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Whistleblower Successes

					
Whistleblower reward laws and whistleblower reward programs enable qualifying whistleblowers to recover anywhere from 10 to 30 percent of the government鈥檚 recovery. These whistleblower reward laws include: the federal False Claims Act; State False Claims Acts; the Securities and Exchange Commission Whistleblower Program; the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Whistleblower Program; and, the Internal Revenue Service Whistleblower Program. We have collected summaries of recent successes in cases brought by whistleblowers, and you can read them below. You can also review our annual Top Ten Lists.


Members of the 91吃瓜网Whistleblower Lawyer Team have served as lead counsel on cases that have recovered roughly $1.3 billion for the government and hundreds of millions in whistleblower awards. You can read more about the results we have achieved for our clients in Our Successes.


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May 4, 2021

				 Delaware-based pharmaceutical company Incyte Corporation has agreed to pay $12.6 million to resolve allegations of violating the Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act in connection with its myelofibrosis drug, Jafaki.聽 Despite federal laws against illegal remuneration to federal healthcare program beneficiaries, Incyte allegedly wielded its influence as the sole donor of a foundation to coerce the foundation into illegally covering the copays of Medicare and TRICARE patients taking Jafaki.聽 The misconduct continued from 2011 through 2014 before it was revealed in a qui tam suit by former compliance executive turned whistleblower, Justin Dillon.聽 Dillon will receive approximately $3.59 million for his efforts.聽 ; 				 					 

						
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													  FCA Federal, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Medicare, 
													  Other Government Health Programs, 
													  Pharma Fraud, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
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May 3, 2021

				 Two medical device distributorships, Medical Designs LLC and Sicage LLC, and their neurosurgeon owner, Wilson Asfora, have agreed to pay $4.4 million to resolve allegations of illegally inducing the use of certain medical devices, submitting false claims to federal healthcare programs for medically unnecessary procedures, and failing to disclose Asfora鈥檚 ownership interests or illegal payments made to him.聽 The settlement was not the first involving Asfora; the United States previously settled with Sanford Health for $20.25 million and Medtronic for $9.21 million on similar claims.聽 The whistleblowers in this case, Drs. Carl Dustin Bechtold and Bryan Wellman, will receive a $800,000 share of the settlement proceeds, while the defendants will all be excluded from participating in federal healthcare programs for six years.聽 ; 				 					 

						
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April 30, 2020

				 CareCloud Health, Inc. has agreed to pay $3.8 million to settle kickback allegations involving sales of its electronic health records (EHR) software products and related services.聽 In a qui tam suit filed by Ada de la Vega, the whistleblower alleged that between 2012 and 2017, CareCloud offered and provided existing clients improper incentives, including cash bonuses and equivalent credits, to recommend their product to prospective clients.聽 For her role in the successful enforcement action, de la Vega will receive a relator鈥檚 share of over $800,000.聽 				 					 

						
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													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
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April 29, 2021

				 California-based Tungsten Heavy Powder, Inc. (THP) has agreed to pay over $5.6 million to resolve a qui tam lawsuit by former employee Gregory Caputo and Global Tungsten & Powders Corporation.聽 In violation of the False Claims Act, THP allegedly falsely certified that certain defense articles procured by the Israeli government and financed by U.S. grant funds were sourced from and manufactured in the United States, when instead they were sourced from China and manufactured in Mexico.聽 For bringing the lawsuit, Caputo will receive a 17% share of the settlement proceeds.聽 				 					 

						
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													  Defense Contract Fraud, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Government Procurement Fraud, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
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April 23, 2021

				 The SEC has granted awards totaling more than $3 million to two whistleblowers whose information led to two separate enforcement actions.聽 The first whistleblower was awarded approximately $3.2 million for helping to conserve agency resources by identifying key issues to focus on and providing subject matter expertise.聽 The second whistleblower was awarded more than $100,000 for significant information and ongoing assistance that helped stop an ongoing fraud.聽 				 					 

						
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													  Anonymity, 
													  Financial and Investment Fraud, 
													  SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, 
													  Securities Fraud, 
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April 21, 2021

				 Tennessee-based Anesthesia Services Associates, PLLC d/b/a Comprehensive Pain Specialists (CPS) and its four majority owners have agreed to pay a total of $4.1 million to resolve allegations of violating the federal False Claims Act and Tennessee Medicaid False Claims Act.聽 According to the government, CPS billed Medicare and TennCare for medically unnecessary or non-reimbursable genetic tests, psychological tests, specimen validity tests, and urine drug tests, as well as medically unnecessary or non-reimbursable acupuncture.聽 For bringing a successful qui tam suit, the whistleblowers in this case will receive a relator鈥檚 share of over $610,000.聽 				 					 

						
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													  FCA Federal, 
													  FCA State, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Laboratory and IDTF, 
													  Medicaid, 
													  Medicare, 
													  Provider Fraud, 
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April 20, 2021

				 In order to resolve a whistleblower suit alleging violations of the False Claims Act, Massachusetts Eye and Ear and its related entities have agreed to pay over $2.6 million.聽 Over an eight-year period ending in 2020, Massachusetts Eye and Ear allegedly made a habit of submitting false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for office visits that were not reimbursable under program rules.聽 Altogether, the government programs were defrauded of over a million dollars.聽 As a reward for blowing the whistle, the unnamed relator will receive a 15% share of the settlement proceeds.聽 				 					 

						
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													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Medicaid, 
													  Medical Billing Fraud, 
													  Medicare, 
													  Provider Fraud, 
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April 15, 2021

				 The SEC has awarded two whistleblowers a joint award of over $50 million for providing information, voluminous documents, and substantial assistance that led to the return of tens of millions of dollars to harmed investors.聽 According to the SEC, the fraud scheme at issue involved highly complex transactions that would have been difficult for the agency to detect.聽 				 					 

						
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													  Financial and Investment Fraud, 
													  SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, 
													  Securities Fraud, 
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