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DOJ Catch Of The Week -- Centerra Services

Posted 02/5/16

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to Centerra Services International Inc. (formerly known as Wackenhut Services). On Monday, the Florida-based military contractor agreed to pay $7.4 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by double billing and inflating labor costs on its firefighting and fire protection services contract with...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, Defense Contract Fraud, Falsifying Invoices, FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

January 29, 2016

Amalya Cherniavsky and her husband Vladislav Tcherniavsky, the former owner and former operator of California-based durable medical equipment supply company JC Medical Supply were sentenced for their roles in a $1.5 million Medicare fraud scheme. They were ordered to pay $614,418 in restitution and Tcherniavsky was ordered to serve 51 months in prison. The evidence at trial demonstrated that they paid illegal kickbacks to patient recruiters in exchange for patient referrals and paid kickbacks to physicians for fraudulent prescriptions—primarily for expensive, medically unnecessary power wheelchairs—which the defendants then used to support fraudulent bills to Medicare. DOJ

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, Lack of Medical Necessity, Medical Devices and DME, Medicare, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

January 15, 2016

The SEC awards more than $700,000 to a whistleblower described as a “company outsider.” The SEC says that the whistleblower provided a “detailed analysis” of the wrongdoing that lead to a successful SEC enforcement action. SEC

Tagged in: Anonymity, SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, Securities Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Eligibility, Whistleblower Rewards,

November 4, 2015

The SEC announced a whistleblower award totaling more than $325,000 for a former investment firm employee who tipped the agency with specific information that enabled enforcement staff to open an investigation and uncover the extent of the fraudulent activity. The whistleblower waited until after leaving the firm to come forward to the SEC, however, and agency officials say the award could have been higher had this whistleblower not hesitated. SEC

Tagged in: SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

July 17, 2015

The SEC paid more than $3 million to a whistleblower whose “specific and detailed information comprehensively laid out the fraudulent scheme which otherwise would have been very difficult for investigators to detect.” SEC

Tagged in: SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

April 28, 2015

The SEC awarded $600,000 to a whistleblower who suffered “unique hardships, including retaliation” as a result of blowing the whistle on misconduct at hedge fund advisory firm Paradigm Capital Management. It is the first time the SEC has made an award to a whistleblower in a retaliation case. Whistleblower Insider

Tagged in: Retaliation, SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

April 22, 2015

The SEC announced a whistleblower award of roughly $1.5 million to a compliance officer who had a reasonable basis to believe that disclosure to the SEC was necessary to prevent imminent misconduct from causing substantial financial harm to the company or investors. This is the second award the SEC has made to an employee with internal audit or compliance responsibilities. Whistleblower Insider

Tagged in: SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, Securities Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Eligibility, Whistleblower Rewards,

September 22, 2014

The SEC announced an expected whistleblower award of more than $30 million. It will be the largest award to date under the SEC whistleblower program established in 2012 under the Dodd-Frank Act. It surpasses the $14 million award the SEC made roughly a year ago. The new award will also be the fourth award to a whistleblower living in a foreign country. Whistleblower Insider

Tagged in: SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

August 29, 2014

The SEC announced a whistleblower award of more than $300,000 to a company employee who performed audit and compliance functions and reported wrongdoing to the SEC after the company failed to take action when the employee reported it internally. It is the first award for a whistleblower with an audit or compliance function at a company. This particular whistleblower award recipient reported concerns of wrongdoing to appropriate personnel within the company, including a supervisor. But when the company took no action on the information within 120 days, the whistleblower reported the same information to the SEC. SEC

Tagged in: Reporting to Government, SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, Securities Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Eligibility, Whistleblower Rewards,

July 31, 2014

The SEC announced an award, under the whistleblower provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, of more than $400,000 for a whistleblower who reported a fraud to the SEC after the company failed to address the issue internally. SEC

Tagged in: SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

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