Posts Tagged false claims lawyer
Fake Drugs Represent New Whistleblower Opportunity
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on May 12, 2013
Fake and gray market pharmaceuticals represent a growing problem in the United States. Medical providers pressed by mounting costs sometimes resort to purchasing drugs manufactured in Turkey, India and other foreign countries. Unless produced in an FDA inspected facility, there is no way to insure those drugs are safe or even contain the prescribed amount [...]
Lance Armstrong Named In Whistleblower Suit
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on May 9, 2013
by Brian Mahany Almost 2 years ago, Floyd Landis filed a false claims act (whistleblower) suit against teammate Lance Armstrong. That complaint remained under seal for over two years while the government investigated. Several weeks ago, the government intervened and adopted the action against Armstrong. The government seeks return of some $17 million in sponsorship [...]
EPA Violates Buy America Act – Whistleblower Post
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on May 2, 2013
by Brian Mahany There are three major laws that require public works projects to use American made products. Buy America, Buy American and the federal transportation funding laws require projects built with federal money to be built with U.S. made components. From steel to machinery, all of the components must be purchased here unless a [...]
Feds Charge Another Mortgage Lender – (Whistleblower Post)
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on April 25, 2013
by Brian Mahany Five years after the housing crisis began and the feds continue to pursue those responsible for the mess. Although the federal false claims act statute of limitations prevent some whistleblower cases from going forward, whistleblowers can still earn a hefty payday under FIRREA statute. FIRREA is short for the Financial Institutions Reform, [...]
Bank of America Hopes To Skirt $1Billion False Claims Suit
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on April 25, 2013
by Brian Mahany Bank of America is back in the news. And once again, its not good news for America’s “Too Big To Fail, Too Big To Jail” banking giant. Last week, BoA asked a federal judge to toss a billion dollar false claims suit against it. The suit, brought by former Countrywide Senior V.P. [...]
Banks Accused of TARP Fund Abuse – Whistleblower Post
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on April 11, 2013
by Brian Mahany The Inspector General for the federal government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) issued a stinging report criticizing both small banks and the government itself. One TARP program, the Small Business Lending Fund, was intended by Congress to jump start the economy by getting loans to small business. Instead, some banks simply took [...]
State Tax Whistleblower Case Nets $5.5 Million
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery, Tax on April 7, 2013
by Brian Mahany Virtually all of our whistleblower stories relate to the federal False Claims Act. President Lincoln proposed the law during the Civil War as a way of helping the government recover millions of dollars lost to fraud. Bad rations, soggy ammunition and lame mules were just some of the ways private vendors ripped [...]
Whistleblower Opportunities Abound – Medicaid Fraud At All Time High
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on April 6, 2013
by Brian Mahany With all the press and media attention on big whistleblower case these days, one would think that fraud would soon go the way of smallpox, it would be eradicated. Unfortunately, as long as greed continues in our society, so will fraud. A couple weeks ago, Congress’ House Committee on Oversight and Government [...]
Mortgage Execs Face Civil Charges But No Jail – Whistleblower Post
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on April 3, 2013
by Brian Mahany Once upon a time, Thornburg Mortgage was one of the largest real estate lenders in the nation. Like our perennial “favorite” Allied Home Mortgage, Thornburg had more than its fair share of problems. While HUD ultimately caused Allied to collapse, Thornburg met a similar fate after a $36 billion bankruptcy filing. Four [...]
Mahany & Ertl File Amicus Brief In Important Whistleblower Protection Case
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on March 26, 2013
by Brian Mahany Buried in the Federal Register last week was an invitation to file amicus briefs in the current Merit Systems Protection Board case, Barbara King vs. Department of the Air Force. Partner Joe Bird and Mahany & Ertl are proud to represent Barbara in her pursuit of justice. At stake is the critical issue [...]
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