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Whistleblower Insider is written by the Constantine Cannon law firm team of experienced qui tam and whistleblower lawyers. It is updated regularly to provide the latest whistleblower and fraud news and developments.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
Poplar Healthcare to Pay Nearly $900k to Resolve Whistleblower’s False Claims Act Allegations

				
Posted  05/3/17
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

The Justice Department announced the settlement on Monday, which resolves allegations that Memphis’s Poplar Healthcare and its subsidiary GI Pathology promoted and billed the government for medically unnecessary diagnostic tests.

Poplar allegedly marketed certain stain tests as capable of definitely diagnosing a condition called mast cell enterocolitis. But according to...				 
				 					 

						
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Whistleblower News From The Inside -- May 3, 2017

				
Posted  05/3/17
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

SEC awards $500k for whistleblower tip -- The SEC said the company insider alerted the agency to “well-hidden” misconduct. The award is the second announced by the Commission in the past week. SEC

Nevada stock promoter convicted in $131M market fraud scam -- A federal jury returned the guilty verdict against Louis Petrossi, founder and CEO of Wealth Research Institute,...				 
				 				
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Fyre Festival Organizers Accused of Fraud in $100M Class Action Suit

				
Posted  05/2/17
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

A $100 million proposed class-action lawsuit filed on Sunday accused the Fyre Festival and its organizers of fraud, alleging the music festival's "lack of adequate food, water, shelter, and medical care created a dangerous and panicked situation among attendees—suddenly finding themselves stranded on a remote island without basic provisions."

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In Their Own Words -- Kimmel

				
Posted  05/2/17
								

				 
								 				
-- “If your baby is going to die, and it doesn’t have to, it shouldn’t matter how much money you make.”

Jimmy Kimmel revealed on Monday’s show that his wife had given birth to a son, who, within hours of delivery, was found to have severe heart defects. He needed emergency surgery, leading to a torturous series of events — then, ultimately, a happy ending. NY Times				 
				 					 

						
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Whistleblower News From The Inside -- May 2, 2017

				
Posted  05/2/17
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

UBS whistleblower Birkenfeld sues bank for libel -- A former UBS Group AG banker who as a whistleblower helped U.S. authorities prosecute the Swiss bank for tax fraud, only to spend 2-1/2 years in prison for helping a billionaire client evade taxes, on Monday filed a $20 million libel lawsuit against his former employer. Bradley Birkenfeld, who in 2012 got a record $104 million...				 
				 				
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A Whistle Was Blown, But Who Was Listening?

				
Posted  05/1/17
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Michael J. Lutz is a former employee of mortgage insurer Radian Group who worked as an accounting specialist conducting Sarbanes-Oxley testing. In his job, Mr. Lutz ensured that Radian’s accounting controls were effective. In 2013, Mr. Lutz allegedly discovered that Radian was materially understating the amount of reserves against potential losses on bad loans to make the...				 
				 					 

						
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In Their Own Words -- Lutz

				
Posted  05/1/17
								

				 
								 				
-- “I don’t understand how one independent third party — the Labor Department — can conclude that there was retaliation, and another one just ignores it.”

Michael J. Lutz commenting on the disparity between the favorable decision on retaliation he received from the Department of Labor and the inaction of the SEC on his whistleblower claims.				 
				 					 

						
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Whistleblower News From The Inside -- May 1, 2017

				
Posted  05/1/17
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Blood Testing Laboratory to Pay $6 Million to Settle Allegations of Kickbacks and Unnecessary Testing -- Quest Diagnostics Inc. has agreed to pay $6 million to resolve a lawsuit by the United States alleging that Berkeley HeartLab Inc., of Alameda, California, violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to physicians and patients to induce the use of Berkeley for blood...				 
				 				
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DOJ Catch of the Week -- Indiana University/HealthNet

				
Posted  04/28/17
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to Indiana University Health Inc. and HealthNet Inc.  Yesterday, they agreed to pay $18 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute by engaging in an illegal kickback scheme related to the referral of HealthNet’s OB/GYN patients to IU Health’s Methodist Hospital....				 
				 					 

						
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Fraudster of the Week -- Monarch Medical Group

				
Posted  04/28/17
								

				 
								 				 

Last week, California state prosecutors charged 26 individuals, including 21 physicians and 2 pharmacists, in connection with a kickback scheme orchestrated by Tanya and Christopher King, the owners of a practice management company called Monarch Medical Group and other related companies.   If convicted, the involved physicians could face up to 25 years in prison and the pharmacists could face up to 28 years. ...				 
				 					 

						
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