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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.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
April 16, 2020

				 The SEC has announced that its largest whistleblower award so far this year and sixth largest overall since the inception of its whistleblower program has been awarded to an individual who alerted the agency to fraud that was partly committed overseas.聽 The whistleblower, who will receive $27 million, reportedly contributed significantly to the agency鈥檚 enforcement efforts by providing critical investigative leads.聽 				 					 

						
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April 15, 2020

				 A Florida-based reference laboratory, pain clinic, and two former executives have agreed to pay $41 million to settle claims of defrauding Medicaid, Medicare, TRICARE, and other government health programs by billing for medically unnecessary urine drug tests between 2010 to 2017.聽 Led by Michael T. Doyle and Christopher Utz Toepke, the defendants allegedly had a policy of automatically ordering both presumptive and definitive urine drug tests for all patients at every visit regardless of need, with Toepke鈥檚 Tampa Pain Relief Centers Inc. performing all presumptive tests, and Doyle鈥檚 Logan Laboratories Inc. performing all definitive tests.聽 The alleged False Claims Act violations were eventually brought to light in two qui tam cases; the whistleblowers of those cases will split a relator鈥檚 share of approximately $7.79 million.聽 ; ; ; 				 					 

						
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													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Laboratory and IDTF, 
													  Lack of Medical Necessity, 
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													  Medicare, 
													  Other Government Health Programs, 
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April 14, 2020

				 A chain of nine skilled nursing facilities operating in seven states has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a whistleblower-brought suit alleging violations of the False Claims Act.聽 In the suit, former employees Hope Wright, Laura Webb, and Deborah Edmonds alleged that from 2013 to 2017, Saber Healthcare Group LLC improperly pressured therapists to provide Ultra High levels of rehabilitation therapy for all patients regardless of individual patient needs.聽 Ultra High levels of therapy involve a minimum of 720 minutes of therapy from two therapy disciplines, and are reimbursed at the highest rate possible by Medicare.聽 To enforce their illegal standard, Saber prevented therapists from providing lower levels of therapy, caused therapists to falsely report time, and pressured facility directors in daily or weekly calls.聽 As part of the settlement, Saber has agreed to a five year Corporate Integrity Agreement, and Wright, Webb, and Edmonds will receive $1.75 million of the settlement proceeds.聽 				 					 

						
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April 6, 2020

				 Georgia-based MiMedx Group Inc. has agreed to pay $6.5 million to settle allegations of defrauding the Department of Veterans鈥� Affairs by knowingly submitting false commercial pricing disclosures, in violation of the False Claims Act.聽 According to a qui tam complaint by whistleblowers Jess Kruchoski and Luke Tornquist, the false pricing disclosures enabled MiMedx to charge inflated prices for human tissue graft products.聽 Kruchoski and Tornquist will receive a relator鈥檚 share of $1,625,000.聽 ; 				 					 

						
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													  FCA Federal, 
													  Government Procurement Fraud, 
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													  Medical Billing Fraud, 
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April 3, 2020

				 The SEC has announced that an anonymous whistleblower who provided information to the agency, despite implied threats from the wrongdoer, has been awarded $2 million.聽 According to the SEC, the information provided would have been difficult for the agency to obtain otherwise and significantly aided in an ongoing investigation.聽 				 					 

						
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March 30, 2020

				 A whistleblower working in compliance and internal audits has been awarded $450,000 by the SEC.聽 After efforts to report misconduct internally failed to make a positive impact, the whistleblower reported the same misconduct to the SEC, which helped focus an ongoing investigation and ultimately led to a successful enforcement action.聽 				 					 

						
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March 24, 2020

				 Two whistleblowers have received awards totaling over $570,000 for their roles in recent enforcement actions by the SEC.聽 According to the press release, the first whistleblower received approximately $478,000 and the second whistleblower received approximately $94,000.聽 In keeping with agency practices, the whistleblowers鈥� identities have not been revealed.聽 				 					 

						
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March 23, 2020

				 The SEC has announced that it has awarded a whistleblower over $1.6 million for informing the agency of a possible securities violation and providing critical assistance during the investigation.聽 Because of the whistleblower鈥檚 actions, the SEC was able to successfully enforce securities laws while preserving time and resources.聽 				 					 

						
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													  SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, 
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March 13, 2020

				 Dr. Thi Thien Nguyen Tran and Village Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery, LLC, have agreed to pay $1.74 million to settle claims of submitting false and inflated claims to Medicare.聽 From 2011 to 2016, defendants billed and caused Medicare to pay for lower-level wound repairs as if they were more complex adjacent tissue transfers.聽 The misconduct was eventually exposed by whistleblowers Dr. Robert Green and Emily Kennedy, who will share in a $305,000 award.聽 				 					 

						
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													  FCA Federal, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Medical Billing Fraud, 
													  Medicare, 
													  Provider Fraud, 
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March 11, 2020

				 Millennium Physicians Association PLLC, d/b/a Millennium Respiratory & Sleep Disorder Specialists, has agreed to pay $1.2 million to resolve whistleblower-brought allegations of fraud in connection with two sleep centers in Texas.聽 From 2015 to 2019, Millennium allegedly violated Medicare rules and the False Claims Act by improperly billing Medicare for sleep studies conducted without the presence of properly credentialed technicians.聽 As part of the settlement, the anonymous relator will receive a $187,344聽 share of the settlement.聽 				 					 

						
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