January 24th, 2012. President Obama addressed the nation in his State of the Union speech and told Americans that those responsible for the housing market crash would be held responsible. While few bankers have been sent to prison – and none from America’s “Too Big To Jail” banks – whistleblowers have helped the Justice Department […]
Pharmacists Hit Whistleblower Lottery – Collects $597 Million!
The average Joe buys the occasional Powerball ticket hoping to win a few million bucks. T. Mark Jones, a pharmacist from Key West, decided to roll up his sleeves and become a whistleblower. His investigation of Big Pharma’s overbilling schemes saved taxpayers $3 billion dollars and earned $597,000,000.00 in whistleblower award money. Some say “crime […]
Defense Contractor Whistleblower Gets $1.8 Award
A former project manager for Science Applications International was awarded $1.8 million for exposing a massive overbilling scheme according to an AP story carried in the Ventura County Star. Prosecutors claimed the company over charged the government for homeland security training programs. Science Applications is a Virginia based defense contractor that employs over 40,000 people […]
For Profit Colleges – Next Big Opportunity For Whistleblowers (False Claims Act)
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 […]
Whistleblowers Claim That Deutsche Bank Hid Billions In Losses
by Brian Mahany In yet another chapter in the tales of the banks deemed “too big to fail,” 3 former employees of Deutsche Bank have come forward and accused the banking giant of intentionally hiding billions of dollars of trading losses from regulators. During the height of the financial crisis, the bank’s CEO was quoted […]
Feds Jail Physician For Medicare Fraud – New Opportunity For Whistleblowers
by Brian Mahany Dr. Jonathan Agbebiyi, age 63, is going to spend his golden years in a federal penitentiary. A federal judge in Michigan sentenced him earlier this month to 60 months in prison for his role in a $5.4 million Medicare fraud. He was convicted of 6 counts of health care fraud. Prosecutors proved […]
Feds Claim $1.5 Billion In Nursing Home Overbilling – Opportunity For Whistleblowers
by Brian Mahany The Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services released a report last week that claims nursing homes overcharge Medicare by more than $1 billion annually. In a random sample of billing claims, approximately 25% were incorrect according to the report. The largest percentage of error was tied to upcharging […]
Bloomberg Reports That CitiMortgage Whistleblower Paid $31 Million
by Brian Mahany We have been following the several federal false claims act cases brought by the United States Attorney in Manhattan. It’s no secret that we represent the whistleblower in the largest of those cases. Earlier this year, the government intervened in a case brought by a Citi V.P. in Missouri, Sherry Hunt. We […]
Seeking Information – Force Placed Insurance
by Brian Mahany Unless you are in the banking industry or have fallen behind in your mortgage payments, most people don’t understand the term “force placed insurance.” For those in the know, it is the financial industry’s dirty little secret. A condition of almost every mortgage loan is that the homeowner must keep insurance on […]
Latest Healthcare Fraud – Personal Care Attendants
When I saw an article about personal care assistants fraud put out by the Healthcare Fraud Shield organization, I immediately thought of PCA’s stealing from the elderly and infirm. While that is a huge problem nationwide, apparently there is a cottage industry of personal care providers that overbill Medicaid, charge for services not performed or […]