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Whistleblower News From The Inside - February 21, 2017

Posted 02/21/17

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Famous Swiss bank whistleblower wonders why Canada gave up so easily on $1 billion in unpaid taxes – In 2008, Bradley Birkenfeld, the whistleblower who exposed widespread tax evasion facilitated by UBS AG, sent information to Canada’s DOJ and Revenue Agency on the impact of the fraud in Canada. Nine years later, Canada has done nothing. Financial Post Whistleblowing in...

Nursing Home Operators Face Over $115M for Medicare Fraud

Posted 02/20/17

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team On February 15, a jury in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida found the operators of 53 skilled nursing facilities liable for over $115 million from false claims submitted to Medicare and Medicaid. The fraudulent claims involved a scheme where nursing facilities pretended patients needed and in turn received more care than they actually needed....

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Healthcare Fraud, Medicare, SNF,

In Their Own Words -- Minto

Posted 02/20/17

-- “You’re not just stealing from the customer, you’re stealing from the shareholders”

Ian Minto, former Wells Fargo employee commenting on the fraudulent creation of checking and credit-card accounts by Wells Fargo employees to meet sales goals.

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Whistleblower News From The Inside -- February 20, 2017

Posted 02/20/17

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team 4th Circuit: DOJ Has Absolute Veto Power Over False Claims Act Settlements – The 4th Circuit concluded that the Department of Justice has the final say in whether a False Claims Act case can settle even if it has declined to intervene. South Carolina nursing home chain Agape and its former employees want to settle the FCA case, but due to the 4th Circuit’s ruling, the case...

Fraudster of the Week - Lance Armstrong

Posted 02/17/17

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team More than four years after his tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey, disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong is once again making headlines in connection with his use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs). This time, Armstrong’s doping misdeeds are being aired in a D.C. federal court, where the Department of Justice has sued Armstrong under the federal False Claims Act on behalf of...

In Their Own Words - McCormack

Posted 02/17/17

“Through the scheme outlined in the [whistleblower] suit, UnitedHealth has allegedly fraudulently claimed and retained hundreds of millions of dollars. That money would have been far better used to provide care for our nation’s seniors rather than simply padding UnitedHealth’s bottom line.”

-- Tim McCormack, a partner in Constantine Cannon’s Washington, D.C. office and co-lead counsel on Constantine Cannon...

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Whistleblower News From The Inside - February 17, 2017

Posted 02/17/17

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Congressmen release Federal Employees Guide to Sharing Key Information with the Public -- Congressman Ted W. Lieu and Congressman Don Beyer released a resource guide for federal employees who wish to break the Trump Administration’s communications blackout on federal agencies. The guide explains how to safely and responsibly share information, and encourages employees to "Know...

United States Intervenes in Constantine Cannon Whistleblower’s suit against UnitedHealth Group, WellMed Medical Management

Posted 02/16/17

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team The U.S. Department of Justice has joined Constantine Cannon in bringing a whistleblower’s False Claims Act lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest health insurer and largest operator of Medicare managed healthcare insurance plans. The suit alleges UnitedHealth and its various subsidiaries and affiliates defrauded Medicare by improperly inflating its risk...

Tagged in: Government Decision, Managed Care, Medicare, Risk Adjustment Fraud, Upcoding, Whistleblower Case,

Defense contractor pays $14.9 M to settle FCA suit

Posted 02/16/17

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Sierra Nevada Corporation (“SNC”) agreed to settle False Claims Act allegations it misclassified costs—thus inflating its overhead—on several government contracts. The Nevada-based company has several defense and space contracts with the United States. The company’s current flagship project is the design and construction of the “Dream Chaser,” a NASA-funded...

Tagged in: Defense Contract Fraud, FCA Federal,

Whistleblower News From The Inside -- February 16, 2017

Posted 02/16/17

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Garda officer whistleblower receives official apology – Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny offered a full apology to Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe, who was falsely accused of child sex crimes by Garda top brass after he raised concerns about corruption in Ireland’s driving license penalty points system; an independent review of Irish police operations will be conducted as a...

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