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Whistleblower Lawyer Blog

A legal blog that covers whistleblowing law, including news and events dealing with whistleblowing law.
By Finch McCranie, Esq.

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Last Entry: March 30, 2011 at 00:34:46

With Wall Street Bailout, Whistleblowers to Reveal Fraud and Abuses Through IRS Whistleblower Claims and Qui Tam False Claims Act Cases?

Posted on October 10, 2008
Will the IRS Whistleblower Program and the False Claims Act be powerful weapons in redressing the fraud and abuse that led to the current financial crisis--and to the future fraud and abuse that is certain to target the "bailout" billions of taxpayer funds? Fraud and abuse have never been in short supply...

1st Annual Report on New IRS Whistleblower Program Issued by Secretary of the Treasury

Posted on September 30, 2008
When Congress authorized the new IRS Whistleblower Program in December 2006, it required annual reporting to Congress about how the new whistleblower provisions have been used, what results were obtained, and what recommendations to improve the program should be considered...

IRS Whistleblower Office Director and Tax Court Judge Gather with Whistleblower Attorneys

Posted on September 11, 2008
For the second time since the new IRS Whistleblower office was created in early 2007, IRS Whistleblower Office Director Stephen A. Whitlock addressed questions from whistleblower attorneys at the Taxpayers Against Fraud annual conference yesterday in Washington...

Dismissal of Fraudulent Tax Shelter Charges Against Former KPMG Partners Is Upheld by Appellate Court

Posted on August 28, 2008
As this whistleblower lawyer blog has discussed before, accounting firms that promote fraudulent tax shelters are prime targets of IRS enforcement efforts (often assisted by IRS tax whistleblowers). In a decision last week, the prosecution of 13 former KPMG partners and other executives for their alleged involvement in fraudulent tax shelters was thwarted--again...

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Attorney Assisting Offshore Tax Evasion Is Rewarded With Prison Sentence and Judgment to Pay of $2.7 Million

Posted on August 24, 2008
As this whistleblower lawyer blog has written about often, abuses of offshore transactions have increasingly become a target of IRS enforcement efforts. A Utah attorney learned this lesson last week when he was sentenced to ten years in prison, and was ordered to pay $2...

New Jersey Medicare Contractor Settles Health Care Fraud Case under False Claims Act

Posted on August 16, 2008
The Medicare program depends on the integrity of "trusted contractors" to process and pay Medicare claims. This past week, one of those "trusted contractors" operating in New Jersey, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, agreed to pay the federal government $2...

OIG Approves False Claims Acts of California, Georgia, Indiana, and Rhode Island, But Disapproves False Claims Acts of Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Oklahoma

Posted on August 06, 2008
The wave of new State False Claims Acts has generated a flurry of letters from the Office of Inspector General of HHS this past week. OIG has now "approved" the new State False Claims Acts of California, Georgia, Indiana, and Rhode Island, but has "disapproved" those of six other states: Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Oklahoma...

New Whistleblower Law Promotes Consumer Product Safety

Posted on August 05, 2008
On July 31, Congress enacted a new Whistleblower Law designed to promote consumer product safety. The new federal legislation specifically was enacted to protect public and private sector employees who disclose to their employers, a regulatory agency or a state Attorney General any perceived violation of the Consumer Product Safety Commission...

IRS Announces Process for Review of Whistleblower Claims by IRS Large and Midsize Business Division (LMSB)

Posted on August 01, 2008
As another step toward the further development of the new IRS Whistleblower Program, our friends at the IRS Large and Midsize Business Division (LMSB) in Lower Manhattan have announced a three-step process for IRS Whistleblower claims that are eligible for the new "rewards" authorized by Congress in December 2006...

Judges Address New State False Claims Act in Georgia

Posted on July 30, 2008
At the annual "Continuing Judicial Education" conference in St. Simon's Island, Georgia this week, I was honored to be invited to speak to the assembled judges about the new state False Claims Act in Georgia, the State False Medicaid Claims Act. As this whistleblower lawyer blog has written about extensively, there is a wave of new state False Claims Acts across the country, as Congress has urged states to replicate the dramatic successes of the federal False Claims Act in stopping those who steal taxpayer funds...

Offshore Tax Evasion and Cayman Islands Hearing Prompts Grassley's Call to Follow IRS Whistleblower Program with Additional IRS Tools

Posted on July 29, 2008
At the Senate Finance Committee's hearing on the Cayman Islands and offshore tax evasion last week, Senator Charles Grassley reiterated the importance of the new IRS Whistleblower program to combat tax evasion, but also stressed the need for Congress to provide the IRS greater tools to address offshore tax evasion...

IRS Predicts Whistleblowers Will Be Important to Efforts to Combat Offshore Tax Evasion After UBS

Posted on July 28, 2008
This past week the IRS Commissioner of the Large and Midsized Business Division summarized the IRS's efforts to combat offshore tax evasion. He predicted that whistleblowers will become increasingly important to the IRS' efforts, given the existence of the new IRS Whistleblower rewards...

Nursing Home Operators Plead Guilty to Medicaid Fraud and Abuse of Patients

Posted on July 27, 2008
Having lunch this week with a public servant who investigates heath care fraud, I was struck once again by his descriptions of abuses that nursing home residents too often suffer, many of which our whistleblower attorneys had also encountered in past cases...

Hospital System Settles Medicare Fraud False Claims Act Allegations for $60 Million

Posted on July 26, 2008
The government's announcement this week of a $60 million Medicare fraud settlement with a Missouri hospital system is yet another example of the need for ongoing deterrence of health care fraud. According to the government, Lester E. Cox Medical Systems violated the False Claims Act, the nation's primary tool for combating fraud against taxpayer funds...

Whistleblower Awards Work To Protect The Government From Fraud

Posted on July 24, 2008
The False Claims Act provides awards of 15 to 30 percent of judgments and settlements against those individuals and companies that perpetrate schemes to defraud the federal government. In the event a whistleblower files a lawsuit in the name of the United States, ?blows the whistle? on the fraud scheme and a financial recovery results, the whistleblower is entitled to a percentage of the recovery...

Acknowledging the Integrity That Whistleblowers Stand For in Bringing Qui Tam Whistleblower Cases Under the False Claims Act

Posted on July 18, 2008
"What motivates whistleblowers" is a question that our whistleblower attorneys are asked frequently. Basic honesty and integrity--trying to do the right thing--is what we see most. It is deeply satisfying when a whistleblower's courage in insisting on honesty and integrity is recognized and applauded...

Major "Qui Tam" Whistleblower Law Amendments Clear House Judiciary Committee, Which Approves "False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007"

Posted on July 16, 2008
Very important amendments to the nation's major whistleblower law, the False Claims Act, cleared the House Judiciary Committee today. The False Claims Act Corrections Act of 2007 is intended to restore the False Claims Act to its originally intended usefulness...

Whistleblower Attorneys at NELA Conference Address "Strategic Thinking in Whistleblower Cases"

Posted on July 01, 2008
This past week, more than 450 of the country's best employment lawyers who represent individuals gathered in Atlanta for the National Employment Lawyers Association's Annual Conference. I had the pleasure of appearing with a group of excellent attorneys on a panel of that discussed "Strategic Thinking in Whistleblower Cases," moderated by Robin Potter of Chicago (who won a major victory last week)...

New IRS Whistleblower Rules Are Issued by U.S. Tax Court

Posted on June 05, 2008
One of the most meaningful improvements of the new IRS Whistleblower Program authorized by Congress in December 2006 is that IRS Whistleblowers have an enforceable right to a reward when they report significant tax violations. To enforce that right, tax whistleblowers can seek review by the U...

Whistleblower Lawyer Blog Update: New State False Claims Acts Reward Employees and Other Persons Who Report Fraud

Posted on May 23, 2008
A wave of new ?whistleblower? laws continues, inspired by the successes of the federal False Claims Act. These new laws include (1) state versions of the federal False Claims Act, and (2) the new IRS Whistleblower Rewards Program. At the same time, in 2008 Congress is considering legislation to strengthen the False Claims Act...

IRS Whistleblower Program: Updated Summary for Lawyers with Potential Tax Whistleblower Claims

Posted on April 29, 2008
For the National Employment Lawyers Association's Annual Conference this year, I have been asked to participate in a panel discussion of "Strategic Thinking in Whistleblower Cases" and to explain the new IRS Whistleblower Program. Because our whistleblower lawyer blog has followed closely the development of the new IRS Whistleblower Program since Congress authorized it in December 2006, I will summarize here some of the key points about the IRS Whistleblower Program, which is still taking shape...

Bogus Tax Shelters, Tax Fraud, and Tax Evasion Are Targeted by IRS and Justice Department

Posted on April 08, 2008
Bogus tax shelters and other tax fraud and evasion are among the common reports by tax whistleblowers to whistleblower attorneys. Today, the government launched a new, coordinated federal effort by the IRS, the Justice Department's Tax Division, and U...

Major Whistleblower Law Development: False Claims Act Correction Act Is Approved by Senate Judiciary Committee

Posted on April 03, 2008
Today saw a major development that could affect every whistleblower, whistleblower attorney, and whistleblower case involving the False Claims Act, the nation's primary whistleblower law. The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee today approved new legislation to restore the False Claims Act to its originally intended strength, by eliminating a series of "loopholes" that dishonest government contractors had used to avoid liability...

IRS Tax Whistleblower Program Update: IRS Authorizes Contingent Fee Arrangements for Retaining Lawyers in Tax Whistleblower Cases

Posted on March 28, 2008
The new IRS Whistleblower Program authorized by Congress in December 2006 continued its progress this week, with the IRS's announcement yesterday approving the use of contingent fee arrangements in retaining tax whistleblower attorneys. Our whistleblower lawyer blog has followed the development of the new IRS Whistleblower Program since its infancy...

IRS Whistleblower Program for Tax Whistleblowers: IRS Announces Sharing of Information with Whistleblowers and Their Attorneys Under Written Contracts

Posted on March 27, 2008
The IRS this week announced another interesting development in its new IRS Whistleblower Program, which this whistleblower lawyer blog has followed closely. This announcement addressed new regulations permitting the IRS to share tax return information with whistleblowers and their lawyers under written contracts with the IRS, and also to advise those whistleblowers and their attorneys about the status of their whistleblower claims...

Whistleblower False Claims Act Cases Lead New Jersey Health Care Consultant to Settle Allegations of Medicare Fraud

Posted on March 16, 2008
The Justice Department has announced that Besler & Company, Inc., a New Jersey health care consulting firm, and its principal Philip Besler, have agreed to settle allegations of fraud against the federal Medicare program, which were initiated by two qui tam whistleblower cases...

IRS Tax Whistleblower Progress Continues with IRS Chief Counsel's Advice on Informant Contacts

Posted on March 10, 2008
The new IRS Whistleblower Rewards Program continues to take shape, as the IRS's Chief Counsel has advised IRS employees on the contacts they may have with certain whistleblowers or "informants." The new IRS Whistleblower Program for tax whistleblowers is an exciting development...

"False Claims Act Correction Act" to Restore Qui Tam Whistleblower Law to Its Original Intent Goes Before Senate Judiciary Committee

Posted on February 26, 2008
Tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on a much-needed bill that will restore to its intended effectiveness the government's primary law for combating fraud. Our whistleblower lawyer blog has written previously about the "False Claims Act Correction Act...

State False Claims Act Is Considered in Louisiana

Posted on February 20, 2008
The trend of new state False Claims Acts with qui tam whistleblower provisions continues, as Louisiana considers whether to adopt its own version of the federal False Claims Act. The growing number of state False Claims Acts has been a frequent topic of this whistleblower lawyer blog...

Qui Tam Whistleblowers Awarded $140 Million Under False Claims Act in Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Cases in FY 2006

Posted on February 19, 2008
Whistleblowers and their attorneys filing suit under the False Claims Act helped federal authorities recover $2.2 billion in Medicare and Medicaid fraud cases in fiscal year 2006, according to a government report just released. The whistleblowers or "relators" received $140 million of the proceeds for their efforts, under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act...

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