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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.


If you believe you have information about fraud which could give rise to a claim for a whistleblower reward, please contact us to speak with one of our experienced whistleblower attorneys.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
October 2, 2020

				 Pharmatech, Inc. and its CEO and founder Tuan Pham will pay over $3 million to settle allegations in a case initiated as a qui tam action under the False Claims Act.听 The government alleged that defendants violated the Anti-Kickback Statute by paying a medical clinic, Imperial Valley Wellness, a per-specimen fee to induce it to refer orders for laboratory drug-testing to Phamatech which were subsequently billed to Medicare. 聽Many of the tests were also alleged to be not medically necessary. The whistleblower, former Pharmatech employee John Polanco, will receive over $500,000 from the settlement. 聽				 					 

						
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													  Anti-Kickback and Stark, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Laboratory and IDTF, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
September 30, 2020

				 The SEC has announced that it has concluded a record-breaking fiscal year for its whistleblower program by awarding four whistleblowers a total of $5 million.听 For providing critical information and evidence of hard-to-detect violations, and providing extensive and ongoing assistance to the investigation, two whistleblowers were awarded $2.9 million and $1.7 million respectively.听 The remaining two whistleblowers were awarded nearly $400,000 for jointly providing a tip and additional assistance, including meeting with staff to help decipher key documents and identify key witnesses.听 These awards cap the program鈥檚 record of 39 individual awards, totaling about $175 million, that have been granted in a single fiscal year. 聽Since the whistleblower program launched in 2012, the SEC has made awards to 106 individuals totaling about $562 million.听 				 					 

						
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													  Financial and Investment Fraud, 
													  SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, 
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September 28, 2020

				 An unnamed whistleblower has been awarded over $1.8 million for expeditiously reporting significant information about ongoing securities violations, which ultimately led to a successful enforcement action.听 The award marks the 100th award made to an individual since the inception of the SEC鈥檚 whistleblower program in 2012.听 				 					 

						
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													  Financial and Investment Fraud, 
													  SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, 
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September 25, 2020

				 The SEC has made two awards totaling over $2.5 million to whistleblowers who provided information regarding overseas misconduct.听 Both whistleblowers reported the misconduct to internal compliance systems before reporting to the SEC.听 In the case of the first whistleblower, who received over $1.8 million, the internal report resulted in an internal investigation and subsequent report to the SEC.听 Meanwhile, information from the second whistleblower, who received $750,000, resulted in a successful enforcement action.听 				 					 

						
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													  Financial and Investment Fraud, 
													  SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, 
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September 25, 2020

				 A multinational industrial engineering company headquartered in Germany has agreed to pay $22 million to settle allegations of violating the False Claims Act.听 In order to avoid paying certain import duties over a six year period, Linde GmbH and its Houston-based subsidiary, Linde Engineering North America LLC knowingly misrepresented the nature, classification, and valuation of its merchandise, which is used in the construction of natural gas and chemical manufacturing plants.听 The misconduct was first brought to the government鈥檚 attention by a whistleblower, who will receive a $3.7 million share of the settlement proceeds.听 The defendant later made a partial disclosure to the government prior to the government鈥檚 disclosure of its investigation. 聽; 				 					 

						
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													  Customs Fraud, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Misrepresentations, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
September 22, 2020

				 Contractors Bechtel National Inc., Bechtel Corporation, AECOM Energy & Construction, Inc., and Waste Treatment Completion Company, LLC will pay $57.75 million to resolve claims that they violated the False Claims Act by overbilling the Department of Energy for work on the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant. 聽The investigation was initiated by four whistleblowers who reported overcharging by defendants on craft labor performed by electricians, millwrights, pipefitters, and other skilled trades workers, including billing for unallowable and unreasonable idle time caused by management failures in scheduling work.听 The whistleblowers will receive $13.75 million from the settlement.听 				 					 

						
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													  FCA Federal, 
													  Government Procurement Fraud, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
													  Whistleblower Rewards, 
												
						

					
	
							
	
		
		
	


 			


 			




	
		
		

			

				
				
September 17, 2020

				 LexisNexis Coplogic Solutions Inc. agreed to pay $10 million to Florida, which intervened in an action brought by whistleblower Christopher Hood under the Florida False Claims Act alleging that the company was underpaying the state.听 LexisNexis contracted with the state to provide motor vehicle crash reports to the public for a small fee; a portion of the fee collected by LexisNexis, $10 per report, was to be paid by the company to the state Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.听 However, the whistleblower and state alleged that LexisNexis systematically understated the number of reports it sold, thereby underpaying the state.听 The relator, a former employee of LexisNexis, will receive a whistleblower award of $1.8 million.听 .听 Earlier settlements				 					 

						
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													  Falsifying Invoices, 
													  FCA State, 
													  Government Procurement Fraud, 
													  Whistleblower Case, 
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