The South Miami Hospital has agreed to pay approximately $12 million to settle charges that it violated the federal False Claims Act. Prosecutors say the nonprofit hospital submitted claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary pacemaker surgeries and cardiac electrophysiology studies. The fraud was tied to a single physician, Dr. John Dylewski. False Claims Act Case […]
Wells Fargo Hits a New Low (Bank Whistleblower Post)
Can Wells Fargo’s corporate ethics sink any lower? Apparently, the answer is yes. Much lower. There just seems to be no bottom. If you think the most recent scandal involving over up to 2 million phony accounts created without the permission of their customers was over the top, wait to you read their newest shameful […]
French Whistleblowers Dissatisfied? File in the US! (Sapin II / FCPA)
France claims it waging war on corporate fraud. On November 16th, the country adopted the Law on Transparency, the Fight Against Corruption and Modernization of Economic Life (Sapin II). Some see the law more as a reaction to international pressure and less as a sign that France intends to crack down on corruption and bribery. […]
Allied and Jim Hodge… What Next?
The trial is over. On November 29th, a federal trial jury in Houston found in favor of the government on all counts. The jury awarded the government $7,370,132 against Allied CEO Jim Hodge and a whopping $92 million against Allied. Under the False Claims Act, the court must triple those sums. Since we filed this […]
More Details on Allied Home Mortgage and Jim Hodge Emerge
With over 2000 branches and thousands of employees, Allied Home Mortgage was a big and powerful lender. The company may be gone but there are still thousands of former branch managers, underwriters, loan originators and others with a bad taste in their mouth. Since the verdict, we have received several calls from folks wanting more […]
Georgia Man Guilty of Medicaid Fraud Conspiracy
A trial court jury in Richmond County convicted Carl Wardlaw of conspiracy to commit Medicaid fraud. Immediately after the trial, Wardlaw was sentenced to 5 years in prison, the maximum under state law. According to court records, Wardlaw operated a counseling service called TWI Counseling, Inc. The practice was intended to provide intensive family intervention […]
Think Glink
Allied Home Mortgage, Whistleblowers and the Future of the Mortgage Industry by Emily Pfund | Link to original source (104K) Last week, a federal jury in Texas imposed a nearly $93 million penalty against Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corp. and Allied Home Mortgage Corp. (now known as AllQuest Home Mortgage Corp.) and CEO Jim Hodge […]
Breaking News SCOTUS Won’t Toss Whistleblower Suit for Seal Violation
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court minutes ago refused to dismiss a whistleblower suit filed under the False Claims Act despite an apparent intentional seal breach by the whistleblower’s lawyer. Instead, the court ruled that trial courts should decide what penalties, if any, should be imposed. The decision is important because it lets the whistleblowers’ lawsuit […]
FCPA, Foreign Bribery and Natural Resources – Rio Tinto
Many of the world’s natural resources are found in third world and developing countries. While the United States is blessed with oil, natural gas, uranium and other minerals, much of what comes out of the ground comes from other countries. U.S. companies and multinational companies with certain U.S. ties are obligated to follow American anti […]
Big Whistleblower Retaliation Win – Mantech International
Whistleblower retaliation is against the law. It’s already difficult for an employee to stand up and report fraud taking place within the work place. Our whistleblower clients tell us that they were often shunned by co-workers they thought were friends. Sometimes their children were no longer allowed to play with the children of co-workers. Greed, […]
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