PPP loan fraud 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.Ten More Years to Prosecute PPP and EIDL Fraud 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 … [Read more...]
Covid Relief Fraud: Whistleblowers Can Help Claw Back Billions
The Covid pandemic brought to light another widespread illness — Covid relief fraud, and 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 … [Read more...]
Whistleblower Protection Act Reform: Pandemic Turbulence Sparks New Legislation
Now more than ever, whistleblowers play a vital role in helping society sort out the turbulence of the past few years, and new Whistleblower Protection Act legislation in Congress would expand the safeguards they rely on.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 … [Read more...]
Paid for a Mandatory Drug Test? Knowing Your Rights as a California Worker
Most of the time, anything your employer requires you to do also should come with compensation, according to California law. We’re here to help if that doesn’t happen.Whether you should be paid for a mandatory drug test is one of the nuances that arise with requirements tied to a job offer. This summer, an appeals court in California provided some guidelines about how that plays out practically.Alfred Johnson filed a class-action lawsuit against supermarket chain WinCo Foods. Successful … [Read more...]
Wildlife Crime Whistleblowers: A Proposed Law Would Finally Reward Them
We’ve written about the government’s growing whistleblower initiatives before; they span many categories, including health care, cybersecurity, money laundering, and vehicle safety. But this latest initiative, aimed at wildlife crime whistleblowers, at the very least underscores the value of whistleblowers, showing their aid can prove valuable far beyond traditional arenas.The Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act, a bipartisan measure led by Rep. John Garamendi (D-California) and … [Read more...]
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