Public bribery is an every day event in much of the world. Read the New York Post or Chicago Sun Times and it looks like a pretty common event in certain U.S. cities too. American companies and certain other multi-national businesses that bribe foreign officials can be prosecuted here in the United States for violating […]
Doc Guilty in Medicare Fraud Lab Referral Scheme
Mention “Medicare fraud” and everyone forms a different mental picture. Some folks think about patients abusing the national healthcare program to buy unnecessary pain medications. Others think of seedy urban medical clinics that round up homeless folks and provide them with unnecessary services. Illegal referral schemes are also a big source of Medicare fraud although […]
Charitable Donation or Kickback? Accredo Medicare Fraud Post
A former vice president of Accredo Health Group has sued Accredo and its affiliates claiming they committed Medicare fraud by engaging in a kickback scheme with certain charities that support hemophilia patients. Steve Greenfield, the former eastern US area vice president of Accredo, filed his lawsuit under the federal False Claims Act, a law that […]
$3 Billion in False Claims Act Recoveries “Isn’t Enough”? We Agree!
Vinson & Elkins is one of the largest law firms in the nation. It didn’t grow so big and powerful representing whistleblowers in False Claims Act lawsuits, however. It makes its money representing big corporations with deep, deep pockets. Knowing a little something about “Big Law” and how it operates, we weren’t surprised when the […]
Independence Day Message for Whistleblowers
The year was 1976. I was not quite 18 years old and already in college. I remember being home for the summer and watching the tall ships sail through New York Harbor. Although spirits were high for the Bicentennial, the overall mood of the country was somber. Less than a year earlier, we watched the […]
Yellow Cab Settles Medicaid Fraud Charge (Whistleblower Lawyer)
What do Yellow Cabs and Medicaid Fraud have in common? If you live in Dallas, a lot. In 2012 three former Yellow Cab employees blew the whistle on their employer. The three said that cab companies were bilking Medicaid and taxpayers for taking patients to appointments. This month the Department of Justice intervened and settled […]
Le Parisien
Uber, Terrain Glissant by Stéphane Loignon | Link to original source (1,219K) Uber’s slippery slope (French)
Radio 620 WTMJ
Local Uber driver sues company by John Mercure | Link to original source A former Milwaukee Uber driver is suing the company over the amount of money he’s making working for the ride sharing service. Lamont Lathan says Uber owes him overtime and tips. Brian Mahany represents Lathan in the lawsuit. He says after talking to hundred […]
How to Fight the Puppy Killers… and WIN! – FCPA Whistleblower Post
Last week social media was abuzz after an animal rescue group posted photos of a purported massacre of bomb sniffing K9s in Kuwait. The dogs were apparently killed after a U.S. security company lost a contract to protect an oil refinery. Since those photos were posted, a number of people and companies have denied responsibility […]
Aids Clinic Kickback Scheme Leads to Jail – Medicare Fraud
The former operator of several HIV/AIDS clinics in New York City was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for his role in a $12 million Medicare Fraud scheme. George Juvier previously pleaded guilty to one count of felony conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and was sentenced last week. In addition to the over five […]
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