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Top Ten Lists

					
Every January, Whistleblower Insider looks back at the significant government enforcement actions of the past year. Our Top Ten lists highlight the biggest recoveries and significant enforcement efforts by different government actors in cases involving fraud against federal and state governments, financial fraud, tax fraud, and environmental fraud.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
Top Ten State Fraud Recoveries of 2022

				
Posted  01/19/23
								

				 
				
				 				State and local governments play a critical role in ensuring that businesses and individuals are held accountable if they commit healthcare fraud, financial fraud, government contract fraud, and more. For whistleblowers, state governments can offer additional opportunities to report wrongdoing.

Where government funds are at stake – and state and local government spending reaching $3 trillion annually – more...				 
				 					 

						
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													  FCA State, 
													  Financial and Investment Fraud, 
													  Government Procurement Fraud, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Housing and Mortgage Fraud, 
													  Medicaid, 
													  Money Laundering, 
													  Private Insurance Whistleblower Reward Programs, 
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Top Ten FCPA Recoveries of 2022

				
Posted  01/13/23
								

				 
				
International Currency
				 				In recent years, the United States government has recovered billions of dollars going after companies that bribe foreign officials in order to further their business interests, a practice that violates the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Two principal United States government agencies, the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission, investigate and prosecute FCPA violations. Whistleblowers...				 
				 					 

						
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													  CFTC Whistleblower Reward Program, 
													  Criminal Proceedings, 
													  FCPA, 
													  Financial and Investment Fraud, 
													  SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, 
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Top Ten Money Laundering Enforcement Actions of 2022

				
Posted  01/10/23
								

				 
				
person following a trail of money
				 				2022 was a big year for money-laundering enforcement.  It marked the first full year that the new FinCEN money laundering whistleblower office was up and running.  And, even more remarkably, by the end of the year, the FinCEN program expanded to welcome whistleblowers with information related to sanctions violations after Constantine Cannon attorneys called for this legal change following the Russian invasion of...				 
				 					 

						
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													  Cryptocurrency, 
													  Financial and Investment Fraud, 
													  Financial Institution Fraud, 
													  Money Laundering, 
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Top Ten Healthcare Fraud Recoveries of 2022

				
Posted  01/6/23
								

				 
				
Healthcare fraud image showing stethoscope with gavel
				 				Consistent with the trend in prior years, 2022 saw government enforcement agencies taking aim at fraud and false claims in healthcare.  As the cost of healthcare rises along with its share of the U.S. economy, the enforcement focus on healthcare fraud is likely to accelerate. And, as always, the role of whistleblowers will be critical, as demonstrated by the dominance of cases originated by whistleblowers under the...				 
				 					 

						
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													  Electronic Health Records, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Medicaid, 
													  Medicare, 
													  Other Government Health Programs, 
													  Pharma Fraud, 
													  Private Insurance Whistleblower Reward Programs, 
													  Provider Fraud, 
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Channeling the Inner Whistleblower in Jerry Garcia on His 80th Birthday

				
Posted  08/1/22
								

				 
				
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				 				It has been more than 25 years since he left us all too soon.  But the life and legend, and most importantly, the music of Jerry Garcia and his Grateful Dead band live on.  As we celebrate the 80th anniversary of his birth (August 1, 1942), it is the perfect time to reflect on what this master musician accomplished and the impact he continues to have on so many of us today.

For some, he represents a musical role...				 
				 					 

						
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Top Ten Environmental Fraud Recoveries of 2021

				
Posted  02/11/22
								

				 
				
forest with trees
				 				This year’s environmental fraud Top Ten list includes enforcement actions against automakers, oil and pipeline companies, metal producers and recyclers, energy companies, and serial offender Monsanto. We didn’t see as many blockbuster settlements in 2021 as we did in 2020, despite the Biden administration signaling its focus on environmental fraud as an enforcement priority. Nonetheless, the 2021 enforcement...				 
				 					 

						
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Top Ten Financial and Healthcare Fraud Prison Sentences of 2021

				
Posted  01/28/22
								

				 
				
handcuff and money
				 				Individuals involved in financial and healthcare fraud schemes face not just civil liability, but also criminal penalties – including prison time. In 2021, the Department of Justice obtained substantial prison sentences in a myriad of cases involving healthcare and financial frauds, many of which involved convictions of the type of fraudulent schemes that whistleblowers report. Whistleblowers play an essential role...				 
				 					 

						
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													  Compounding Pharmacy Fraud, 
													  COVID-19, 
													  Criminal Proceedings, 
													  Education Fraud, 
													  Financial and Investment Fraud, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Home Health and Hospice, 
													  Lack of Medical Necessity, 
													  Medicare, 
													  Money Laundering, 
													  Ponzi Schemes, 
													  Securities Fraud, 
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Top Ten State Fraud Recoveries of 2021

				
Posted  01/21/22
								

				 
				
government building stairs
				 				State enforcement of anti-fraud laws is an important deterrent and tool to create accountability.  In cases of healthcare fraud and financial fraud, including government contract fraud, unlawful kickbacks, and tax evasion, state governments act as critical enforcement authorities, including through state False Claims Acts.

Whistleblowers with information about fraud that violates state laws, or involves state...				 
				 					 

						
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													  Financial and Investment Fraud, 
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Top Ten Federal Financial Fraud Recoveries of 2021

				
Posted  01/21/22
								

				 
				
Money with Gavel and Handcuffs
				 				While 2021 may have felt like more of the same as the pandemic dragged on, it marked some new trends in federal financial fraud recoveries. As we predicted last year, the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 has heralded some large recoveries against banks. The Act also established an Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Program, so that whistleblowers who report financial institutions engaging in money laundering –...				 
				 					 

						
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													  Antitrust General, 
													  Bribery and Bid-Rigging, 
													  Criminal Proceedings, 
													  Financial and Investment Fraud, 
													  FIRREA, 
													  Foreign Exchange, 
													  Market Manipulation and Trading Violations, 
													  Money Laundering, 
													  Price Fixing, 
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Top Ten Tax Recoveries for 2021

				
Posted  01/19/22
								

				 
				
Currency Zoomed In
				 				Our top tax recoveries for 2021 total over $7 billion, an impressive number that is due largely to just one of our top ten tax recoveries. Tax evaders were creative last year, utilizing offshore banking, good old tax fraud, and forum shopping for an accounting opinion that fits—all with the intention of cheating the IRS and, in return, the taxpaying public. IRS Criminal Investigation flexed its muscles and went...				 
				 					 

						
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													  Abusive Tax Shelters, 
													  FCA State, 
													  IRS Whistleblower Reward Program, 
													  Tax Credit and Deduction Fraud, 
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