CALL US TOLL FREE FOR HELP: 1-800-632-1404

We are attorneys that investigate False Claims Act cases nationwide, including in the states of Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky and elsewhere for Medicare fraud, tax fraud, contractor fraud and more against a range of employers including healthcare providers, medical device companies, defense contractors, and pharmaceutical companies. We stand ready to provide a free case evaluation to you; please call us today.

False Claims Act Attorney: Settlement Involving CyTerra

As attorneys that represent individuals under the False Claims Act, we wanted to advise that a military contractor known as CyTerra Corp. has agreed to pay $2 million dollars to settle whistle blower civil fraud allegations against the government.  The False Claims Act lawsuit, which was filed seven years ago in Massachusetts, accused the company of systematically inflating costs and over charging the military as it billed to hand held land mind detection systems.  According to whistle blowers, CyTerra officials in Orlando and Waltham, Massachusetts secretly inflated the costs of labor and materials to sweeten the company’s profits.  When the two finance executives alerted the company to the situation, they were fired in retaliation according to their lawyers.  The wrongful termination claims are still pending.

The two Relators will receive a reward of $361,000.00 which is 19% of what CyTerra is paying the government, as part of their Relator’s share.  When a person declares a fraud against the government and there is a recovery, the Relator is entitled to a share.  If you have any desire to blow the whistle on fraud against the government, please contact us as soon as possible for a free case evaluation.

If you have confidential information about a fraud against the government in Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas or another state, please contact us as soon as possible for a free case evaluation.

FOR HELP, PLEASE CONTACT US.

We help whistleblowers on a contingency basis, meaning there is no fee charged for our work unless there is a recovery. We also front any and all expenses. No matter where you are located — we will represent you. We will come to you, you will not have to come to us.

Attorneys in our firm and attorneys that we work with on Whistleblower, Qui Tam, False Claims Act cases have represented a host of persons making claims, for violations of federal tax law, Medicare law and more.

For more information, please contact our team of whitsleblower and qui tam attorneys today, or visit our False Claims Act Litigation Source.

CALL 1-800-632-1404

or fill out this form below for a free initial consultation.

CALL US TOLL FREE FOR HELP: 1-800-632-1404

We are attorneys that investigate False Claims Act cases nationwide, including in the states of Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky and elsewhere for Medicare fraud, tax fraud, contractor fraud and more against a range of employers including healthcare providers, medical device companies, defense contractors, and pharmaceutical companies. We stand ready to provide a free case evaluation to you; please call us today.

False Claims Act Attorney: Settlement Involving Tacoma Company Sound Physicians

As attorneys that represent individuals who file suit under the False Claims Act on behalf of whistle blowers, we wanted to advise that a Tacoma company known as Sound Physicians has agreed to pay $14.5 million dollars to settle an over-billing lawsuit.  Sound Physicians provides doctors to some 70 hospitals in 22 states.

Former employee and whistle blower, Craig Thomas, filed a lawsuit under the False Claims Act alleging that Sound Physicians submitted claims to Medicare and other federal programs that exaggerated the seriousness and extent of the work they performed on patients.  As a result of the $14.5 million dollar settlement, Mr. Thomas will receive a $2.7 million dollar Relator fee out of the settlement proceeds.

In the original 2008 Complaint, Mr. Thomas alleged that the company paid its physicians and executives based on the amount of the fees they generated.  That system, he claimed, was an incentive for physicians to upgrade their claims for payment to higher levels to increase their own pay.  He said that the company provided physicians little or no training on how to properly their work when submitting forms for government reimbursement.  He alleged that Sound Physicians was aware that many of its claims for reimbursement were not supported by patient medical records, and that the company conducted an internal audit on some of its hospitals in 2008 but did nothing to take any significant corrective action to refund over collections they had discovered resulting from up charging.

If you have confidential information about a fraud against the government in Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas or another state, please contact us as soon as possible for a free case evaluation.

FOR HELP, PLEASE CONTACT US.

We help whistleblowers on a contingency basis, meaning there is no fee charged for our work unless there is a recovery. We also front any and all expenses. No matter where you are located — we will represent you. We will come to you, you will not have to come to us.

Attorneys in our firm and attorneys that we work with on Whistleblower, Qui Tam, False Claims Act cases have represented a host of persons making claims, for violations of federal tax law, Medicare law and more.

For more information, please contact our team of whitsleblower and qui tam attorneys today, or visit our False Claims Act Litigation Source.

CALL 1-800-632-1404

or fill out this form below for a free initial consultation.

CALL US TOLL FREE FOR HELP: 1-800-632-1404

We are attorneys that investigate False Claims Act cases nationwide, including in the states of Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky and elsewhere for Medicare fraud, tax fraud, contractor fraud and more against a range of employers including healthcare providers, medical device companies, defense contractors, and pharmaceutical companies. We stand ready to provide a free case evaluation to you; please call us today.

False Claims Act Attorney: Settlement Involving Fraudulent Conduct Alleged at Northwestern University

As attorneys that represent individuals under the False Claims Act, we wanted to make it known that Northwestern University has agreed to pay $2.9 million dollars to settle charges that it submitted false claims to the United States when two doctors directed and authorized the spending of grant funds on goods and services that did not meet applicable National Institutes of Health and Office of Management and Budget Grant Guidelines.  The complaint blowing the whistle on this fraud was filed by Melissa Theis.  The case has been pursued for over five years by Ms. Theis, who began working at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine in 2007 as a purchasing coordinator in the Department of Hematology and oncology.  As a purchasing coordinator her primary responsibilities included reviewing and processing invoices and travel reimbursement requests submitted by researchers and PI’s working on private and federal government grants.  Almost immediately, Ms. Theis noticed irregularities or red flags with respect to the invoices and reimbursement requests being submitted and paid from NIH grants.

If you have confidential information about a fraud against the government in Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas or another state, please contact us as soon as possible for a free case evaluation.

FOR HELP, PLEASE CONTACT US.

We help whistleblowers on a contingency basis, meaning there is no fee charged for our work unless there is a recovery. We also front any and all expenses. No matter where you are located — we will represent you. We will come to you, you will not have to come to us.

Attorneys in our firm and attorneys that we work with on Whistleblower, Qui Tam, False Claims Act cases have represented a host of persons making claims, for violations of federal tax law, Medicare law and more.

For more information, please contact our team of whitsleblower and qui tam attorneys today, or visit our False Claims Act Litigation Source.

CALL 1-800-632-1404

or fill out this form below for a free initial consultation.

CALL US TOLL FREE FOR HELP: 1-800-632-1404

We are attorneys that investigate False Claims Act cases nationwide, including in the states of Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky and elsewhere for Medicare fraud, tax fraud, contractor fraud and more against a range of employers including healthcare providers, medical device companies, defense contractors, and pharmaceutical companies. We stand ready to provide a free case evaluation to you; please call us today.

False Claims Act Attorney: Higher Settlements Likely

As attorneys that represent individuals that blow the whistle on fraud against the Government, we are pleased to report that the SEC whistle blower rewards are expected to grow even larger as additional claims are made.

Steven Cohen, an Associate Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, said recently that the SEC expects to pay “some extremely significant whistle blower rewards” as information has lead to “incredibly impactful cases.”  Additionally, Sean McKessy, the Director of the SEC’s Whistle Blower’s office, advised that “we are likely to see more rewards at a faster pace now that the program has been set up and running and the tips we have gotten are leading to successful cases.”  The SEC Whistle Blower program was established by the Dodd-Frank Act and has generated the boost to SEC enforcement efforts that proponents have envisioned.

To date, there have been two such awards, including an award of $50,000.00 (on $150,000 recovered) and a 15% award of a currently uncollected amount (which is likely to 15% of $800,000.00 or $120,000.00).

If you have confidential information about a fraud against the government in Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas or another state, please contact us as soon as possible for a free case evaluation.

THE SCOPE OF FRAUD

Amazingly, some estimates have suggested that approximately 10% of the entire annual United States budget is lost to companies or individuals who are defrauding the government. The United States Federal budget for 2010 was $3.456 billion, meaning around $345.6 million was wrongfully wasted on fraud.

The entities defrauding the government do so in a variety of ways: Medicare or Medicaid fraud whereby they bill the government for services which they never provided or overbill for services that were provided; SEC Trading; Tax Fraud; TARP Fraud; Military/Defense contract fraud; Pharmaceutical Manufacturing;contract fraud involving any number of large government spending programs; or other types public benefit fraud.

HELPING THE PUBLIC.

As a whistleblower attorney, we are interested in speaking with persons willing to make known the truth about company practices and are willing to file a qui tam or whistleblower action. One area in particular we are interested in discussing are lawsuits involving medical device companies where the company is alleged to have overcharged, engaged in kickback programs, and the like. We will nevertheless investigate claims in a variety of areas.

Workers and persons all across the country witness actions at their work that may be unlawful or even corrupt. Unfortunately, some employees and workers feel that they will be fired, terminated, harrassed or punished if they report an unlawful or corrupt action. These reporters, however, are protected by the law as a Whistleblower and can receive compensation because of the False Claims Act or the Medicaid False Claims Act. If you have reported actions that may be fraudulent, then you should talk to a Whistleblower or qui tam lawyer about your facts.

Whistleblowers help the government to get back billions of dollars each year with the help of the False Claims Act. In fact, fraudulent Medicaid claims are also caught by whistleblowers having the Medicaid False Claims Act on their side. If you report a false claim or fraudulent action to the government, then the government will give you, the whistleblower, a part of the money that gets recovered. This is because of qui tam requirements. Qui Tam means that a person files a lawsuit for the king and also for him or herself. The phrase is qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur, or, “he who sues for the king as well for himself.”

These requirements and lawsuits were made popular during the Civil War when many people were getting away with fraudulent actions against the government. In 1986, the False Claims Act was amended to raise the total compensation given to people who reported fraudulent actions, or whistleblowers. If a whistleblower works with a lawyer then it may be possible for them to get three times the amount the government would get in damages and also get additional compensation for general fines.

TYPES OF CASES

The most common situations that could form the basis of a Qui Tam action include:

• Submitting a false or fraudulent record, bill or statement to the government in order to fraudulently obtain money such as reporting a medical service that was never performed for Medicare or Medicad;
• Conspiring with a third party to submit or present have a false or fraudulent claim to the government;
• Withholding property of the government with the intent to defraud or conceal the property from the government;
• Fraudulently buying property of the government from someone not authorized to sell that property; and
• Making a false statement to fraudulently avoid paying money to the government or to avoid delivering property to the government.

FOR HELP, PLEASE CONTACT US.

We help whistleblowers on a contingency basis, meaning there is no fee charged for our work unless there is a recovery. We also front any and all expenses. No matter where you are located — we will represent you. We will come to you, you will not have to come to us.

Attorneys in our firm and attorneys that we work with on Whistleblower, Qui Tam, False Claims Act cases have represented a host of persons making claims, for violations of federal tax law, Medicare law and more.

For more information, please contact our team of whitsleblower and qui tam attorneys today.

CALL 1-800-632-1404

or fill out this form below for a free initial consultation.

CALL US TOLL FREE FOR HELP: 1-800-632-1404

We are attorneys that investigate False Claims Act cases nationwide, including in the states of Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky and elsewhere for Medicare fraud, tax fraud, contractor fraud and more against a range of employers including healthcare providers, medical device companies, defense contractors, and pharmaceutical companies. We stand ready to provide a free case evaluation to you; please call us today.

False Claims Act Attorney: Settlement Against GEAS

As attorneys that represent individuals that are blowing the whistle on fraud against companies receiving improper monies from the Federal Government, we wanted to advise that a General Electric Unit has agreed to pay $6.6 million dollars in a false claims settlement.

General Electric Aviation Systems or GEAS headquartered in Ohio and manufactures and sells integrated systems and components for commercial, corporate, military and marine aircraft.  It is a unit of General Electric Aviation Systems which is in turn owned by General Electric.  In March 2008, an external fuel tank manufactured by GEAS for use on a Navy F/8/18 fighter jet failed governmental testing.  Subsequently, the United States alleged that GEAS knowingly failed to comply with contract specifications and failed to undertake proper quality control procedures in connection with 641 external fuel tanks delivered to the Navy between June 2005 and February 2008.

Allegations about GEAS’s misconduct were included in a lawsuit filed by a former employee, Jeffrey Aver under the whistle blowing provisions of the False Claims Act that permit private individuals called Relators to bring lawsuits for false claims on behalf of themselves and the United States and to receive a portion of the proceeds of the settlement.  Mr. Aver’s share of the settlement has not yet been determined according to the Department of Justice.

If you have any additional information concerning potential fraud involving the military, governmental contracting, healthcare, or other areas, please contact us as soon as possible.

If you have confidential information about a fraud against the government in Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas or another state, please contact us as soon as possible for a free case evaluation.

THE SCOPE OF FRAUD

Amazingly, some estimates have suggested that approximately 10% of the entire annual United States budget is lost to companies or individuals who are defrauding the government. The United States Federal budget for 2010 was $3.456 billion, meaning around $345.6 million was wrongfully wasted on fraud.

The entities defrauding the government do so in a variety of ways: Medicare or Medicaid fraud whereby they bill the government for services which they never provided or overbill for services that were provided; SEC Trading; Tax Fraud; TARP Fraud; Military/Defense contract fraud; Pharmaceutical Manufacturing;contract fraud involving any number of large government spending programs; or other types public benefit fraud.

HELPING THE PUBLIC.

As a whistleblower attorney, we are interested in speaking with persons willing to make known the truth about company practices and are willing to file a qui tam or whistleblower action. One area in particular we are interested in discussing are lawsuits involving medical device companies where the company is alleged to have overcharged, engaged in kickback programs, and the like. We will nevertheless investigate claims in a variety of areas.

Workers and persons all across the country witness actions at their work that may be unlawful or even corrupt. Unfortunately, some employees and workers feel that they will be fired, terminated, harrassed or punished if they report an unlawful or corrupt action. These reporters, however, are protected by the law as a Whistleblower and can receive compensation because of the False Claims Act or the Medicaid False Claims Act. If you have reported actions that may be fraudulent, then you should talk to a Whistleblower or qui tam lawyer about your facts.

Whistleblowers help the government to get back billions of dollars each year with the help of the False Claims Act. In fact, fraudulent Medicaid claims are also caught by whistleblowers having the Medicaid False Claims Act on their side. If you report a false claim or fraudulent action to the government, then the government will give you, the whistleblower, a part of the money that gets recovered. This is because of qui tam requirements. Qui Tam means that a person files a lawsuit for the king and also for him or herself. The phrase is qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur, or, “he who sues for the king as well for himself.”

These requirements and lawsuits were made popular during the Civil War when many people were getting away with fraudulent actions against the government. In 1986, the False Claims Act was amended to raise the total compensation given to people who reported fraudulent actions, or whistleblowers. If a whistleblower works with a lawyer then it may be possible for them to get three times the amount the government would get in damages and also get additional compensation for general fines.

TYPES OF CASES

The most common situations that could form the basis of a Qui Tam action include:

• Submitting a false or fraudulent record, bill or statement to the government in order to fraudulently obtain money such as reporting a medical service that was never performed for Medicare or Medicad;
• Conspiring with a third party to submit or present have a false or fraudulent claim to the government;
• Withholding property of the government with the intent to defraud or conceal the property from the government;
• Fraudulently buying property of the government from someone not authorized to sell that property; and
• Making a false statement to fraudulently avoid paying money to the government or to avoid delivering property to the government.

FOR HELP, PLEASE CONTACT US.

We help whistleblowers on a contingency basis, meaning there is no fee charged for our work unless there is a recovery. We also front any and all expenses. No matter where you are located — we will represent you. We will come to you, you will not have to come to us.

Attorneys in our firm and attorneys that we work with on Whistleblower, Qui Tam, False Claims Act cases have represented a host of persons making claims, for violations of federal tax law, Medicare law and more.

For more information, please contact our team of whitsleblower and qui tam attorneys today.

CALL 1-800-632-1404

or fill out this form below for a free initial consultation.

CALL US TOLL FREE FOR HELP: 1-800-632-1404

We are attorneys that investigate False Claims Act cases nationwide, including in the states of Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky and elsewhere for Medicare fraud, tax fraud, contractor fraud and more against a range of employers including healthcare providers, medical device companies, defense contractors, and pharmaceutical companies. We stand ready to provide a free case evaluation to you; please call us today.

False Claims Act Attorney: Verdict Against Tuomey Healthcare

In early May 2013, a jury in Sumter, South Carolina, concluded that Tuomey Healthcare Systems violated the False Claims Act by submitting tens of thousands of illegal bills to Medicare worth $39 million dollars.  The Community Hospital now faces up to $357 million dollars in potential False Claims Act liabilities.  The ten person jury agreed with prosecutors and a physician whistle blower in the highly charged case finding that the hospital was paying doctors in ways that rewarded  them financially for referring patients to the hospital violated both the Stark law and the False Claims Act.  The jury took less than five hours to reach its verdict.

Jurors found that the hospital submitted a total of 21,730 Medicare claims that were tainted by illegal compensation arrangements.  The Relator, Dr. Michael Drakeford, filed his first whistle blower lawsuit against Tuomey Community Hospital in 2005 after he declined to enter into one of the agreements that the hospital was offering.  The hospital’s ultimate financial penalty is not yet decided.  Federal law would require payment of all monetary money paid under the illegal Medicare claims, and the False Claims Act allows the government to try to reclaim up to triple the amount of the damages, plus as much as an $11,000 penalty per claim.  The defendant fraudulent company is also required if the suit is successful either via settlement or verdict to pay all attorney’s fees and costs incurred by the Relator.

If you have confidential information about a company including a hospital that is committing fraud against the Government, including a hospital in Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas or another state, please contact us as soon as possible for a free case evaluation.

THE SCOPE OF FRAUD

Amazingly, some estimates have suggested that approximately 10% of the entire annual United States budget is lost to companies or individuals who are defrauding the government. The United States Federal budget for 2010 was $3.456 billion, meaning around $345.6 million was wrongfully wasted on fraud.

The entities defrauding the government do so in a variety of ways: Medicare or Medicaid fraud whereby they bill the government for services which they never provided or overbill for services that were provided; SEC Trading; Tax Fraud; TARP Fraud; Military/Defense contract fraud; Pharmaceutical Manufacturing;contract fraud involving any number of large government spending programs; or other types public benefit fraud.

HELPING THE PUBLIC.

As a whistleblower attorney, we are interested in speaking with persons willing to make known the truth about company practices and are willing to file a qui tam or whistleblower action. One area in particular we are interested in discussing are lawsuits involving medical device companies where the company is alleged to have overcharged, engaged in kickback programs, and the like. We will nevertheless investigate claims in a variety of areas.

Workers and persons all across the country witness actions at their work that may be unlawful or even corrupt. Unfortunately, some employees and workers feel that they will be fired, terminated, harrassed or punished if they report an unlawful or corrupt action. These reporters, however, are protected by the law as a Whistleblower and can receive compensation because of the False Claims Act or the Medicaid False Claims Act. If you have reported actions that may be fraudulent, then you should talk to a Whistleblower or qui tam lawyer about your facts.

Whistleblowers help the government to get back billions of dollars each year with the help of the False Claims Act. In fact, fraudulent Medicaid claims are also caught by whistleblowers having the Medicaid False Claims Act on their side. If you report a false claim or fraudulent action to the government, then the government will give you, the whistleblower, a part of the money that gets recovered. This is because of qui tam requirements. Qui Tam means that a person files a lawsuit for the king and also for him or herself. The phrase is qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur, or, “he who sues for the king as well for himself.”

These requirements and lawsuits were made popular during the Civil War when many people were getting away with fraudulent actions against the government. In 1986, the False Claims Act was amended to raise the total compensation given to people who reported fraudulent actions, or whistleblowers. If a whistleblower works with a lawyer then it may be possible for them to get three times the amount the government would get in damages and also get additional compensation for general fines.

TYPES OF CASES

The most common situations that could form the basis of a Qui Tam action include:

• Submitting a false or fraudulent record, bill or statement to the government in order to fraudulently obtain money such as reporting a medical service that was never performed for Medicare or Medicad;
• Conspiring with a third party to submit or present have a false or fraudulent claim to the government;
• Withholding property of the government with the intent to defraud or conceal the property from the government;
• Fraudulently buying property of the government from someone not authorized to sell that property; and
• Making a false statement to fraudulently avoid paying money to the government or to avoid delivering property to the government.

FOR HELP, PLEASE CONTACT US.

We help whistleblowers on a contingency basis, meaning there is no fee charged for our work unless there is a recovery. We also front any and all expenses. No matter where you are located — we will represent you. We will come to you, you will not have to come to us.

Attorneys in our firm and attorneys that we work with on Whistleblower, Qui Tam, False Claims Act cases have represented a host of persons making claims, for violations of federal tax law, Medicare law and more.

For more information, please contact our team of whitsleblower and qui tam attorneys today.

CALL 1-800-632-1404

or fill out this form below for a free initial consultation.

CALL US TOLL FREE FOR HELP: 1-800-632-1404

We are attorneys that investigate False Claims Act cases nationwide, including in the states of Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky and elsewhere for Medicare fraud, tax fraud, contractor fraud and more against a range of employers including healthcare providers, medical device companies, defense contractors, and pharmaceutical companies. We stand ready to provide a free case evaluation to you; please call us today.

False Claims Act Attorney: Settlement against Ranbaxy

India’s largest generic drug manufacturer has agreed to pay $500 million dollars to the United States and individual states to resolve allegations that Ranbaxy falsified drug data and systematically violated current good manufacturing and laboratory practices resulting in substandard and unapproved prescription drugs. The settlement is the largest of its kind against the generic drug manufacturer under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.

The Relator, Danish Thakur filed a whistle blower lawsuit in 2007 under the False Claims Act detailing Ranbaxy’s violations.  The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and alleged that Ranbaxy caused false claims for payments to be submitted to government healthcare programs for numerous adulterated drugs.  It is worth remembering that the False Claims Act allows a whistle blower to report a fraud on a government program with the protection of a court-ordered seal and confidentiality and to receive a percentage of the amounts recovered in a successful case.

In this particular case, the United States Government and Department of Justice intervened in the lawsuit, providing additional  support for the allegations that the company violated federal law.  Allegations included inadequate testing to ensure that the drugs were safe, effective, free from cross-contamination and manufactured in compliance with their approved specifications.  Allegations include that the company falsified information about their drugs including back-dating test results and submitting false data where no tests were performed.  The violations are alleged to have adulterated dozens of generic drugs purchased by government healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, as well as generic drugs purchased by the United States under the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief.

As a result of the $500 million dollar settlement, the government will obtain approximately $350 million dollars in civil penalties and $150 million dollars in criminal penalties.  Mr. Thakur will receive 21% of the federal and participating Medicaid state civil recoveries.  The company has entered a plea of guilty to six felony counts in criminal information filed by the United States government including introducing into commerce adulterated or mis-branded drugs.

If you have any information concerning a medical device or prescription drug company that is committing fraud against the United States of America or a state, please contact us as soon as possible for a free case evaluation.

THE SCOPE OF FRAUD

Amazingly, some estimates have suggested that approximately 10% of the entire annual United States budget is lost to companies or individuals who are defrauding the government. The United States Federal budget for 2010 was $3.456 billion, meaning around $345.6 million was wrongfully wasted on fraud.

The entities defrauding the government do so in a variety of ways: Medicare or Medicaid fraud whereby they bill the government for services which they never provided or overbill for services that were provided; SEC Trading; Tax Fraud; TARP Fraud; Military/Defense contract fraud; Pharmaceutical Manufacturing;contract fraud involving any number of large government spending programs; or other types public benefit fraud.

HELPING THE PUBLIC.

As a whistleblower attorney, we are interested in speaking with persons willing to make known the truth about company practices and are willing to file a qui tam or whistleblower action. One area in particular we are interested in discussing are lawsuits involving medical device companies where the company is alleged to have overcharged, engaged in kickback programs, and the like. We will nevertheless investigate claims in a variety of areas.

Workers and persons all across the country witness actions at their work that may be unlawful or even corrupt. Unfortunately, some employees and workers feel that they will be fired, terminated, harrassed or punished if they report an unlawful or corrupt action. These reporters, however, are protected by the law as a Whistleblower and can receive compensation because of the False Claims Act or the Medicaid False Claims Act. If you have reported actions that may be fraudulent, then you should talk to a Whistleblower or qui tam lawyer about your facts.

Whistleblowers help the government to get back billions of dollars each year with the help of the False Claims Act. In fact, fraudulent Medicaid claims are also caught by whistleblowers having the Medicaid False Claims Act on their side. If you report a false claim or fraudulent action to the government, then the government will give you, the whistleblower, a part of the money that gets recovered. This is because of qui tam requirements. Qui Tam means that a person files a lawsuit for the king and also for him or herself. The phrase is qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur, or, “he who sues for the king as well for himself.”

These requirements and lawsuits were made popular during the Civil War when many people were getting away with fraudulent actions against the government. In 1986, the False Claims Act was amended to raise the total compensation given to people who reported fraudulent actions, or whistleblowers. If a whistleblower works with a lawyer then it may be possible for them to get three times the amount the government would get in damages and also get additional compensation for general fines.

TYPES OF CASES

The most common situations that could form the basis of a Qui Tam action include:

• Submitting a false or fraudulent record, bill or statement to the government in order to fraudulently obtain money such as reporting a medical service that was never performed for Medicare or Medicad;
• Conspiring with a third party to submit or present have a false or fraudulent claim to the government;
• Withholding property of the government with the intent to defraud or conceal the property from the government;
• Fraudulently buying property of the government from someone not authorized to sell that property; and
• Making a false statement to fraudulently avoid paying money to the government or to avoid delivering property to the government.

FOR HELP, PLEASE CONTACT US.

We help whistleblowers on a contingency basis, meaning there is no fee charged for our work unless there is a recovery. We also front any and all expenses. No matter where you are located — we will represent you. We will come to you, you will not have to come to us.

Attorneys in our firm and attorneys that we work with on Whistleblower, Qui Tam, False Claims Act cases have represented a host of persons making claims, for violations of federal tax law, Medicare law and more.

For more information, please contact our team of whitsleblower and qui tam attorneys today.

CALL 1-800-632-1404

or fill out this form below for a free initial consultation.