Keller Grover LLP attorney Kate Scanlan recently appeared on a podcast with her client Kathy Ormsby, the whistleblower behind a lawsuit against Sutter Health that was settled last year for a record $90 million. In the podcast, Ms. Ormsby describes the frustration and worry after uncovering what she believed was fraud at her workplace and learning her employer would not take steps to correct it. She also discusses how she trusted Ms. Scanlan to take her case. You can listen to the entire … [Read more...]

Whistleblowers have played a role in helping uncover billions of dollars in COVID-19 recovery fraud, and it appears the government thinks there's a lot more to claw back. The statute of limitations for civil and criminal fraud enforcement on the Paycheck Protection Program and the Small Business Administration’s COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan programs were recently extended to 10 years after President Biden signed two bills into law in August.  “Anyone who defrauded these critical … [Read more...]

The Covid pandemic brought to light another widespread illness — rising fraud against U.S. taxpayers.  To be sure, the figures are staggering. Pandemic fraud alone ate up an estimated $80 billion of intended small business relief, $90 billion of unemployment relief, and $80 billion from a separate Covid relief program, according to NBC News. Government statistics keep rising but have yet to catch up to those estimates. Unfortunately, those staggering fraud estimates dwarf the $62 billion … [Read more...]

Now more than ever, whistleblowers play a vital role in helping society sort out the turbulence of the past few years. They’ve alleged lax security at Twitter. They’re helping the U.S. government ferret out the multibillion-dollar fraud on pandemic relief funds. They’ve offered explosive testimony for the Jan. 6 panel. And that’s just for starters. Keller Grover comes alongside whistleblowers, addressing fraud related to  Medicare, COVID-19 and more. While many of these whistleblowers have … [Read more...]