Five students have filed a class action lawsuit against for profit Globe University after an earlier whistleblower case resulted in a $395,000 judgment against the school. The students claim the university misleads prospective students and lies about job placement rates. Earlier this summer, a former dean of the school, Heidi Weber, won a $395,000 judgment after […]
"Corruption Part Of County Business" – Whistleblower Post
The front page headline in this morning’s Atlanta Journal Constitution says it all – Grand Jury: Corruption Part of County Business. Some would say we are becoming immune to government corruption but thankfully most people are still outraged. A special grand jury in suburban Atlanta conducted a year long investigation and found corruption at all […]
Anatomy of a False Claims Act Lawsuit
Recently we wrote about the record false claims act (whistleblower) award paid to pharmacist T. Mark Jones an his company Ven-A-Care. The sheer size of the awards – $597,000,000.00 is itself newsworthy and an inspiration to whistleblowers everywhere. Every time we write about a false claims act case, we get questions from readers. In this […]
America Needs Whistleblowers
In recent months we have railed against the lack of criminal prosecutions tied to the economic meltdown. While tens of millions of Americans remain unemployed (or underemployed / working for significantly less pay / upside down on their mortgages), no executives from America’s Too Large To Fail, Too Large To Jail banks are behind bars. […]
Whistleblowers to Receive $361,000 in Land Mine Detector Case
Two former executives of CyTerra Corporation became whistleblowers and are now slated to receive $361,000 for their efforts in uncovering pricing problems with their former company. CyTerra manufactures portable land mine detectors for the U.S. military. Earlier this month federal prosecutors settled with the company for $1.9 million. In 2003, the Army contracted with CyTerra […]
Nursing Homes – Next Wave Of Whistleblower Cases? (False Claims Act)
by Brian Mahany The front page headline of today’s Wall Street Journal says it all – “As America Ages, Shortage Of Help Hits Nursing Homes.” The fastest growing segment of America’s population are baby boomers and they are starting to hit their mid 60’s. As the demand for nursing home beds increases, the amount of […]
Whistleblower Opportunities Abound – Medicaid Fraud At All Time High
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 […]
"Too Big To Jail" – The Politicians Respond (bank fraud post)
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 […]
What's In A Name? Plenty – At Least According To Allied Mortgage
by Brian Mahany Allied Home Mortgage Corporation or Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corporation? Is that like asking “theatre” or “theater”? Allied’s president and owner Jim Hodge says there is a difference. Our firm, Mahany & Ertl, brought action against Allied on behalf of taxpayers back in May alleging massive mortgage fraud. That case remained under […]