Posts Tagged qui tam lawyer
More News On Phone Subsidy Mess – Whistleblower Opportunity
Posted by admin in Legal Malpractice on February 19, 2013
by Brian Mahany Just one week ago we posted an article about the developing controversy with the federal cellphone Lifeline program. A report first published in the Wall Street Journal said that as many as 41% of the 6 million participants in the program may not meet federal eligibility guidelines. This number was based on [...]
Detroit Corruption An Opportunity For Whistleblowers
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on January 27, 2013
by Brian Mahany Last week I was in Detroit for business. As I drove by the U.S. courthouse, I remarked at the half dozen news vans parked outside the building. The taxi driver reminded me of the on-going criminal corruption trial of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Detroit residents know all about corruption. Unfortunately, Detroit [...]
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 [...]
Crisis Of Confidence – America’s “Too Big To Care” Banks
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on January 18, 2013
by Brian Mahany It’s been a half decade from the dark days of the 2007-2008 financial crisis. Since then, most banks have paid back their TARP monies, government regulators have subjected banks to numerous “stress tests” to insure they are financially stable and Congress passed dozens of new laws to better regulate banks. There is [...]
Former Irish Bank Prez Arrested By Cops – Ireland Takes Bank Fraud Seriously
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on December 25, 2012
by Brian Mahany Because we have a thriving offshore tax law practice, we read many foreign newspapers. This morning I was happily surprised to read the Irish Central and see Sean FitzPatrick, former CEO of Anglo Irish Bank, wearing handcuffs and being lead into a Dublin criminal courtroom by uniformed cops. FitzPatrick ran Anglo Irish [...]
“I Don’t Recall” – Confessions Of Bank Of America CEO Brian Moynihan
Posted by admin in Foreclosure Defense, Fraud Recovery on December 10, 2012
by Brian Mahany Bank of America chief executive officer Brian Moynihan’s deposition was just filed with the court after Thanksgiving. It reminds of some of the transcripts I have read dealing with mobsters. If there was an Academy Award or Oscar for the most stonewalling, Moynihan would be a shoe-in. Insurance giant MBIA sued Countrywide [...]
Feds Jail Physician For Medicare Fraud – New Opportunity For Whistleblowers
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on November 22, 2012
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 [...]
Government Accuses Wells Fargo Of Massive Mortgage Fraud
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on October 9, 2012
by Brian Mahany Lately we have been writing a lot of stories about Bank of America. It seems America’s biggest bank is also the most inept. Every now and then, however, they get a break and the bad headlines go to one of the other behemoth lenders. Today’s Wall of Shame honors go to Wells [...]
SEC Pays First Whistleblower Award
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on August 30, 2012
by Brian Mahany One year after the SEC finalized the rules to its new whistleblower program, the Commission’s Claims Review Staff announced its first whistleblower award. An unnamed person received $50,000 for providing information that resulted in a million dollar fine. Some commentators were disappointed with the first award – awards under the false claims [...]
Cash Back / Downpayment Mortgage Fraud Scheme Leads To Prison
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on July 4, 2012
by Brian Mahany It’s the Fourth of July as I write this post. As we celebrate Independence Day and this great democracy, I am reminded that one of the fundamental values of this nation is that no man is above the law. Alejandro Cubelo of Miami was sentenced last week to 54 months in federal [...]
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