Posts Tagged false claims
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. [...]
Feds Fine Mortgage Insurers – New Opportunity For Whistleblowers
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on April 6, 2013
by Brian Mahany and Anthony Dietz The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – CFPB for short – was formed less than 2 years ago but has proven itself to have some muscle. Although Congress failed to give the agency the power to toss bad bankers and fraudster in jail, it has proven itself quite adept at [...]
Bad News For Fraudsters In Wisconsin – Whistleblower Post
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on March 17, 2013
by Brian Mahany Early this morning I wrote about the never ending battle against fraud. This afternoon, a little bit of good news. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that last year the state, several counties and a private investigative firm were able to identify over $14 million in fraud within the FoodShare and Medicaid programs. [...]
For Profit Colleges – Next Big Opportunity For Whistleblowers (False Claims Act)
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on January 20, 2013
by Brian Mahany The feature article in this month’s Milwaukee magazine was intriguing. There are up to 40 for profit colleges (sometimes called proprietary schools) in the Milwaukee area and many of them have abysmal track records. High costs and little prospect of a paying job at the end of 2 or 4 years of [...]
“Too Big To Jail” – The Politicians Respond (bank fraud post)
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on December 26, 2012
by Brian Mahany We have written many stories about big banks and mortgage companies. In our opinion, they are terrible corporate citizens and are directly responsible for the mortgage crisis and resulting recession. We believe that thousands of people have lost their homes and jobs because of the actions of Allied Home Mortgage, Bank of [...]
“Where Are The Criminals?” Let Me Tell You…
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on November 26, 2012
by Brian Mahany The lead editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal was titled, “Where Are The criminals?” The editorial that followed suggested that the Obama Administration wasn’t successful in prosecuting those responsible for the financial crisis. With that much, we agree. Some 4 years later, almost no one has been successfully prosecuted for the untold [...]
Audit Firm Named In Class Action Suit For Failure To Detect Fraud
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery, Legal Malpractice on August 6, 2012
by Brian Mahany The audit system in the United States is largely broken. The auditors are financially dependent on the very people they are required to audit. If you perform a rigorous audit and get a reputation for not giving clients high markets on their financials you will soon find yourself with no clients. Fail [...]
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