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IRS Whistleblowers and The System They Face

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IRS WHISTLEBLOWER CASE EVALUATION: 1-800-632-1404

Our firm has the privilege to represent Joseph Insinga who has filed a claim in United States Tax Court after his One Billion Dollar or more 2007 whistleblower submission resulted in a reap of financial gain for the Government.  The New York Times and author Gretchen Morgenson recently wrote about our client, and others, in the struggle to achieve a level and fair playing field in the world of the IRS whistleblower program.  The IRS Whistleblower Program is just one of many types of programs under the False Claims Act.

We applaud Gretchen and her article, as well as other journalists who have recently touted about the IRS Whistleblower program (and its negatives).  Adam Resnick, for example, recently wrote extensively on the IRS Whistleblower Program on Huffington Post where he proudly and correctly noted that too many legislatures are silent on why the IRS (which is to aggressively seek the $385 billion underpaid per year) is so anti-whistleblower.

Regardless of the present, our team of whistleblower lawyers stands ready to help you today.

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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.

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    Newsweek’s Article on the IRS Whistleblower Program

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    The IRS Whistleblower Program

    One of our areas of practice is to help persons under the IRS Whistleblower program, part of our False Claims Act practice. In fact, one of the first submissions received under the new IRS Whistleblower Program was via one of our clients and prepared by a member of our team of attorneys.  You can read about Joseph Insinga by clicking HERE.

    That is one reason we recently read with delight an article in Newsweek entitled The Perks of Being a Whistle-blower by Lynnley Browning.  The article is telling about the positives and negatives of the Whistleblower Program. For example, a positive is the confidential nature of the program and the voluminous opportunities to report fraud.  Per Ms. Browning’s article, “the tax gap – the amount by which U.S. corporations underpay their federal income taxes – is $385 billion, according to the most recent IRS estimates in 2006.”

    The IRS whistleblower program requires the IRS to give up to 30% of all unreported taxes to the first in line.  So if the same person were to blow the whistle on all $385 million in one year?  That’s over $115 Billion in recovery. As in Billion with a “B.”

    Then again, Newsweek’s piece likewise reports it may be anywhere from 5-7 years before the first drop of money arrives to a whistleblower, as that is the average time it takes for the IRS to vet through the process of claims, audits, and appeals for the taxpayer.  There’s also a “mountain of paperwork” for whistleblowers to prepare, and that’s where retaining experienced whistleblower counsel counts. As mentioned, our firm has helped actual people under the IRS whistleblower program.

    All in all, I applaud Newsweek for their story on the IRS whistleblower program.  I would encourage Congress to pass more strict laws to require the IRS to more fairly and efficiently handle the Section 7623 program.

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      Mississippi False Claims Act Attorney Notes that Basco Will Pay $1 Million to Resolve Case

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      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 Discusses Prior Rewards and Statistics

      As attorneys that represent individuals who want to seek a claim under the False Claims Act for a qui tam violation by a company, we wanted to advise that the Justice Department has disclosed Basco Manufacturing Company, of Ohio, will pay more than One Million Dollars to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false customs declarations to avoid paying duties on aluminum extrusions from China that were at the time subject to a combined antidumping and countervailing duties of more than 400 percent.  Basco engaged in a pattern of practice called transshipping.

      The company said there were disagreements between it and the Department of Justice, but that it decided to settle the claims and not admit wrongdoing. Nevertheless, the govenrment alleges that Basco and others engaged in a scheem to avoid paying duties by shipping the aluminum manufactured in China through Malaysia. The claims were made known by Whistleblower James F. Valenti, who will receive a share of the recovery under the relator provisions of the False Claims Act.

      Companies may not knowingly avoid paying duties. If you know of  company neglecting to pay duties owed, please contact our firm immediately.

      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.

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        Mississippi False Claims Act Lawyer Reports on Novartis Settlement

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        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 Discusses Prior Rewards and Statistics

        As attorneys that represent individuals who want to file a claim under the False Claims Act and assert a qui tam complaint against a business defrauding the United States Government, we wanted to provide that there has been a False Claims Act settlement for $15 million dollars against Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation and Bioscrip, Inc. in connection with a multi-million dollar kickback scheme involving a prescription drug.

        The lawsuit that was filed alleges that as a result of a kickback scheme, Medicare and Medicaid paid tens of millions of dollars in reimbursement based on false, kickback tainted claims before Exjade shipped by Bioscrip.  Contemporaneous with the filing of an Amended Complaint, District Judge Colleen McMann approved a settlement to resolve the United States claim against Bioscrip and their limited financial resources that Bioscrip agrees to pay $11.6 million dollars to the United States Government, $3.3 million dollars to a group of states, and cooperate in the prosecution of claims against Novartis.  Manhattan United States Attorney Preet Bharara stated that “Novartis is caught having orchestrated yet another scheme whereby it used the lure of kickbacks to co-opt a healthcare providers’ independence and in this case turn pharmacy employees at Bioscrip into sales people for Exjade.  By having Bioscrip promote refills under the guise of purported counseling and education, Novartis caused patients to receive one-sided advice that did not discuss Exjade’s serious, potentially life-threatening side effects.  Further, by hiding this illegal quid pro quo from federal healthcare programs, Novartis caused the public to pay tens of millions of dollars for the kickback-tainted drugs.”

        Exjade is an iron chelation drug approved for use by patients who have iron overload resulting from blood transfusions.  Between February 2007 and May 2012, Novartis orchestrated a scheme whereby it offered kickbacks, in the form of patient referrals under the guise of rebates, to Bioscrip, a specialty pharmacy, in exchange for Bioscrip increasing its Exjade refills through biased recommendations to patients.  By orchestrating their scheme, Novartis and Bioscrip further caused pharmacies to submit tens of thousands of claims to Medicare and Medicare resulting in payments of tens of millions of dollars in reimbursements based upon these false claims.

        The allegations of fraud stated in the Complaint were first brought to the attention of Federal law enforcement by a whistleblower who filed a lawsuit under the False Claims Act.  The False Claims Act permits the government to recover up to three times the amount of damages incurred by the United States plus civil penalties ranging from $5,500 to $11,000 per violation.  Private parties who have knowledge of fraud committed against the government may file suit on behalf of the government and share in any recovery.  The United States may then intervene and file its own lawsuit for treble damages and penalties, as it did in this case.

        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.

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          Our offices will review potential false claims act cases in all fifty states, including Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky and Alabama.