Successes

February 24, 2026

Constantine Cannon represented a whistleblower in a False Claims Act case alleging Massachusetts-based Study Across the Pond (SATP) and its principal John Borhaug violated the Department of Education’s Incentive Compensation Ban through improper recruiting practices of U.S. students for study abroad.  The Ban is designed to protect higher education students from predatory and deceptive recruiting practices that prioritize the financial interests of the recruiter over the educational needs of the student.  In February 2026, SATP and Borhaug agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle the matter.  It is the first reported False Claims Act case involving the Incentive Compensation Ban and foreign universities.  Our client received a whistleblower award of 18.5% of the Government’s recovery.  Read more - CC, PR Newswire, DOJ, Bloomberg

January 14, 2026

Constantine Cannon represented a whistleblower alleging several affiliates of Oakland-based Kaiser Permanente violated the False Claims Act by submitting invalid diagnosis codes for their Medicare Advantage patients to secure inflated payments from the Government.  In January 2026, Kaiser agreed to pay $556 million to settle the matter.  It is the largest False Claims Act settlement to date involving alleged fraud on the Medicare Advantage program (also known as risk adjustment fraud).  It is also the fourth major Medicare Advantage fraud settlement in which Constantine Cannon represented one of the originating whistleblowers.  Read more: CC; DOJ; NYT; WSJ; Reuters.