• posted: Apr. 08, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  New Legislation,  Fraud
• Tax Fraud Qui Tam

On January 13, Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington, D.C. signed into law the False Claims Amendment Act of 2020. It will become effective as soon as the 30-day congressional review Read More

• posted: Apr. 05, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Fraud
• ExxonMobil

Franklin Bennett, a former employee of ExxonMobil, recently claimed the oil company has spent years overvaluing its assets, in what he calls a “fraudulent and defiant behavior.” He filed a Read More

• posted: Apr. 01, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• Akumin Corporation,  Delaware Open MRI Radiology Associates

Akumin Corporation and Delaware Open MRI Radiology Associates, LLC agreed to a $749,600 settlement with the U.S. government to resolve healthcare fraud allegations that arose under a False Claims Act Read More

• posted: Mar. 29, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• DME,  Florida,  illegal DME claims,  Indian Rocks Beach,  Kelly Wolfe,  Regency Inc

A woman from Indian Rocks Beach in Florida owes more than $20.3 million in restitution and could face up to 13 years in federal prison for her role in perpetrating Read More

• posted: Mar. 25, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• healthcare

A recent report from the Department of Justice (DOJ) indicates the department recovered $1.8 billion from healthcare fraud and false claims cases in the 2020 fiscal year. The cases that led Read More

• posted: Mar. 22, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• Securities and Exchange Commission,  SEC whistleblower award,  SEC award

On Thursday, January 7, The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced three whistleblower awards to five recipients that totaled more than $1.1 million. According to a statement released by the Read More

• posted: Mar. 04, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• incorrect billing,  healthcare fraud,  Medicare Fraud

Apria Healthcare Group, Inc. (Apria), a durable medical equipment provider that operates throughout the United States, recently agreed to settle a multistate billing fraud claim to the tune of $40.5 Read More

• posted: Feb. 08, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• False Claims Act,  healthcare fraud,  kickbacks

Merit Medical Systems recently agreed to pay $18 million to resolve claims that it violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act in paying physicians and healthcare facilities to Read More

• posted: Feb. 04, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• nonprofit organization,  recoveries

A nonprofit organization based in West Allis, Wisconsin agreed to pay $1.9 million to the federal government after reports from a whistleblower revealed the organization was simply repackaging Chinese products Read More

• posted: Jan. 25, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• healthcare fraud,  Medicaid Fraud,  kickback scheme

Methodist Healthcare and West Cancer Center, both located in Memphis, Tennessee, were recently named in a whistleblower lawsuit revolving around illegal kickbacks to doctors. Former Methodist University Hospital CEO Jeff Liebman Read More

• posted: Jan. 14, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• fraudulent labor expense,  time charging

Bechtel Corp. and a subcontractor, Aecom, paid $58 million to settle claims of billing the Department of Energy for fraudulent labor expenses. The two companies have been working together on the Read More

• posted: Dec. 31, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• financial fraud,  financial crime,  Commodity Futures Trading Commission

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a record judgment against JPMorgan Chase & Company and its subsidiaries. JPMorgan will pay out a record $920.2 million for a CFTC case, Read More

• posted: Dec. 21, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• AIG,  corporate fraud

An ex-attorney for American International Group (AIG) filed a federal lawsuit claiming AIG fired him after he formally complained about fraudulent activity surrounding an effort to create a separate legal Read More

• posted: Dec. 17, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• HIPPA

Potential whistleblowers in a medical setting should be familiar with HIPAA and its implications if they are to establish a viable case that does not violate the rights of other Read More

• posted: Dec. 07, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• CFTC Whistleblower Program

The Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced this summer a whistleblower award of approximately $9 million, one of its most valuable awards yet. The award was granted to a whistleblower who Read More

• posted: Dec. 03, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• CFPB,  deceptive claims

In July, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered a final judgment to resolve allegations from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) allegations against Certified Forensic Read More