Qui Tam Case Involving Medicare Fraud Results in $2.1 Million Settlement
- posted: Mar. 28, 2024
- Whistleblower Litigation
Massive government healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid lack the resources to catch every instance of fraud that victimizes taxpayers and makes it more difficult to serve beneficiaries. However, Read More
Reliant Rehabilitation Holdings Will Pay $6.1 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations
- posted: Nov. 15, 2018
- Fraud
Reliant Rehabilitation Holds, Inc., a national rehabilitative care provider based in Plano, Texas, will pay $6.1 million to the federal government to settle claims it paid kickbacks to its skilled Read More
Amazon Launches Investigation into Reports of Employees Leaking Data for Bribes
- posted: Nov. 12, 2018
- Fraud
Global online retailer Amazon has announced that it has started an investigation into reported internal leaks of private information by employees as part of bribes to take down fake reviews Read More
PwC to Pay $625 Million in Damages After Audit
- posted: Nov. 08, 2018
- Fraud
U.S. District Judge Barbara Jacobs Rothstein ordered PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to pay the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. more than $625 million for negligence in an audit of Colonial BancGroup, Inc., a Read More
Florida Urogynecology Network Settles False Claims Act Case for $1.7 Million
- posted: Nov. 05, 2018
- Fraud
FWC Urogynecology, a urogynecology network based in Florida, recently settled a False Claims Act lawsuit for $1.7 million. In the suit, FWC was alleged to have billed the government for Read More
Endo Will Pay $13 Million to Settle Case Alleging Illegal Marketing Practices
- posted: Oct. 25, 2018
- Fraud
Endo Pharmaceuticals recently settled a lawsuit with the state of Texas to the tune of $13.5 million, resolving allegations that the company engaged in illegal marketing practices for its drug Read More
Detroit Area Hospital Settles False Claims Act Case for $84.5 Million
- posted: Oct. 22, 2018
- Fraud
William Beaumont Hospital, a hospital based in the Detroit area, agreed to pay $84.5 million to settle claims under the False Claims Act. The hospital was accused of having improper Read More
Court Approves Wells Fargo’s $142 Million Settlement in Class Action Lawsuit Over Fake Accounts
- posted: Sep. 20, 2018
- Fraud
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
OSHA: Wells Fargo Treated Terminated Manager Unfairly After He Exposed Potential Fraud
- posted: Jul. 17, 2017
- Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
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
SEC Awards $4 Million to Whistleblower Who Alerted Agency to Fraud
- posted: Dec. 26, 2016
- Whistleblower Litigation
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has provided an award of $4 million to a whistleblower who provided the federal agency with information related to a major instance of Read More
SEC Announces $600,000 Award to Whistleblower in First-Ever Retaliation Payout
- posted: May 14, 2015
- Graft and Corruption
Since the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s whistleblower award program was launched more than three years ago, the agency has handed out payments of more than $50 million to 17 Read More
D.C. Circuit Court Expands Privilege in Internal Corporate Investigations
- posted: Oct. 16, 2014
- Graft and Corruption
There are numerous federal regulations requiring investigations into possible fraud, related to both mandatory disclosure and simply performing some fact gathering while seeking legal advice. The U.S. Court of Appeals Read More