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Horizon Healthcare Pays Record $100M to Settle NJ False Claims Act Charges Brought By Whistleblowers

Posted 11/19/25

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Last Friday (November 14), New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced that Horizon Healthcare Services (known as Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey) agreed to pay $100 million to settle charges of violating the New Jersey False Claims Act.¹ The settlement centers around allegations that Horizon systematically overcharged the State on its contract...

Tagged in: False Claims Act, qui tam,

Former CEO and Chairman Bradley Heppner Accused of Fraud Scheme Targeting Public Company

Posted 11/19/25

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team On November 4, federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment charging the founder and former CEO of the financial services startup Beneficient, Bradley Heppner, with securities fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud, false statements to auditors, and falsification of records.[1]

The Alleged Scheme

Prosecutors allege Heppner orchestrated a...

Tagged in: Securities Fraud, securities violations,

Investment Fund Executive and Co-Conspirators Charged in $294 Million Securities Fraud Conspiracy

Posted 11/18/25

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team On September 29, the DOJ announced that federal prosecutors arraigned Jeffrey Spotts, the former Chief Executive Officer and Portfolio Manager of Prophecy Asset Management LP, on criminal charges arising from an alleged multi-year scheme to defraud investors of approximately $294 million.

The Alleged Scheme

The charges stem from what authorities describe as a...

Tagged in: Securities Fraud,

Third-Place Winner of Constantine Cannon’s Fifth Whistleblower Essay Contest: Berdjinaille Louis

Posted 11/18/25

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team The Constantine Cannon whistleblower team is delighted to announce the Third-Place Winner of the firm’s Fifth Law School Scholarship Essay Contest. That award (and the $400 prize) goes to Berdjinaille Louis.

About Berdjinaille

Berdjinaille is a first-generation college graduate and an incoming student at Howard University School of Law. Her journey began at the...

Tagged in: Importance of Whistleblowers, Scholarship,

Whistleblower Question of the Week: What Can Future Whistleblowers Learn from Theranos Whistleblower Tyler Shultz?

Posted 11/12/25

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Our team thoroughly enjoyed listening to the whistleblowing journey of former Constantine Cannon client Tyler Shultz during his Keynote Speech at The Anti-Fraud Coalition’s 25th Annual Conference last week.¹ We wanted to share some key takeaways for future whistleblowers from Shultz’s story as one of the central whistleblowers who exposed the truth behind

Tagged in: Importance of Whistleblowers, SEC Whistleblower Reward Program,

Fifth-Place Winner of Constantine Cannon’s Whistleblower Essay Contest: Connor Dela-Cruz

Posted 11/11/25

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team The Constantine Cannon whistleblower team is delighted to announce the Fifth-Place Winner of the firm’s Fifth Law School Scholarship Essay Contest. That award (and the $250 prize) goes to Connor Dela-Cruz.

About Connor Dela-Cruz

Connor is a third-year law student at Brigham Young University’s J. Reuben Clark Law School, where he focuses on intellectual...

Tagged in: Importance of Whistleblowers, Scholarship,

New York Goes After Owner and Office Manager of Medical Transport Company for Alleged Medicaid Fraud and Money Laundering

Posted 11/4/25

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Two weeks ago (October 24), the New York State Comptroller announced it was charging the owner and office manager of Angel Medical Transportation in connection with an alleged Medicaid fraud scheme.¹ The State charged Angel Medical owner Mohammad Chaudhry with stealing more than $1.8 million from Medicaid, and office manager Noah Shook with paying kickbacks to...

Tagged in: Medicaid, Medicaid fraud, Money Laundering,

Fourth-Place Winner of Constantine Cannon’s Fifth Whistleblower Essay Contest: Victoria Wiggin

Posted 11/3/25

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team The Constantine Cannon whistleblower team is pleased to announce the Fourth-Place Winner of the firm’s Fifth Law School Scholarship Essay Contest. That award (and the $300 prize) goes to Victoria Wiggin.

About Victoria

Victoria was born and raised in Virginia Beach, VA. She has been a cardiac ICU nurse since 2018 and worked in ICUs all over the...

Tagged in: Importance of Whistleblowers, Scholarship,

Despite Government Shutdown, SEC Files Securities Fraud Complaint Against Startup’s Founder and CEO

Posted 10/31/25

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team On October 20, 2025, the SEC filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Shiloh Luckey, the founder and CEO of ComplYant App Inc., a startup that provided tax software. According to the SEC, Luckey allegedly misled investors by making inflated and deceptive claims about ComplYant’s commercial success, as well as her...

Tagged in: SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, Securities Fraud,

Constantine Cannon Partner Gordon Schnell Published in The Hill on the SEC's Mixed Messaging Towards Whistleblowers

Posted 10/29/25
By Gordon Schnell

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Today, The Hill published an article by Constantine Cannon whistleblower partner Gordon Schnell on how the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is sending a mixed message to whistleblowers with its recent spate of awards under the SEC Whistleblower Program.

Low-Dollar SEC Awards

Schnell points to the ten whistleblower awards the SEC has issued since Labor Day --

Tagged in: SEC Whistleblower Reward Program,

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Horizon Healthcare Pays Record $100M to Settle NJ False Claims Act Charges Brought By Whistleblowers

Former CEO and Chairman Bradley Heppner Accused of Fraud Scheme Targeting Public Company

The Alleged Scheme

Investment Fund Executive and Co-Conspirators Charged in $294 Million Securities Fraud Conspiracy

The Alleged Scheme

Third-Place Winner of Constantine Cannon’s Fifth Whistleblower Essay Contest: Berdjinaille Louis

About Berdjinaille

Whistleblower Question of the Week: What Can Future Whistleblowers Learn from Theranos Whistleblower Tyler Shultz?

Fifth-Place Winner of Constantine Cannon’s Whistleblower Essay Contest: Connor Dela-Cruz

About Connor Dela-Cruz

New York Goes After Owner and Office Manager of Medical Transport Company for Alleged Medicaid Fraud and Money Laundering

Fourth-Place Winner of Constantine Cannon’s Fifth Whistleblower Essay Contest: Victoria Wiggin

About Victoria

Despite Government Shutdown, SEC Files Securities Fraud Complaint Against Startup’s Founder and CEO

Constantine Cannon Partner Gordon Schnell Published in The Hill on the SEC's Mixed Messaging Towards Whistleblowers

Low-Dollar SEC Awards

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