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Identifying and Reporting a Ponzi Scheme

It is hard to believe, but we have now passed the 10-year anniversary of the federal government bringing down Bernie Madoff’s multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. This scheme did ultimately do some good, as it led to Congress enacting the whistleblower program at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), but many people lost a whole lot of Read More

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Federal Government Joins Hospital Whistleblower Suit

The U.S. federal government announced it would join a whistleblower lawsuit filed against a West Virginia hospital. The suit includes allegations the hospital improperly submitted payments and kickbacks to physicians under the direction of its management firm and chief executive officer. The lawsuit was originally filed in 2017 and was made public for the first Read More

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Sprint to Pay $330 Million in Whistleblower Tax Fraud Settlement

Sprint, the fourth-most popular mobile phone carrier in the United States, recently agreed to settle a whistleblower lawsuit to the tune of $330 million. The whistleblower in the case alleged the company had been regularly committing tax fraud since 2005, and first brought allegations against Sprint in 2011. The Attorney General’s office decided to join Read More

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Fourth Circuit Allows United Airlines Whistleblower Retaliation Claim to Proceed

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently reinstated a whistleblower claim filed by a former employee of United Airlines who claims he was fired after repeatedly issuing complaints about the company’s failure to properly conduct repairs on U.S. Air Force cargo planes. A judge in district court had dismissed the retaliation claim, but on appeal, Read More

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Florida Healthcare Organization Faces Federal Whistleblower Lawsuit for Medicare Fraud Allegations

A former auditor for Lee Health alleges in a federal whistleblower lawsuit that the Florida hospital system routinely defrauded Medicaid and Medicare by inflating doctor’s bills to drive more referrals to its clinics and hospitals. The case specifically points to fraudulent incidents involving certain neurosurgeons, cardiologists, pulmonologists and a cancer doctor who received six- and Read More

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Study Indicates Whistleblowers Indicate a Healthy Company Culture

The Harvard Business Review recently published research about whistleblowers in the United States. It led to the conclusion that whistleblowers, while they may often herald corporate disaster, are actually indicative of healthy companies. The researchers had access to more than 1.2 million records of internal reports made by employees of U.S. public companies. It found Read More

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Curo Health Services Subsidiary Settles Whistleblower Lawsuit for $5.9 Million

SouthernCare Inc., a subsidiary of Curo Health Services, recently agreed to pay $5.9 million to settle a federal whistleblower lawsuit alleging the company submitted unnecessary or insufficiently documented Medicare claims. SouthernCare Inc. is a hospice provider that operates across nine states. It settled the allegations in December before the case could go to trial. The Read More

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Federal Government Joins Hospital Whistleblower Lawsuit

The U.S. federal government announced it will join a lawsuit against a hospital in West Virginia. The lawsuit alleges the hospital improperly issued payments and kickbacks to doctors under the supervision and direction of its CEO and management firm. The lawsuit became public for the first time in late December, after it was initially filed Read More

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Sprint Will Pay $330 Million to Settle Whistleblower Tax Fraud Case

Telecommunications giant Sprint recently agreed to settle a long-running whistleblower lawsuit regarding incidents of tax fraud to the tune of $330 million. The lawsuit alleged Sprint had been committing tax fraud since 2005. It is not the greatest timing for Sprint, which is currently going through the approval process for a merger with T-Mobile. The Read More

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Omaha Doctors Allege Wrongful Termination from Children’s Hospital

A pair of surgeons from Omaha filed a lawsuit against the city’s Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, claiming they were wrongfully suspended and then forced to resign certain privileges after bringing forth concerns about patient safety. In the lawsuit, Dr. Mark Puccioni and Dr. Jason Miller claimed the hospital suspended their privileges after they reported Read More

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  • "Steve Kardell was terrific in representing me in some very adversarial discussions with Citigroup and also later represented me in my testimony before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission."  -Richard Bowen, Citigroup Whistleblower

  • "Incredible knowledge of employee related concerns and equally brilliant knowledge of health care regulations, standards of practice. I would recommend this firm to anyone."  -V.B.

  • "Reaching out to Steve Kardell was the best decision I made. His ability to provide immediate insight and direction was very powerful, and a huge relief during a very stressful time period. For anyone struggling with a whistleblower situation, I would highly recommend at least speaking with Steve. After a 10 minute call with him, I had a better understanding of what I was dealing with. Even better, he gave me some immediate hope. In the end Steve did a better job than I thought was possible. Steve was able to get in contact with people in my organization, that I didn’t have access to. Because of his years of experience, he already has contacts in many organizations in Dallas. The entire situation was handled peacefully. I was impressed by his ability to “keep the peace”–rather than creating a battle with the organization. The reason I didn’t reach out to a lawyer initially, was because I thought it would mean an immediate end to any hope of a positive relationship with the company. Steve was able to address my concerns, and in the end I was able to continue to work for them."  -KS

  • "Never thought my career would end like it did after 30 years of service. I was part of the first round of the so called reduction of force. I asked myself how can I be part of this with 30 years of seniority. How did they pick these 90 plus employees? Now, the culture of this organization made you question every decision they made. It wasn’t what you knew it’s was a culture of who you know. Nonetheless, I did not accept their severance package. I immediately starting looking for an attorney who would take on my case. After the initial call to Steve I had hope again. He was open and honest about everything and reassured me he would do his best for me, and he did. I had an awesome outcome. Thanks Steve you’re the best."  -S.S.