Accounting Malpractice
by Brian Mahany The term “malpractice” strikes fear in the minds of many professionals… doctors, lawyers and accountants. For most people, their only interaction with an accountant occurs during...
View ArticleAccounting Malpractice Post – CPA White Label Lending Programs
Sometimes I don’t have to look very hard to find something important to our readers. Literally upon logging into my email this morning was a discussion on LinkedIn about a new small business lending...
View ArticleSeeking Oil Industry Whistleblowers
Recently we received a call from a gentleman who claims that U.S. oil companies are paying massive bribes in certain countries in the hopes of obtaining favorable treatment. We know that activity...
View ArticleBig Whistleblower Cases Still Exist!
In late 2014, the Justice Department announced that it settled several whistleblower cases against Bank of America for $16.65 billion. Pundits and commentators said that case was the end of the big...
View ArticleGov’t Paying Top Dollar for Fannie & Freddie Whistleblowers
The federal False Claims Act allows ordinary people with inside information about fraud involving government funds to do something extraordinary. They can become whistleblowers, file a lawsuit on...
View ArticleBearer Bonds – Great IRS Whistleblower Opportunities
Bearer bonds are securities that are not registered and have very little documentation. Whoever holds the physical bond is deemed the owner. Because they are frequently used by money launderers and tax...
View ArticleBreaking News – Pfizer Settles Whistleblower Case $785 mm
$785 million is a lot of money, even for big pharma. That is the amount that Pfizer is probably going to pay to settle two whistleblower cases alleging the pharmacy giant overcharged Medicaid for...
View ArticleNJ Doc Pays $5.25 Million to Settle Qui Tam Complaint
Dr. Labib Riachi and his company, Center for Advanced Pelvic Surgery, must pay $5.25 million to settle a whistleblower complaint brought under the qui tam provisions of the federal False Claims Act....
View Article“Even A Dog Can Get A Mortgage”– Whistleblower Post
CNBC carried an interesting story this week; house flipping is reportedly “on fire” in Las Vegas and Miami. Of course, we all know what happened to both these markets in the last bubble – housing...
View ArticleHospice Care – The New False Claims Act Frontier
The demand for hospice care is exploding. Because most of the recipients of end-of-life care are elderly, the taxpayer funded Medicare program often must foot the bill. It comes as no surprise then...
View ArticleSeeking Freedom Mortgage Insiders & Borrowers
MahanyLaw, a leading national False Claims Act / Whistleblower law firm is seeking information about possible improprieties by Freedom Mortgage Corporation. Freedom bills itself as a leading (top 10)...
View ArticleCMBS Loan Modification & Refinance
Many Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities (CMBS) loans are set to mature over the next year. Although the underlying properties are generating more than enough cash flow to meet all loan, tax and...
View ArticleWhen Medicare Fraud Kills Patients
Medicare fraud is a victimless crime, right? Unfortunately, some folks still see things that way. That attitude may account for why Medicare fraud costs taxpayers tens of billions of dollars each year....
View ArticleChiropractor Guilty of Medicare Fraud
Chiropractic care has been become a very competitive field. Most chiropractors compete by trying to offer the best quality care possible. And then there is Devin Thauberger of Louisville. Not satisfied...
View ArticleWhistleblower Award for Anti Dumping (Smuggling) Info
Congress has a long history of helping American manufacturers in their struggle against cheap foreign imports. A whistleblower with inside information about one company’s attempts to import cheap...
View ArticleWhistleblower Gets $315k in Anti Kickback Case
Kickbacks in the healthcare field are illegal. The Anti Kickback Statute and Stark law carry hefty penalties for healthcare providers that engage in these illegal schemes. The former owner of a West...
View ArticleDavid v Goliath Redux – Whistleblower Takes On AT&T
Americans love rooting for the underdog, especially when the underdog is a whistleblower challenging telecom giant AT&T. At stake is $2.5 billion of taxpayer money. If the damages are trebled, the...
View ArticleCompetitor Cheating Uncle Sam? Qui Tam Is the Answer
Hundreds, if not thousands of companies, cheat Uncle Sam everyday. Those folks hurt taxpayers and the legitimate businesses that follow the rules. Why should a few criminals get rich while hard working...
View ArticlePrison Sentence Cut in Largest DBE Fraud in US History
The year is 2014 and the largest Disadvantaged Business Enterprise fraud (DBE fraud) in the nation finally ends. Ernest Fink, the owner of a Pennsylvania construction company, is sentenced to 51 months...
View ArticleTIC Time Bomb Looming – $30 Billion in Loans Coming Due
An estimated $30 billion in TIC financed projects face maturity dates over the next 24 months and the market isn’t very receptive to refinance. That sobering reality will shock many tenant in common...
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