Default by Nursing Home Chain on HUD-Guaranteed Mortgage Highlights Potential for Fraud in Section 232 Program
Posted 06/3/19
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WATCH THIS SPACE: Proposed $700M Fix for Installed Foreign-Telecom Could Compound Fraud Related to Universal-Service-Fund Projects
Posted 05/31/19
Duke Pays Big to Settle Whistleblower Charges of Scientific Research Fraud
Posted 03/28/19
Top Ten Federal Financial Fraud Recoveries of 2018
Posted 01/25/19
Catch of the Week — VA Official Pleads Guilty to Bribery, Fraud, and Obstruction in $2 Million Scheme
Posted 10/26/18
Ninth Circuit Refuses to Kill Incentive Compensation Ban Whistleblower Suit
Posted 08/31/18
Question of the Week -- Will New Tariffs Result in More Fraudulent Tariff Dodging?
Posted 06/6/18
On May 31, the White House announced new tariffs on steel and aluminum entering the United States from Canada, Mexico, and the European Union. Steel from those countries and the European Union will be subject to a 25% tariff, and aluminum will be subject to a 10% tariff.
While the steel and aluminum tariffs were originally proposed to apply to imports from a larger number of countries, the White House announcement...
MassTech and its CEO and CFO To Pay $1.9 Million To Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Posted 05/4/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Columbia-based MassTech, Inc., its former Chief Executive Officer, Arnold Lee, and its former Chief Financial Officer, Richard Lee, have agreed to pay the United States $1.9 million to resolve allegations that MassTech falsely certified it was a small business in order to obtain Small Business Innovation Research (SIBR) awards.
The settlement agreement was announced by United...
British Whistleblowers can Make “Millions” under US Laws if they “Shop” UK Companies, American Lawyers Say
Posted 04/30/18
The Telegraph reported this weekend on Andrew Patrick, the first British whistleblower to expose a UK company for evading U.S. import duties and only the second British whistleblower to receive an award under the False Claims Act. Mr. Patrick brought a qui tam lawsuit in 2016 against Pure Collection Ltd (“Pure”). The U.S. government intervened in the lawsuit and it ultimately resulted in a settlement of over...
Whistleblower Reports Massive Fraud at Ohio Charter School
Posted 04/26/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
A former employee of Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow (ECOT) is blowing the whistle on the online charter school inflating attendance records and learning hours to defraud the state out of millions of dollars. ECOT is now defunct, but at one time was the largest online charter school in Ohio. The whistleblower, who worked in ECOT’s tech department, informed the Ohio Department...