyer and friend Martin Kenney recently published a post on The FCPA Blog titled “Why is Your Snout Squealing?” Martin asks the question that makes some folks uncomfortable. Should we pay whistleblowers for their information? The answer is YES! If we are serious about combatting corporate greed and fraud then we must compensate whistleblowers. […]
Doc Pleads Guilty to Unreported Bank Leumi Acct (IRS Whistleblower Post)
[Updated May 2018 to include sentencing and information on IRS Whistleblower Program.] Earlier this month, a physician from Laguna Beach, California pleaded guilty to Willful Failure to File an FBAR form (Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts). As a result of his guilty plea, Dr. Baruch Fogel faces 5 years in prison when sentenced […]
Law360 February 2015
Threats of U.S. prosecution loom over HSBC Holdings PLC due to reports that it helped clients hide cash from various tax authorities, and to avoid paying historic penalties like competitor Credit Suisse AG, the bank may want to show that it redoubled reform efforts after entering a corporate…
Patient Recruiter Scam Leads to Medicare Fraud Conviction
We have long said that medical clinics that hire patient recruiters are often engaging in Medicare fraud. Earlier this week I spoke to a gentleman in Detroit named “John” (not his real name of, course.) John is paid $50 per person plus expenses to recruit “patients” for a clinic. John drives a van and searches […]
Unlicensed Medical Ass’t Leads to Big Whistleblower Payday
Associates in Dermatology and its medical director, Dr. Michael Steppie, are out $3,000,000 today after agreeing to settle Medicare fraud charges. The three former employees who brought the case, however, will receive $500,000 in whistleblower award monies. According to a complaint filed in a Florida federal court last year, Dermatology Associates allowed an unlicensed technician […]
Mispent Homeless $ Leads to Healthcare Fraud Charges
[Updated May 2019] Jonathan Dunning is the former CEO of two non profit clinics for the poor and the homeless. He may soon be homeless himself, unless you call a federal prison cell “home.” Last week FBI and IRS criminal division special agents arrested Dunning after he was indicted on 112 counts of wire fraud, […]
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