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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.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
Grassley to Trump and DOJ: We Want Whistleblowers

				
Posted  02/21/25
								

				 
				
whistleblowing laws
				 				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
								

				 
				
Department of Justice
				 				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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automotives
				 				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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Hang Onto Your Heart and Wallet this Valentines Day: How to Protect Yourself Against Romance Scams

				
Posted  02/14/25
								

				 
				
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				 				With romance scams, the heart isn’t the only thing being stolen. While people are busy falling for sweet words and flirtatious folly, scammers are working their magic to woo people’s wallets across the globe.

In time for Valentine’s Day, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Office of Customer Education and Outreach recently launched an awareness program to combat the epidemic of relationship...				 
				 					 

						
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LiveCare Inc. Resolves False Claims Act Allegations With $4.9 Million Settlement

				
Posted  02/14/25
								

				 
				
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				 				Another settlement that resulted in a monetary award for folks who decided to blow the whistle. On January 31, United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that LiveCare Inc. agreed to pay approximately $4.9 million to resolve allegations that the Venice, Florida-based medical company violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act.

LiveCare provides remote patient monitoring services to Type 2...				 
				 					 

						
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A $5.4M Health Care Fraud Scheme: Louisiana Doctor Sentenced for Illegally Distributing Over 1.8M Opioid Doses

				
Posted  02/13/25
								

				 
				
Money with Pills Spilled Over
				 				On February 6, 2025, the government announced that Louisiana physician, Adrian Dexter Talbot M.D., 59, was sentenced to 87 months in prison for conspiring to illegally distribute 1.8+ million doses of Schedule II controlled substances (including oxycodone, hydrocodone, and morphine), and for defrauding health care benefit programs of over $5.4 million.

Talbot owned and operated Medex Clinical Consultants (Medex),...				 
				 					 

						
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Top 10 Whistleblower Awards for 2024

				
Posted  02/12/25
								

				 
				
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				 				It was another big year for whistleblowers under the various whistleblower rewards programs that provide whistleblowers with a share of the government's recovery from enforcement actions they initiate or otherwise support.  The two most prolific rewards programs are the False Claims Act and the SEC Whistleblower Program, each of which provides successful whistleblowers with up to 30% of the government's recovery. ...				 
				 					 

						
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Rehired! US Whistleblower Office Chief Temporarily Reinstated After Unlawful Firing Allegations

				
Posted  02/12/25
								

				 
				
Whistle on Wood
				 				On Friday, February 7, 2025, the Office of Special Counsel’s head honcho for whistleblowers, Hampton Dellinger, learned he was the latest casualty in President Trump’s binge firing announcements on the rise since January.

Dellinger filed a lawsuit on Monday, February 10, claiming that he was unlawfully removed from his post by President Trump’s administration. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson...				 
				 				
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Five of the Top AML Enforcement Actions by FinCEN

				
Posted  02/12/25
								

				 
				
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				 				The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (“AMLA”) significantly strengthened whistleblower protections and incentives by establishing the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) Whistleblower Program. Before the AMLA, FinCEN could receive tips but lacked the authority to offer financial rewards. The AMLA changed this by allowing whistleblowers to receive rewards amounting to 10-30% of penalties collected...				 
				 					 

						
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