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Whistleblower Successes

					
Whistleblower reward laws and whistleblower reward programs enable qualifying whistleblowers to recover anywhere from 10 to 30 percent of the government’s recovery. These whistleblower reward laws include: the federal False Claims Act; State False Claims Acts; the Securities and Exchange Commission Whistleblower Program; the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Whistleblower Program; and, the Internal Revenue Service Whistleblower Program. We have collected summaries of recent successes in cases brought by whistleblowers, and you can read them below. You can also review our annual Top Ten Lists.


Members of the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Lawyer Team have served as lead counsel on cases that have recovered roughly $1.3 billion for the government and hundreds of millions in whistleblower awards. You can read more about the results we have achieved for our clients in Our Successes.


If you believe you have information about fraud which could give rise to a claim for a whistleblower reward, please contact us to speak with one of our experienced whistleblower attorneys.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
August 26, 2021

				 The owner of jet charter company All in Jets dba JetReady, Seth Bernstein, has agreed to pay $287,055 to resolve allegations that he misappropriated company Paycheck Protection Program loan proceeds for his personal use.  Whistleblower Victoria Hablitzel, a former JetReady employee, reported defendant’s conduct by filing a qui tam action, and will receive a relator’s share of $57,411.  DOJ; USAO SD FL				 					 

						
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													  COVID-19, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Government Loan Programs, 
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August 26, 2021

				 SuperCare Health, Inc., which provides home respiratory services and DME, will pay $3.3 million to resolve claims that the company submitted false claims for non-invasive ventilators in cases where those patients were no longer using the NIVs.  The case was initiated by the filing a whistleblower complaint by a former SuperCare respiratory therapist, Benjamin Martinez.  Mr. Martinez will receive a $612,000 whistleblower reward from the federal government.  USAO CD Cal				 					 

						
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													  FCA Federal, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Medical Billing Fraud, 
													  Medical Devices and DME, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
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August 25, 2021

				 A California-based provider of home respiratory services and durable medical equipment has agreed to pay $3.3 million to the United States and States of California and Nevada to settle allegations of defrauding Medicare and Medicaid.  The claims against SuperCare Health, Inc. were brought in a 2018 qui tam suit by respiratory therapist Benjamin Martinez, who alleged that the provider billed for non-invasive ventilators (NIVs) that were no longer needed or being used by patients.  CA AG; USAO CDCA				 					 

						
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													  FCA Federal, 
													  FCA State, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Lack of Medical Necessity, 
													  Medicaid, 
													  Medicare, 
													  Provider Fraud, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
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August 19, 2021

				 Nevada Advanced Pain Specialists agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims for confirmatory urine drug testing performed without regard to the results of presumptive tests that had been performed. The allegations were first brought in a qui tam lawsuit filed by an whistleblower Omni Healthcare, Inc., which will receive a relator’s share of $150,000 of the settlement.  USAO MA				 					 

						
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													  FCA Federal, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Laboratory and IDTF, 
													  Medical Billing Fraud, 
													  Provider Fraud, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
August 10, 2021

				 The SEC has made awards of nearly $6 million total to two whistleblowers.  According to the agency, one whistleblower received $3.5 million for providing valuable new information that expanded the geographic scope of an existing investigation.  The second whistleblower received more than $2.4 million for providing information about previously unknown conduct.  SEC				 					 

						
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													  Financial and Investment Fraud, 
													  SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
August 6, 2021

				 The SEC has awarded more than $3.5 million to three whistleblowers whose information and assistance led to two separate enforcement actions.  In the first order, an individual received approximately $2 million for providing information that launched an investigation into an ongoing fraud.  In the second order, one whistleblower received approximately $1 million and a second whistleblower received approximately $500,000 for providing information that assisted the agency in an existing investigation.  SEC				 					 

						
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													  SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, 
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August 5, 2021

				 Ascension Michigan and related hospitals, which allegedly billed federal healthcare programs for services performed by a gynecologic oncologist that were not medically necessary or rendered as represented, has agreed to pay $2.8 million to resolve their liability under the False Claims Act.  The settlement resolves claims from a 2017 qui tam suit by whistleblowers Pamela Satchwell, Dawn Kasdorf, and Bethany Silva-Gomez, that Ascension knowingly submitted claims for medically unnecessary hysterectomies and chemotherapy, and unrendered evaluation and management services.  Spurred by patient complaints, Ascension launched an internal investigation, ultimately self-disclosing the misconduct to the government in 2018.  As part of the settlement, Satchwell, Kasdorf, and Silva-Gomez will share in a $532,000 award.  USAO EDMI				 					 

						
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													  FCA Federal, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Hospital Fraud, 
													  Lack of Medical Necessity, 
													  Medical Billing Fraud, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
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August 2, 2021

				 The SEC has announced awards totaling more than $4 million to whistleblowers whose contributions resulted in two successful enforcement actions.  In the first order, two whistleblowers were awarded $2 million and $150,000 each, while in the second order, another two whistleblowers were awarded $1.1 million and $500,000 each.  According to the SEC, the whistleblowers’ alerts sparked investigations into previously unknown misconduct.  SEC				 					 

						
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													  SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, 
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August 2, 2021

				 Diabetic testing supply company Arriva Medical LLC and its parent company Alere Inc. will pay $160 million to resolve claims first brought in a whistleblower case alleging that Arriva provided unlawful patient inducements in the form of “free” or “no cost” glucometers and copayment waivers.  Defendants were alleged to have systematically provided all new patients with glucometers, and billed Medicare for those meters, although Medicare beneficiaries are only eligible for a new meter once every five years.  In addition, Arriva was alleged to have billed Medicare for deceased beneficiaries.  The whistleblower, Gregory Goodman, who was an employee at an Arriva call center, will receive a whistleblower award of $28.5 million.  Executives at Arriva previously agreed to a settlement of claims against them.  DOJ; USAO MD Tenn				 					 

						
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													  Anti-Kickback and Stark, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Medical Billing Fraud, 
													  Medical Devices and DME, 
													  Medicare, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
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July 23, 2021

				 Alabama non-profit SpectraCare Health Systems, Inc., which provides services including developmental disability services, intermediate care medical services, and behavioral health services, agreed to pay $1 million to resolve claims first brought in a whistleblower action alleging that the provider improperly billed Alabama Medicaid and failed to return overpayments to the Alabama Medicaid Agency.  The defendant was alleged to have submitted false claims including claims without correct and complete documentation, and duplicate claims, and to have knowingly retained payments it received to which it was not entitled.  The settlement will be split between the federal government and the Alabama Medicaid Agency, with the whistleblower receiving 19% of the federal recovery.  USAO MD AL				 					 

						
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													  FCA Federal, 
													  FCA State, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Medicaid, 
													  Medical Billing Fraud, 
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