False Claims Act Category – Page 3 of 6

Hope Cancer Institute and Oncologist Agree to Pay United States $2.9 Million to Resolve Fraud Claims Brought by Whistleblowers

April 14th, 2014

Hope Cancer Institute, Inc., and its owner, oncologist Dr. Raj Sadasivan, have agreed to pay the United States over $2.9 million to settle claims that they defrauded federally-funded medical insurance programs. Dr. Sadasivan founded Hope Cancer Insti… Read More

Regulators Turn Critical Eye Towards For-Profit Colleges

April 10th, 2014

In an announcement that will hopefully save millions of eager and unsuspecting students from the trap of large student loan debt, the Obama administration recently revealed it would seek to impose new oversight of for-profit colleges. Specifically, t… Read More

Fight Against Financial Fraud Needs Funding

March 20th, 2014

A recent piece in the Boston Globe discussed the serious problem of government fraud and noted that lawmakers on the national level need to do more than just give the problem lip service. Rather than simply talk about the importance of reducing fraud… Read More

Categories: False Claims Act, Medicare Fraud, Qui Tam

IRS Whistleblower Program In Need Of Overhaul

March 6th, 2014

The New York Times recently took the IRS to task for the way it is operating its whistleblower program. The article interviewed a half-dozen people who had acted as whistleblowers, bringing forward information about tax cheats. Rather than have the p… Read More

Health Care Fraud Becomes Big Business And Receives Attention From Prosecutors

February 13th, 2014

Bad news for those who intend to defraud the government of millions of dollars for health care related expenditures. According to the Department of Justice and the Wall Street Journal, prosecutors have filed a record number of health care fraud cases… Read More

DOJ Joins Lawsuit Against One Of The Nation's Largest Hospital Operators

January 16th, 2014

One of the country’s largest hospital operators now faces a major lawsuit claiming the company defrauded the federal government of millions of dollars by engaging in Medicare and Medicaid fraud over a period of years. The qui tam action brought… Read More

New Study Demonstrates Enormous Value Of Healthcare Whistleblowers

December 6th, 2013

A recent study conducted by the group, Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund, found that whistleblowers in the healthcare industry have proved exceptionally valuable for the government and for the country. The study discovered that healthcare whistl… Read More

Senator Calls For Investigation Of Recent Mortgage Fraud Settlement

September 6th, 2013

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has announced that she is seeking information concerning the federal government’s decision to settle false claims brought by mortgage servicing companies to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). Specif… Read More

Time Is Running Out For States To Pass Tougher False Claims Acts

August 8th, 2013

According to a recent report, nine states are at risk of losing federal money unless they pass new false claims laws that meet with stricter federal standards. The trouble began when Congress passed the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. The measure incl… Read More

SEC Asks For Patience With Whistleblower Program

July 25th, 2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission has expended significant energy over the last few weeks issuing press releases where it assured the public that the first two whistleblower awards that have been announced (both were relatively small) will not b… Read More

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