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Federal prosecutors appear to be getting closer to bringing criminal charges against financial institutions that were previously seen as untouchable. A recent article in the New York Times discussed how the perception that banks were “too big t… Read More

The Internal Revenue Service recently released its annual report to Congress. The report, not known for its stimulating material, contained one area of interest to many, especially critics of the agency: whistleblower tips. The report clearly indicat… Read More

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

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

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

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

Officials with the U.S. Attorney’s Office have announced that a whistleblower will receive more than $1.8 million for his share of a recent settlement with a defense contractor. The case was launched after the whistleblower, Richard Priem, reve… Read More

As an update to an earlier post, the United States government has made the important decision to join a whistleblower lawsuit against Lance Armstrong. The suit, filed by Armstrong’s former teammate Floyd Landis, revolves around Armstrong’… Read More