We’ve told you before about the potential for fraud in government programs intended to protect the “Blue Economy” and how the False Claims Act enables whistleblowers to report wasteful spending on federal programs designed to protect the environment. However, other whistleblower programs besides the FCA give environmental whistleblowers ways to help safeguard the environment, even if the individuals or corporations involved aren’t contracted by the federal government. Blowing the whistle on … [Read more...]
Medicare Advantage Fraud: Whistleblowers Help Recover Wasted Taxpayer Dollars
While the Biden administration, Congress and private insurers argue about proposed cuts to Medicare Advantage and ways to shore up its financial future, another law that’s been in place for more than a century has proven to be the most effective way to reduce Medicare Advantage fraud.The False Claims Act, which allows whistleblowers, people who’ve witnessed or have information about a fraud upon the federal government who are also known as relators, to sue companies for fraudulent activity. … [Read more...]
Military Contractor Fraud Puts Servicemembers and First Responders at Risk
Overcharging the government or billing the government for services not provided are some of the well-known ways federal contractors violate the False Claims Act. But military contractor fraud also includes providing defective or substandard materials as part of a government contract. Defense contractor fraud and government procurement fraud siphon billions awayfrom the more than $1 trillion Congress appropriates every year for the national defense. In the case of contracts to provide … [Read more...]
False Claims Act Whistleblower Cases: Annual Report Shows Success of Non-Intervened Suits
The Department of Justice last month reported its False Claims Act report for fiscal year 2022, highlighting more than $2.2 billion in settlements and judgments, and the second-highest number of settlements in history.But even more revealing were figures that show the importance of non-intervened False Claims Act whistleblower cases. That is, lawsuits filed by whistleblowers under the False Claims Act that federal prosecutors declined to intervene in, leaving the whistleblowers and their … [Read more...]
The False Claims Act Knowledge Standard: Supreme Court Will Hear the Fraud Loophole Case
The Supreme Court will hear arguments this spring on the False Claims Act knowledge standard, in a case described as the “biggest threat” the False Claims Act has faced since it was modernized four decades ago.It’s an issue that could undercut the FCA’s ability to hold bad actors accountable and recover taxpayer money—$72 billion and counting since the statute was revamped in 1986.How the Seventh Circuit’s SuperValu Ruling Created the Loophole The issue arose from the Seventh Circuit’s … [Read more...]
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