by admin | Sep 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Whistleblowers and their attorneys have been closely following the SEC’s new program to reward people who report securities fraud violations. In my last blog entry, SEC Hands Out Its Second Award to Whistleblowers, I talked about the announcement that the SEC...
by admin | Sep 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
The SEC is awarding $25,000 under the SEC whistleblower program. The award will be split among three whistleblowers who reported fraud by a hedge fund and its CEO/manager. Whistleblowers and their lawyers have been waiting to see whether the SEC will live up to its...
by admin | Aug 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
As a Georgia car wreck lawyer, I represent families that have been torn apart when a loved one is killed in a car wreck. I am hoping that if I blog about the fact that so many people are killed in Georgia in car accidents that happen over the Labor Day weekend,...
by admin | Aug 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
According to a criminal complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, a Detroit doctor has been falsely diagnosing patients with cancer, just so he can give them chemotherapy and make money from doing that. I am a whistleblower lawyer, and...
by admin | Aug 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
According to the Department of Justice press release, a Maryland nuclear cardiologist and his two companies double billed for myocardial perfusion studies, also known as nuclear stress tests. A federal court in the District of Columbia has entered a $17 million...
by admin | Aug 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
Budget cuts are making healthcare whistleblowers more important than ever. According to the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, thanks to cuts in the HHS budget, Medicare and Medicaid are about to have even fewer resources to fight...
by admin | Aug 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
A whistleblower will receive $2.16 million for helping Medicare recover $8 million taken from it by fraud. Darlene Tucker, a former administrator at Southern Crescent Hospital, filed a False Claims Act lawsuit against Dubuis Health System, and her employer, Southern...
by admin | Jul 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
Some pharmacies automatically refill prescriptions that have been prescribed by a doctor. The courtesy can be a real time-saver. When you are getting low on a prescription, you can head down to the drug store any time, knowing your prescription will be waiting for...
by admin | Jul 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
As a lawyer for whistleblowers and a taxpayer, I was pleased to see that the Government took affirmative action to stop anesthesia fraud. This time, according to an article in the Newport Beach Coronado del Mar Patch, the University of California-Irvine paid $1.2...
by admin | Jul 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
False Claims Act lawsuits cover fraud of all types, from doctors and hospitals cheating on Medicare claims to defense contractors overbilling. But many people do not realize that the Act also covers fraud related to all types of procurement contracts, including...
