If you believe your employer has been defrauding the federal government, your first instinct may be to organize your thoughts before contacting an attorney. Increasingly, potential clients are turning to AI tools like ChatGPT for legal advice and to help draft case summaries or intake narratives before reaching out to a law firm. While the impulse to arrive prepared is understandable, using AI to build your case summary carries serious legal risks that could compromise your claim before it even … [Read more...]
Tariff Evasion Is Rampant. The False Claims Act Is One of the Government’s Best Tools to Fight It.
The average value of goods packed into a 20-foot shipping container from China fell nearly 40 percent between January 2025 and February 2026. Over the same period, container values from the rest of the world barely moved. Researchers and trade experts say the numbers point to one explanation: companies have been systematically falsifying the declared value of Chinese imports to reduce the tariffs they owe to the United States government, a form of tariff evasion.Ryan Petersen, the chief … [Read more...]
Medical Billing Fraud After COVID: Ongoing Schemes Whistleblowers Should Know
On June 30, 2025, the Department of Justice announced the results of its 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, the largest in the program's history. The DOJ charged 324 defendants in connection with fraud schemes totaling more than $14.6 billion in intended losses to federal healthcare programs. Among the cases was a coordinated set of charges against transnational criminal organizations operating out of Russia and Eastern Europe that had used U.S.-based shell companies to submit … [Read more...]
Customs Fraud Whistleblower Cases: New Opportunities Under Trump Administration Trade Policies
On December 18, 2025, the Department of Justice announced a $54.4 million settlement with Ceratizit USA LLC, a distributor of tungsten carbide products, to resolve allegations that the company evaded customs duties on goods imported from China. The settlement is the largest customs fraud resolution in False Claims Act history. The whistleblower who brought the case to the government's attention received a share of the recovery under the law.The Ceratizit case did not arise in isolation. It … [Read more...]
Medicare Advantage Fraud and AI: How Artificial Intelligence Is Being Used to Defraud Medicare
On January 14, 2026, the Department of Justice announced that five Kaiser Permanente affiliates had agreed to pay $556 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they submitted unsupported diagnosis codes for Medicare Advantage enrollees to inflate reimbursements from the federal government. The settlement is the largest False Claims Act resolution involving Medicare Advantage risk adjustment fraud in history. Whistleblowers who brought the case received a share of the recovery.The … [Read more...]
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