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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.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
NY Attorney General Secures Historically Large Settlement with Cryptocurrency Companies and Asks Whistleblowers to Come Forward 

				
Posted  05/28/24
								

				 
				
				 				The Office of the New York Attorney General (“NYAG”) recently announced that it reached a settlement worth $2 billion with cryptocurrency firms Genesis Global Capital, LLC; Genesis Asia Pacific PTE, LTD.; and Genesis Global Holdco, LLC (collectively, “Genesis”). The settlement, which the press release reports to be “the largest against a cryptocurrency company in state history,” will “establish a victims...				 
				 				
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DOJ CATCH OF THE WEEK — DANIEL HURT

				
Posted  05/28/24
								

				 
				
				 				This week's Department of Justice (DOJ) Catch of the Week goes to Florida medical lab owner Daniel Hurt and his companies Fountain Health Services, Verify Health, Landmark Diagnostics, First Choice Laboratory, and Sonoran Desert Pathology Associates.  Last Friday (May 24), DOJ announced their agreement to pay roughly $27 million to settle charges they violated the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute by billing...				 
				 				
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Busy Week For False Claims Act Enforcement

				
Posted  05/24/24
								

				 
				
				 				It was a busy week for Department of Justice (DOJ) fraud enforcement with the agency resolving several False Claims Act matters covering a wide range of fraud and misconduct. The False Claims Act was enacted during the Civil War to go after war profiteers trying to defraud the Union Army with lame mules, empty munitions, and the like. It has since become the government's primary fraud-fighting tool through which the...				 
				 				
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Famous Whistleblowers Trying to Turn Derogatory Labels into Honorary Badges

				
Posted  05/24/24
								

				 
				
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				 				Some troubling but perhaps unsurprising news in the world of corporate whistleblowing.  

Recent data from Medius, a fraud detection software company, revealed that over half of financial professionals in the UK and US have spotted or suspected fraud in their workplaces, yet a staggering 81% remain silent because of fear of retaliation. This troubling statistic shows a significant issue within the industry, one...				 
				 				
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Cleveland Clinic to Pay $7.6 Million to Settle Claims of NIH Grant Fraud

				
Posted  05/21/24
								

				 
				
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				 				Last Friday (May 17), the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that the Cleveland Clinic Foundation will pay $7.6 million to settle charges of violating the False Claims Act by improperly securing several grants from the National Institutes of Health.  It is the latest in a string of DOJ enforcement actions using the False Claims Act to go after government grant fraud.

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Hospital Agrees to Pay Over $24 Million to Settle False Claims Act Case Over TAVR Cardiac Procedures

				
Posted  05/21/24
								

				 
				
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				 				The DOJ recently announced that Massachusetts-based Cape Cod Hospital agreed to pay $24.3 million and enter into a corporate integrity agreement to settle a False Claims Act case concerning Medicare claims for certain cardiac procedures.

The cardiac procedures at issue, transcatheter aortic valve replacements (“TAVR”), involve replacing a diseased aortic valve with an artificial valve.  Medicare required...				 
				 				
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Constantine Cannon Partner Gordon Schnell Featured in Forbes on New FAA Whistleblower Legislation

				
Posted  05/20/24
								

				 
				
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				 				As reported in Forbes last week (May 16), both the House and Senate recently passed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2024, which among other things adds three provisions aimed at strengthening the protections for FAA whistleblowers.  One of them would introduce a regular "peer review" of FAA whistleblower protections to ensure they are up to snuff.  Another would provide the FAA a...				 
				 				
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DOJ Secures Guity Plea in Bid-Rigging Case Involving Sales of Sports Equipment to Schools

				
Posted  05/17/24
								

				 
				
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				 				The DOJ recently secured a guilty plea from an employee of a manufacturer and distributor of sports equipment for rigging bids to sell sports equipment to public schools. The employee pleaded guilty to his involvement in bid-rigging conspiracies in violation of the Sherman Act, the country’s principal antitrust statute, as well as a conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

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DOJ Catch of the Week: Kabbage Inc.

				
Posted  05/16/24
								

				 
				
				 				This week's Department of Justice (DOJ) Catch of the Week goes to bankrupt financial technology company Kabbage Inc. (doing business as KServicing).  On Monday (May 13), DOJ announced that the company agreed to pay up to $120 million to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act by improperly securing Small Business Administration (SBA) loans through the COVID relief Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).  The...				 
				 				
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AI is Proving to be an Advantage for Whistleblowers in Protection Against Fraud

				
Posted  05/14/24
								

				 
				
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The debates about the potential advantages and dangers of artificial intelligence (“AI”) rage, but for whistleblowers and their attorneys there are some notable advantages.






To help identify and build a strong case, AI can provide efficient analysis of large amounts of data, identifying connections and deviations that might suggest wrongdoing. These pattern analyses provide utility not only for...
				 
				 				
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