Whistleblower News

How much detail do whistleblowers need about false claims made by their employers in order for a case to proceed? That level of particularity is the central issue in three False Claims Act cases the Supreme Court declined to hear in October.The court’s denial of certiorari means one of the cases, against Illinois-based Molina Healthcare, can proceed after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled 2-1 in favor of the whistleblower.The other two cases, also alleging fraud by … [Read more...]

Keller Grover LLP attorney Kate Scanlan recently appeared on a podcast with her client Kathy Ormsby, the whistleblower behind a Medicare Advantage fraud 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 … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

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...]