Category: News

Academia’s Whistleblower Obsession Whistleblowers are getting a lot of attention from academics these days. Just last week, in fact, we wrote about a study conducted by a group of finance professors which found that whistleblowers–employees in particular–are the most effective at finding corporate fraud. Now, another study has come out, this one with much more...

Ohio to have its Own False Claims Act? – If State AG Mike DeWine had his way they would! Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is pushing for the state to have its own False Claims Act, which would let whistleblowers file claims against state contractors, allowing Ohio to collect fraudulent funds and penalties, according to...

Former NBA Great Lucius Allen Blows the Whistle on Bristol-Myers Squibb As reported by the Los Angeles Times here, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced Friday that his office had joined a previously sealed whistleblower lawsuit against the company, calling it the largest health insurance fraud case ever pursued by a California state agency. Two of...

A Modern Whodunit Back in December, a bill to protect whistle blowing federal employees was expected to pass. Instead, it disappeared. The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2010 (S. 372) was introduced in February of 2009. The bill is summarized by congress as “A bill to amend chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to...

IRS Alters Rules to Pay Informants in More Cases The IRS recently proposed regulations making it easier for Tax Fraud Whistleblowers whose information results in denial of refunds or a reduction in deductible losses to get rewards of as much as 30 percent of the amount involved. Earlier guidance tied reward payments to a portion of...

Expanded Whistleblower Program in Dodd-Frank Act November 09, 2010 | Westlaw News & Insight A newly expanded whistleblower program in the Dodd-Frank law has opened a fertile business opportunity for plaintiffs’ lawyers –and sparked a feverish multimedia marketing effort aimed at people in a position to report financial skullduggery to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The...

First IRS Whistleblower Office Reward The “Whistleblower”, who wishes to remain anonymous (hereinafter referred to as “Mr. Doe”), worked as a CPA in the accounting department of a Fortune 500 financial services firm. While carrying out his basic job responsibilities, Mr. Doe discovered that his employer failed to properly disclose the extent of its tax...

U.S. Joins Whistleblower Lawsuit The United States has intervened in a whistleblower suit accusing Renal Care Group (“RCG”) and Renal Care Group Supply Company (“RCGSC”), wholly owned subsidiaries of Fresenius, of fraudulently billing Medicare for supplies and equipment provided to End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients who received dialysis treatments at home. Notice of the...

Fresenius Medical Holdings, Inc. Ordered To Pay $19.4 Million Whistleblower lawsuit results in a ruling that Renal Care Group, a dialysis company formerly headquartered in Nashville, must pay $19.4 million plus interest to the United States government after it allegedly set up a shell company in order to inflate its Medicare billing. Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB)...

YLG Files 2nd Employee Class Action Against Best Buy New York Employees Subjected to Off-the-Clock Security Searches & Missed Breaks NEW YORK – Jan. 24, 2008 – Eric L. Young, Esq. has filed a 2nd Class Action Complaint against Best Buy in the Supreme Court of New York on behalf of a class of current...