SEC Issues Shared $2.6 Million Award to Five Whistleblowers

By Steve Kardell | Published December 14, 2021 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: SEC, SEC whistleblower award, SEC whistleblower program |

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an award of $2.6 million shared among five individuals who assisted the agency with three separate enforcement proceedings. One whistleblower received $1.2 million from the SEC for providing crucial independent analysis based on an algorithm they developed and applied to public data. This assistance from the whistleblower Read More

Hospital Pays More Than $3 Million in Whistleblower Claim Settlement

By Steve Kardell | Published December 9, 2021 | Posted in Fraud, Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: False Claims Act, healthcare fraud, improperly coded claims |

John Peter Smith Hospital recently agreed to pay $3.3 million to settle allegations of False Claims Act violations. The hospital was alleged to have upcoded claims submitted to healthcare programs to receive more money in reimbursements. Case background The lawsuit that prompted the FCA action originally was filed in 2018 by the former Director of Read More

Ascension Michigan Pays $2.8 Million to Resolve Whistleblower Claim

By Steve Kardell | Published December 7, 2021 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: false claims, healthcare fraud, whistleblower claim |

A hospital system based in Michigan agreed to settle a whistleblower claim for $2.8 million, ending a case that featured allegations it submitted false claims for medically unnecessary procedures. Ascension Michigan comprises St. John Hospital and Medical Center, St. John Macomb Oakland Hospital, Providence Park Hospital and Ascension Crittenton Hospital. The group agreed to pay Read More

Which Protections are Available for Corporate Whistleblowers?

By Steve Kardell | Published December 2, 2021 | Posted in Employee Rights, Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: False Claim act, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, whistleblower protection laws |

There are not any federal laws that afford general protections to corporate whistleblowers. However, there are many types of protected disclosures under federal whistleblower laws. These protections come from a variety of sources, including the following: False Claims Act: The False Claims Act protects disclosures about fraud toward the government, including any actions taken to Read More

Three Compliance Officers Awarded $1 Million in SEC Claim

By Steve Kardell | Published November 25, 2021 | Posted in Fraud, Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: compliance officer, SEC, SEC whistleblower awards |

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently awarded three compliance professionals a joint award of $1 million for their role in helping the agency uncover and prosecute misconduct at their firm. As is always the case with SEC whistleblower awards, the identities of those whistleblowers were kept private, as well as any potential identifying information, Read More

Kentucky Law Enforcement Training Agency Accused of Whistleblower Retaliation in Lawsuit

By Steve Kardell | Published November 11, 2021 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation |

A group of current and former employees of the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training filed a lawsuit in which they claimed systemic retaliation against whistleblowers by the agency’s leadership within the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. The cabinet is responsible for training many of the state’s law enforcement officers. Defendants included the cabinet and Read More

SEC Announces Total of $4 Million in New Awards to Whistleblowers

By Steve Kardell | Published November 8, 2021 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation |

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced whistleblower awards of more than $4 million spread among four individuals who provided information critical to a securities fraud investigation. Here’s a quick overview of the information released by the SEC regarding these awards. First award: Claimant 1 internally reported concerns multiple times before reporting the Read More

Whistleblowers In Criminal Antitrust Activity Cases Protected from Retaliation

By Steve Kardell | Published November 4, 2021 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation |

One of the final acts of the presidency of Donald Trump was to sign into law a Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act. The law prohibits employers from retaliating against employees who report violations of antitrust laws to the federal government or to their own internal higher-ups. About the legislation The legislation makes it illegal for employers Read More

Supreme Court: Employees Allowed to Use Workplace Computer Information to Blow Whistle on Fraud

By Steve Kardell | Published November 1, 2021 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation |

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June in the case of Buren v. United States. The 6-3 decision added some limitations to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986. Now, federal prosecutors are not allowed to use the CFAA to charge employees who used workplace computer information to which they had authorized access to Read More

Diabetic Testing Company Must Pay $160 Million to Settle Whistleblower Lawsuit

By Steve Kardell | Published October 21, 2021 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation |

Arriva Medical, a company that specialists in mail-order diabetic testing services, recently reached an agreement with prosecutors to pay $160 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit. The False Claims Act case was initiated by a whistleblower named Greg Goldman, who worked at a call center in Antioch. Case background Goodman started working in the call Read More

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