• posted: Aug. 31, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• CFTC,  carbon markets fraud,  carbon credits

If you have information about fraud or manipulation in the carbon markets, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is seeking any information available. The CFTC’s Whistleblower Office in the Division Read More

• posted: Aug. 17, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• medicare fraud,  CRH Healthcare,  Peachtree Immediate Care FP,  Covid-19 Fraud

Two healthcare companies, CRH Healthcare, LLC and Peachtree Immediate Care FP, LLC, have agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle accusations of False Claims Act (FCA) violations. In turn, multiple Read More

• posted: Aug. 15, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• qui tam,  kickbacks,  kickback scheme,  kickback claims,  qui tam claims

Vanguard Health Systems (doing business as The Detroit Medical Center Inc. (DMC)) and Tenet Healthcare Corporation has recently settled a False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit for $29.7 million. The government Read More

• posted: Aug. 10, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• False Claims Act,  whistleblower suit,  wrongdoing at your job

Smart Pharmacy, Inc., SP2, LLC and owner Gregory Balotin have settled a False Claims Act lawsuit for at least $7.4 million. The Justice Department alleged that the pharmacies “violated the Read More

• posted: Aug. 08, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• kickbacks,  kickback suit,  nursing facility

Alta Vista Healthcare and Wellness Center, LLC and its management company, Rockport Healthcare Services, have settled a kickback suit for $3.825 million. Read More

• posted: Aug. 03, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Fraud
• FIRREA,  AMLA,  Money Laundering

In December 2022, Congress presented the omnibus budget to President Biden, including the Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Improvement Act. This Act amends the Anti-Money Laundering Act to be more like other Read More

• posted: Jul. 25, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• False Claims Act,  qui tam,  FCA Violations

Devyn Taylor, who alleged that Samsung C&T America committed False Claims Act violations, is set to receive $210,000 for blowing the whistle. The settlement was approved in early February 2023 Read More

• posted: Jul. 18, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• enforcement,  Financial Fraud,  Fraud Enforcement

As many Americans have noticed, financial conditions are getting worse across the board—including for corporations. As profits go down and interest rates go up, more corporate executives may be tempted Read More

• posted: Jul. 06, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• False Claims Act,  Kickback,  FCA Suit

The United States Department of Justice asked a federal judge in Minnesota to order an ophthalmology distributor to pay around $490 million in damages after a False Claims Act kickback Read More

• posted: May 25, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• financial fraud,  employer retaliation,  employment discrimination

A former vice president of finance at Transdigm, a Washington aerospace supplier, has accused the company of retaliatory termination after she reported financial fraud. The discrimination suit alleged that Transdigm Read More

• posted: Apr. 25, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• medicaid billing

False Claims Act litigation may have significant impact this year, as the Supreme Court decides which cases to hear. The Supreme Court has already accepted one False Claims Act case, Read More

• posted: Apr. 18, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• Dodd-Frank Act,  SEC,  SEC award

The Securities and Exchange Commission awarded over $37 million to a whistleblower who came forward with information leading to a successful SEC enforcement action, and a related action. The SEC’s Office Read More

• posted: Mar. 30, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• federal financial fraud

2022 was a big year for federal financial fraud whistleblower actions. Some of the country’s biggest financial institutions were targeted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Department of Justice Read More

• posted: Mar. 21, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• Biogen,  Medi-Cal

Government enforcement agencies spent 2022 investigating claims of healthcare fraud, thanks to whistleblowers. The government recovered billions of dollars from healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies and more. Most of the cases below Read More

• posted: Mar. 02, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• healthcare fraud,  kickback scheme,  Anti-Kickback Statute

A doctor and a healthcare facility have agreed to pay more than $2.6 million to settle False Claims Act allegations. They were accused of improperly billing both state and federal Read More

• posted: Feb. 28, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• CTFC,  recordkeeping failures

Late last year, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission reached a $710 million settlement with 11 major financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, Citibank and Bank Read More