The Project On Government Oversight has advocated for federal whistleblower reforms for almost forty years, fighting to preserve the right of whistleblowers to expose government waste, fraud, and abuse, while also fighting for retaliation protections for those who come forward. For years, we’ve helped to lead the Make It Safe Coalition (MISC), a group of […]
A whistleblower testified at a public hearing Thursday that her New Jersey employer submitted false information to a state tax credit program for businesses – and then fired her after she raised concerns. Gulsen Kama, who lost her job as a vice president at a tax preparation firm, was called to speak by a task […]
Bloomberg) — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission agreed to pay a total of $50 million to a pair of whistleblowers who provided information that helped the agency win a $267 million settlement with JPMorgan Chase & Co. over claims that the bank failed to inform wealthy clients of conflicts of interest in managing their money. One […]
(Reuters) – Duke University agreed to pay $112.5 million to settle claims by a whistleblower that a former research technician knowingly submitted fake data in applications for federal research grants, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday. The accord resolves claims by a former Duke laboratory research analyst who said the Durham, North Carolina-based […]
MedStar Health agreed to pay the United States government $35 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Act. MedStar Health allegedly paid kickbacks to MidAtlantic Cardiovascular Associates (MACVA) under the guise of professional services agreements. In exchange, it will receive referrals to Union Memorial and Franklin Square Hospitals […]
In 2010, Congress realized they had to take significant action in response to the rise in corporate scandalsthat had caused irreparable harm to so many companies and individuals. As a result of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) created the SEC Whistleblower Program – a program that […]
U.S. Supreme Court justices during oral arguments March 19 seemed receptive to a whistleblower-friendly standard for filing a timely False Claims Act complaint. The justices’ questions indicated that allowing a whistleblower to rely on a three-year filing period, even when the government doesn’t intervene in a case, satisfies the FCA’s text. When addressing whether such […]
In February, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released its FY 2018 Annual Report and announced a record-breaking year for the agency’s whistleblower program. Overall, whistleblowers provided information that contributed to the agency’s recovery of over $1.44 billion during the course of the year. As a result, the IRS awarded $312 million in bounty awards to whistleblowers in FY2018, an […]
On Monday, March 18, HBO will air the documentary The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley about the stunning rise and dramatic fall of the Silicon Valley healthcare company Theranos. The documentary will no doubt be avidly watched by those around the world who even casually followed the tale of founder Elizabeth Holmes, the Stanford dropout who […]
Whistleblowers allege Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems submitted hundreds of millions of dollars in false claims to HHS for federal incentive payments through CMS’ promoting interoperability program for EHRs, according to court documents unsealed March 14 in Miami. In the lawsuit, the plaintiff alleges CHS filed false claims under the program, receiving more than $450 […]
