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SEC Whistleblower Program Fiscal Year 2023 Enforcement Successful

SEC Whistleblower Program Success The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that they filed a total of 784 enforcement actions, a 3 percent increase compared to the previous fiscal year. These actions included 501 original enforcement actions, an 8 percent increase from before. Additionally, the SEC filed 162 “follow-on” administrative proceedings to bar or suspend individuals from...

Nurse Practitioner Found Guilty in $200M Healthcare Fraud Scandal

A Nurse Practitioner has been convicted due to her involvement in a health care fraud scandal totaling over $200 million, according to a report from the Department of Justice. The case was a significant instance of a healthcare professional taking advantage of the system for personal gain, by ordering unnecessary laboratory tests and medical equipment,...

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Pharmacy Manager Guilty in $54M TRICARE Bribery Case

A man from Florida was found guilty by a federal jury for his involvement in a $54 million TRICARE bribery and kickback scheme. TRICARE is a federal program that offers health insurance benefits to active duty and retired service members as well as their families. Rhe DOJ, HHS-OIG, the U.S. Department of Defense Office of Inspector...

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COVID Fraud Scams Needs to be Reported More by Whistleblowers

COVID Fraud on the Rise From March 2020 through January 13, 2023, at least 1,044 individuals pleaded guilty or were convicted of defrauding COVID-19 relief programs, according to a recent study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Fraudsters’ biggest targets were two loan programs administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA) — the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)...

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Sobering News of Surging Fraud in the Addiction Treatment Industry

The opioid epidemic has exacted an immeasurable cost on our country in both human and financial costs. It has also given rise to a new type of health care scam in America – addiction treatment fraud. Unscrupulous operators of drug treatment centers and sober homes are preying on people in desperate need of drug treatment...

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SEC Issues Annual Whistleblower Report for 2017

Annual Whistleblower Report is Here The annual SEC whistleblower report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2017 has been released. It provides information and data about the activities of the SEC Whistleblower Office (referred to in the report as OWB) from October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017. Over the year period, the SEC received over...

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U.S. Takes on Despicable Disaster Relief Fraud and ICO Fraud

Disaster Relief Fraud and ICO Fraud Making Headlines Disaster relief fraud and Initial Coin Offering (ICO) fraud are two areas that have been making headlines recently. Based on communications reported in the media from government agencies, both areas will be the subject of government scrutiny in the next few years. With regard to disaster fraud,...

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OIG Reports on Home Health Care Fraud

The U.S. Government is stepping up enforcement efforts against home health services fraud according to an Office of the Inspector General (OIG) alert recently published. In a separate June 2016 report from OIG, Medicare estimates that it spent approximately $18.4 billion to reimburse more than 11,000 home health agencies. Of that amount, the Medicare Fee-for-Service...

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A Growing Problem in Tax Fraud: Identity Theft

There is a new target for identity thieves: the Federal Government. The thieves are using personal information to file a fraudulent tax return with the IRS on behalf of the identity theft victim. If the IRS doesn’t recognize the fraudulent return, it may refund money to the identity thieves and label the taxpayer’s return a...

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US Joins Whistleblower Suit Against Novartis Pharmaceuticals

United States Joins Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Novartis Pharmaceuticals Philadelphia, Pa, April 26, 2013 PRWeb, Young Law Group (usawhistle.wpenginepowered.com; e-mail: eyoung@young-lawgroup.com) The United States Department of Justice has announced that it is intervening in a qui tam whistleblower suit under the False Claims Act accusing Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation of fraudulently billing Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and other federal and state-funded...

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