Prosecutors claim Regina Swims-King defrauded the federal Medicare program out of millions of dollars. She was charged with several counts of healthcare fraud earlier this year but the indictment was sealed and only last week did more details about her alleged spending spree using tax dollars emerge. According to the indictment, Swims-King owns Angelic Hospice, […]
Recruiting Whistleblowers!
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 […]
"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 […]
College Pays Millions In Whistleblower Suit
Northwestern University settled federal fraud charges yesterday following a suit filed by a whistleblower under the federal False Claims Act. University administrators agreed to repay the government $3 million although admitted no wrongdoing. False claims act cases against non-profits are still rare but are increasing in frequency. According to the complaint unsealed yesterday, Professor Charles […]
Companies Brace For More Whistleblower Claims
by Brian Mahany According to a recent and well respected study conducted by Fulbright & Jaworski, corporate general counsels are bracing for a record number of whistleblower complaints this year. In 2010 and 2011, 22% of the respondents said they had faced allegations brought by a whistleblower. That number increased by a third to 29% […]
Bankers Caught Stealing From TARP? It's True
by Brian Mahany Many folks have grumbled about the billions of dollars in bailout funds given to big banks. Prior to 2008, no one had heard the phrase “too big to fail.” Now it is common when referring to certain large banks, brokerage firms and insurance companies. The federal bailout monies were made available through […]
Catholic University, Former MSHA Chief Accused of Fraud
by Brian Mahany According to AP wire reports, David McAteer, former director of the United States Mine Safety and Health Administration and West Virginia’s Wheeling Jesuit University have been accused of bilking taxpayers. The accusations were set forth in an affidavit released by an agent from NASA’s Inspector General. A federal grand jury is considering […]
Massive Healthcare Fraud Discovered
by Brian Mahany Federal prosecutors in Dallas charged a Texas physician and 6 others in a massive healthcare fraud. They say the defendants defrauded taxpayers of as much as $374 million dollars by making false claims to Medicare and Medicaid. Their crime spree went on for years before being caught. Healthcare fraud is nothing new. […]
America Needs Heroes
America – and the world – is in a mess. Our economy is teetering on the brink. Entire nations are on the verge of insolvency. Countries that celebrated “Arab spring” just a few short months ago with the toppling of dictators now find themselves fighting amongst themselves and on the brink of civil war. And […]