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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.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
A “Unique Status and Mission” Indeed: Judge Ruled Trump’s Firing of Federal Whistleblower Agency’s Leader was Unlawful

				
Posted  03/4/25
								

				 
				
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				 				As we previously reported in February, President Donald Trump attempted to fire the Office of Special Counsel’s head of the federal whistleblower agency, Hampton Dellinger. He immediately sued Trump for unlawful removal, and on Saturday, March 1, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled in Dellinger’s favor, granting him a temporary stay at his post.

Judge Jackson held that the president’s removal of...				 
				 					 

						
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Constantine Cannon Partner Gordon Schnell Featured in The Hill on How Trump May Be Clearing a Path for Whistleblowers

				
Posted  03/3/25
										

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													Gordon Schnell	
												
									

				 
				
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				 				Last Thursday (February 27), The Hill published an OpEd piece by Constantine Cannon whistleblower lawyer Gordon Schnell on how President Trump may be clearing a path for whistleblowers.  Schnell offered three reasons why an unintended consequence of President Trump’s efforts to dramatically cut federal agency staff and resources may be to create an opening for whistleblowers to step into the void.

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COVID-19 Con: Connecticut Company Pays $2M+ to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Related to PPP Loan

				
Posted  02/28/25
								

				 
				
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				 				Although the pandemic has ended, government enforcement against fraudsters who took advantage of emergency government assistance programs continues.

On February 25, in a case brought by a whistleblower, the government announced that the Waterbury, Connecticut company, MacDermid Incorporated paid $2,226,623.62 to settle False Claims Act allegations that its subsidiary, Coventya Inc., falsely certified its...				 
				 					 

						
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Not OK! Cryptocurrency Exchange Platform OKX Violated U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Will Pay $504M+ in Penalties

				
Posted  02/27/25
								

				 
				
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				 				OKX, the largest international cryptocurrency exchange platform, hosts transactions totaling billions of dollars each day where users can place orders for spot trades in over three hundred cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, in addition to ordering derivative products tied to cryptocurrencies’ value.

On February 24, the government announced that the Seychelles-based company, Aux Cayes Fintech Co. Ltd,...				 
				 					 

						
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A “Saad” Case of Medicare Fraud: Saad Healthcare Pays $3M to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

				
Posted  02/25/25
								

				 
				
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				 				On February 21, the government announced that Saad Enterprises Inc. (DBA Saad Healthcare) will pay $3 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act from 2013-2020 by submitting false claims for the care of 21 Alabama-based Medicare ineligible hospice patients who were not terminally ill.

Hospice is end-of-life palliative care for terminally ill patients who move away from traditional curative...				 
				 					 

						
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$1B Medicare Scam: Kansas Resident Pleaded Guilty to Illegal Kickback Fraud Scheme

				
Posted  02/25/25
								

				 
				
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				 				On February 20, the DOJ announced that Johnson County, Kansas resident Gregory Schreck (50) pleaded guilty to operating DMERx, a web-based platform that created phony doctors’ orders to defraud Medicare and other federal health care benefit programs of over $1 billion. He will receive a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.

Schreck admitted that he and his accomplices targeted 100,000+ Medicare beneficiaries to...				 
				 					 

						
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Grassley to Trump and DOJ: We Want Whistleblowers

				
Posted  02/21/25
								

				 
				
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				 				For the past forty years, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has been universally recognized as one of the strongest whistleblower champions in Congress.  He is the architect of the modern-day False Claims Act -- which allows whistleblowers to sue fraudsters on behalf of the government -- spiriting through key amendments to increase the whistleblower incentives and protections under the statute.  He has been...				 
				 					 

						
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Health Net Federal Services, LLC and Centene Corporation Agree to Settle False Claims Act Violations Related to Cybersecurity, Paying Over $11M

				
Posted  02/21/25
								

				 
				
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				 				On February 18, the government announced that the Rancho Cordova, California-based Health Net Federal Services Inc. (HNFS) and its parent company, St. Louis’s Centene Corporation, will pay $11,253,400 to resolve claims that HNFS falsely certified compliance with cybersecurity requirements in a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contract to administer the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) TRICARE health benefits program...				 
				 					 

						
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Saint Vincents to Pay $29M to Settle False Claims Act Charges of Inflated Payments for Retired Military Care

				
Posted  02/19/25
								

				 
				
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				 				Last Friday (February 14), Saint Vincents Catholic Medical Centers of New York (now known as SVCMC Inc.) agreed to pay $29 million to settle Department of Justice (DOJ) and whistleblower charges of violating the False Claims Act by keeping overpayments from the Department of Defense (DOD) for healthcare services to retired military members and their families.

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Constantine Cannon Partner Gordon Schnell Published in Automotive News on Whether NHTSA Will Finally Take Its Auto Safety Whistleblower Program Seriously

				
Posted  02/14/25
										

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				 				On February 12, Automotive News published an OpEd piece by Constantine Cannon whistleblower partner Gordon Schnell calling for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to step up its whistleblower game.  It was prompted by the agency's recent release of its long-awaited rules governing the auto safety whistleblower program, which provides financial awards to whistleblowers for reporting auto safety...				 
				 					 

						
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