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• posted: Sep. 24, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• financial fraud,  whistleblower,  Dallas attorney,  SEC whistleblower award

The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission’s whistleblower program allows eligible whistleblowers to obtain monetary awards when providing the agency with original information about securities violations, which may include financial fraud. Read More

• posted: Sep. 20, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• whistleblower,  fraud,  fraud settlement,  Dallas attorney

A federal court recently approved a $142 million class-action lawsuit settlement for Wells Fargo after the bank was accused of opening fake accounts in customers’ names. The settlement received preliminary Read More

• posted: Jun. 21, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• Customs Fraud,  whistleblower law: customs fraud

Whistleblower lawsuits are on the rise across the board as would-be whistleblowers have been emboldened by more federal protections and increasingly valuable awards. A new field has suddenly jumped to Read More

• posted: Jun. 18, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• Epic develops medical records software,  overbilled for Medicare and Medicaid

A lawsuit filed against Epic Systems, a digital health care records company based in Verona, Wisconsin, alleges the company systematically overbilled the government for Medicare and Medicaid. The lawsuit was initially Read More

• posted: Jun. 11, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• Centerlight Health System,  Whistleblower Billing Fraud Case,  Wrongdoing included false claims

Centerlight Health System, Inc., a New York-based healthcare provider primarily serving elderly and disabled Medicaid patients, reached a new $10.3 million settlement in a case with state and federal elements Read More

• posted: May 17, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• Medicare Fraud,  uncover instances of fraud,  Whistleblowers are Critical

During a recent interview with the AARP, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Medicare fraud must be taken as seriously as the war on drugs in this country. That’s saying Read More

• posted: Mar. 22, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• AT&T,  Consumer Arbitration,  Ninth Circuit Court

In the case of Roberts v. AT&T Mobility, the Ninth Circuit court made a quick dismissal of a First Amendment challenge to consumer arbitration, finding there was no state action Read More

• posted: Feb. 15, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• False Claim act,  fraudulent Medicare billing,  Healthcare fraud scheme

Information a whistleblower provided recently led to federal prosecutors bringing a fraud case against a dermatology chain in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. According to an announcement by the U.S. Attorney’s Read More

• posted: Jan. 15, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• health care conspiracy

A group of health clinic owners in Houston will head to federal court after being indicted for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering and kickbacks, according to a joint Read More

• posted: Dec. 25, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• anti-fraud,  health care fraud,  International Fraud Awareness Week

Valdosta State University in Georgia recently hosted a presentation in recognition of International Fraud Awareness Week (November 12-18), a global initiative developed to minimize the effects of fraud by promoting Read More

• posted: Sep. 04, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• False Claims Act,  whistleblower laws,  academic fraud,  whistleblower award

A federal judge has ruled that a whistleblower lawsuit filed against Duke University and a pair of researchers can proceed. The lawsuit alleges the university and researchers were able to secure Read More

• posted: Aug. 28, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• UnitedHealth Group lawsuit

The U.S. Department of Justice recently sued UnitedHealth Group, claiming the company’s senior executives were aware it was overbilling Medicare by hundreds of millions of dollars annually and that they Read More

• posted: Jul. 31, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• $350 million in False Claims Act,  Medicare and Medicaid

A federal judge in Florida has issued a stay on more than $350 million in False Claims Act judgments in fear that the nursing homes ordered to pay them could Read More

• posted: Jul. 27, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• FINRA,  issuing penalties,  new guidelines

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), a self-regulatory agency, has updated its sanctions guide to ensure in-house judges consider whether broker-dealers took advantage of elderly or vulnerable clients when making Read More

• posted: Jul. 20, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• Atul and Jiten Nanda,  H-1B work visas

Legal counsel for the U.S. government is pushing back against an effort for a new trial from two brothers convicted for their roles in a scheme to misuse H-1B work Read More

• posted: Jul. 17, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• OSHA,  fraud,  unfairly terminated,  Wells Fargo

Banking giant Wells Fargo must reinstate a former manager who was fired after he reported possible fraud happening within the organization. The order comes from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Read More