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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.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
June 3, 2020

				 Xavier University of Louisiana will pay $12 million to resolve allegations that it caused the submission of false claims for federal funds for the repair of facilities damaged by Hurricane Katrina.聽 Repair cost estimates for the university were submitted by AECOM, which contracted with FEMA to conduct site evaluations and prepare and evaluate repair estimates.聽 The action was initiated by the filing of a whistleblower complaint by AECOM employee Robert Romero, who will receive a whistleblower award of approximately $2.3 million. The government has intervened in claims against AECOM, and litigation in that matter is continuing.聽  See subsequent settlement				 					 

						
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June 2, 2020

				 An Oklahoma-based contractor and its corporate affiliates have agreed to pay $2.8 million to settle allegations of violating the False Claims Act in connection with federal contracts intended for disadvantaged small businesses.聽 In order to qualify as a small business, the Ross Group Construction Corporation created two companies, PentaCon LLC and C3 LLC, to bid on and obtain the contracts and falsely represented to the Small Business Administration the full extent of their affiliation.聽 The scheme was eventually revealed in qui tam case filed by Southwind Construction Services, LLC; the company will receive a relator鈥檚 share of approximately $520,000.聽 ; 				 					 

						
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May 4, 2020

				 Two New York construction companies and their associates have agreed to pay $4.5 million to resolve allegations of defrauding the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and exploiting federal contracting opportunities reserved for veteran-owned small businesses and small businesses located in historically underutilized business zones (HUBZones).聽 Northland Associates, Inc., its president James Tyler, The Diverse Construction Group, and bond agent Rose & Kiernan Inc. allegedly failed to disclose and took steps to conceal the extent to which Diverse, which is 51% vetern-owned and 49% owned by senior Northland officials, took direction from Northland.聽 The government鈥檚 investigation was triggered by whistleblower lawsuits; the whistleblowers in this case will receive $1 million of settlement proceeds.聽 				 					 

						
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May 4, 2020

				 The SEC has granted a nearly $2 million award to a whistleblower whose early tip allowed the agency to freeze assets associated with fraudulent conduct, prevent the dissipation of investor funds and allow investors to recover most of their money.聽 The whistleblower鈥檚 tip also ultimately led to a successful enforcement action.聽 				 					 

						
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													  SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, 
													  Securities Fraud, 
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April 29, 2020

				 Lender Guaranteed Rate, Inc. will pay $15.1 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly failed to adhere to material program requirements in originating and underwriting mortgages insured by FHA or guaranteed by the VA, resulting in mortgages that did not meet credit and underwriting requirements for the government-sponsored guarantees and insurance.聽 The case was initiated by a whistleblower complaint filed under the False Claims Act by an unnamed former Guaranteed Rate employee, who will receive $2.4 million of the settlement proceeds.聽 The settlement also resolved claims under FIRREA.聽 ; 				 					 

						
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													  Financial and Investment Fraud, 
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April 28, 2020

				 An anonymous whistleblower will receive $18 million based on a successful enforcement action by the SEC.聽 The whistleblower鈥檚 SEC submission, which was made after the individual repeatedly reported the problem internally, initiated the SEC investigation resulting in the recovery.聽 				 					 

						
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April 27, 2020

				 North Carolina based clinical laboratory Genova Diagnostics Inc. will pay up to $43 million to resolve a lawsuit brought by whistleblower Darryl Landis, who will receive up to $6 million.聽 The laboratory allegedly billed Medicare, TRICARE, and other government healthcare programs for IgG allergen, 鈥淣utrEval,鈥� and 鈥淕I Effects鈥� lab tests that were not medically necessary, and also paid unlawful compensation to three phlebotomy vendors in violation of the Stark Law聽 The settlement amount consists of the forfeiture of $17 million in claim funds held in suspension by Medicare and TRICARE, as well as an additional $26 million to be paid based on certain financial contingencies over the next five years.聽 ; 				 					 

						
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													  Anti-Kickback and Stark, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Laboratory and IDTF, 
													  Lack of Medical Necessity, 
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April 22, 2020

				 Hospital chain Centra Health Inc. and physician group Blue Ridge Ear, Nose, Throat and Plastic Surgery, Inc., will pay a total of $9.35 million to resolve claims that they entered into an improper financial arrangement in violation of the Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Law, and False Claims Act.聽 The improper agreements included guaranteed physician compensation, physician compensation arrangements that took into account the value of referrals, and financial arrangements with physicians that were not memorialized in a written and executed contract.聽 A former Blue Ridge ENT physician, who filed a qui tam action regarding the improper arrangements, will receive an undisclosed share of the settlement.聽 				 					 

						
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