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Legal Sports Betting Is Leading to Serious Fraud Risks

Posted  05/31/19
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With the NBA finals upon us, you may be thinking putting down some cash on one team or the other. Thanks to a Supreme Court decision last year, your state may even allow such bets. And no wonder. Illegal sports betting is a gigantic industry—estimated at $150 billion a year, it eclipses the $5 billion legally gambled in Nevada. Much of that money goes into the hands of mafia interests, who increasingly use online...

WATCH THIS SPACE: Proposed $700M Fix for Installed Foreign-Telecom Could Compound Fraud Related to Universal-Service-Fund Projects

Posted  05/31/19
Hand touching lock icon on modern digital screen interface stating “hacking detected” and “security breach”
Congress, the President, and the FCC are moving to restrict and phase out foreign-made telecommunications components seen as national security risks. While the president’s executive order of May 15, 2019 prohibits U.S. companies from buying foreign telecom, we have a huge problem: our systems already have large quantities of this equipment installed – antennas, radios, electronics, routers, services, etc. The...

Fraud in GSA Contracts: How to Report it Under the False Claims Act for a Whistleblower Reward

Posted  05/13/19
GSA Fraud Whistleblower
Federal government offices purchase all the products and services any office does:
  • Office supplies,
  • Telecommunications equipment and services,
  • Computer hardware and software,
  • Consulting services,
  • Vehicles,
  • Travel services,
  • and so on.
The General Services Administration is the centralized procurement arm for the federal government, overseeing tens of billions of dollars in procurement...

May 8, 2019

Cosmetics retailer Sephora USA Inc. paid $159,349 to the State of Indiana to resolve claims brought by a whistleblower under the Indiana False Claims Act alleging that Sephora made false statements in connection with failing to collect sales tax on internet sales shipped to Indiana consumers.  IN AG

April 30, 2019

Home healthcare company Avenue Homecare Services, Inc, of Dracut, Massachusetts, will pay $8.3 million to resolve allegations that between 2013 and 2016 it defrauded the state's Medicaid program, MassHealth, by submitting false bills for unauthorized services not supported by a valid plan of care from a physician.  In some cases, Avenue submitted bills for home healthcare services for patients who were hospitalized at the time of the alleged services.  The settlement also requires the company to implement a compliance program to continue as a MassHealth provider.  MassAG

April 30, 2019

Home healthcare company Amigos Homecare, LLC, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, will pay $2.13 million to resolve allegations that between 2014 and 2018 it defrauded the state's Medicaid program, MassHealth, by submitting false bills for unauthorized services not supported by a valid plan of care from a physician.  In some cases, Amigos submitted bills for home healthcare services for patients who were hospitalized at the time of the alleged services.  The settlement also requires the company to implement a compliance program to continue as a MassHealth provider.  MassAG

April 25, 2019

Morgan Stanley will pay $150 million to the State of California to resolve allegations under the California False Claims Act, Corporate Security Law and False Advertising Law, that the bank concealed the risk of residential mortgage-backed securities sold to the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) between 2003 to 2007. CA

Judiciary Committee Approves Amendments to California FCA

Posted  04/12/19
On Tuesday, the Judiciary Committee of the California State Assembly passed Assembly Bill 1270, which would make several important changes to the California False Claims Act, most notably eliminating the tax fraud loophole and clarifying materiality and damages standards. At the hearing, Martin Goyette, the head of the California Attorney General’s False Claims Unit, explained that the proposed changes would...

Constantine Cannon Attorneys Leah Judge and Chris McLamb Published in the Daily Journal on Proposed Amendments to the California FCA

Posted  04/12/19
man and woman attorney headshots
Constantine Cannon attorneys Leah Judge and Chris McLamb published an article in the Daily Journal highlighting proposed amendments to the California False Claims Act. Among other things, the bill would clarify the materiality requirement under the act and explicitly provide for consequential damages. The article explains how these changes will protect the government’s ability to punish and deter fraud and abuse in...

Bill aims to clarify the CFCA

Posted  04/10/19
Daily Journal publishes article by Leah Judge and Chris McLamb.  Click here to read the article.
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