Posts Tagged how do I become a whistleblower
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, [...]
Seeking Bank of America PLS (Private Label Securities) Employees
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on April 22, 2013
The law firm of Mahany & Ertl seeks to interview people who worked with Bank of America’s Private Label Securities (PLS) program. We are currently investigating a possible massive fraud involving investors who purchased PLS mortgage backed securities. We believe the bank has set aside billions of dollars to deal with loan buyback requests from [...]
MD Convicted Of Health Care Fraud – Shocking Scheme Revealed
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on April 19, 2013
by Brian Mahany Just two days ago we posted a story about health care fraud. 48 hours later and another sad story of patient abuse emerges; patient abuse for profit. The United States Attorney for New Jersey, Paul Fishman, announced a 68 year old cardiologist pleaded guilty to one of the largest health care frauds in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Company’s Attempt To Force Arbitration of Whistleblowers Claims Shot Down
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on March 20, 2013
by Brian Mahany Arbitration clauses are where many of the big legal battles are being waged these days. Employers and businesses want to force workers to arbitrate their claims. While there are sometimes advantages to arbitration, in many cases the arbitration clauses are biased against workers. We don’t automatically disfavor arbitration, however it has to [...]
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