Time to Get FIRREA’d Up
16/02/2017
FIRREA may not be familiar to you, even if you have some connection to the banking industry, because the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA)... Read More
The Whole Tooth: Dental Fraud and Whistleblowers
24/01/2017
No area of health care seems to be free from fraud these days, and that includes dental care. Like doctors, most dentists are upstanding professionals, caring for... Read More
Monsanto Executive Turned Whistleblower Awarded Big Payday
24/11/2016
The second-largest award granted under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) whistleblower program went to a former executive with Monsanto Corporation in late August, 2016. An... Read More
False Claims Act Penalties Get a Big Raise
21/11/2016
The Department of Justice (DOJ) passed an interim final rule (a rule adopted without public input and put into effect immediately, but with request for comments) on... Read More
Boeing: Multiple FCA Violator
8/11/2016
The Boeing Company: It is the biggest producer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft in the world, with almost 157,000 employees as of late July, 2016. Based... Read More
Whistleblower Brings $28 Million in Pharmacy Kickback Allegations to Light
1/11/2016
Kickback allegations that were leveled at the largest nursing home pharmacy in the United States, Omnicare, Inc., by a whistleblower in a qui tam suit have been... Read More
ITT Tech’s Death Knell
24/10/2016
When it comes to educational loan fraud, one of the biggest players has been ITT Tech, which is now in bankruptcy and no longer operating as of... Read More
Whistleblower Suing Defense Corporation Under the False Claims Act
20/10/2016
Defense contractor Raytheon looks to be in the hot seat now that a whistleblower has brought a suit claiming fraud, waste, and abuse on Raytheon’s part. Among... Read More
A Different Kind of Educational Fraud
20/10/2016
Usually when we talk of whistleblowers in education, the fraud involves federal student loans and grants, and for-profit schools. But on September 1, 2016, a story broke... Read More
