Blog - False Claims & Whistle Blower


IRS Whistleblower Awards in 2019 Jan 14, 2020

The IRS made 181 awards to whistleblowers totaling more than $120 million with total recoveries of over $616 million. There was also a decrease in the total number of awards from FY 2018 to FY 2019 where awards dropped from 217 to 181, while conversely, the number of claims related…

DOJ Recovers Over $3 Billion from False Claims Cases in 2019 Jan 13, 2020

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that in its fiscal year ending 2019, it collected more than $3 billion in settlements and judgements from civil cases involving false claims and fraud against the government. The government also paid out $265 million to FCA whistleblowers. Of the $3 billion…

SEC Whistleblower Program 2019 Annual Report Jan 6, 2020

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Whistleblower Program released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Annual Report (the “Report”) to Congress on November 15, 2019. According to the Report, the number of whistleblower reports and the total value of whistleblower awards continued at elevated levels during FY 2019 (which ended…

DOJ Obtains Record-Breaking $1.4 Billion Settlement in Opioid Drug False Claims Act Case Jul 15, 2019

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc, a British pharmaceutical company and global consumer goods conglomerate (“RB Group”) will pay a record-breaking $1.4 billion to resolve its potential civil and criminal liability related to its marketing of Suboxone, an opioid addiction treatment drug. The settlement is the largest opioid drug case recovery ever…

$54 Million Awarded to Two Whistleblowers by the SEC-Total Awarded Now Over $320 million Sep 6, 2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) awarded $39 million to one whistleblower and $15 million to another whistleblower in the same case whose assistance and critical information helped the SEC bring an important enforcement action, bringing the agency’s total payout for the program to more than $320 million.The $39 million…

DOJ Recovers More Than $3.7 Billion from False Claims Cases in 2017 - Moss & Gilmore Recovers Over 10% of all FCA Whistleblower Awards in 2017 Jan 3, 2018

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that in its fiscal year ending 2017, it collected more than $3.7 billion in settlements and judgements from civil cases involving false claims and fraud against the government. The government also paid out $392 million to FCA whistleblowers. Moss & Gilmore obtained…

SEC 2017 Report to Congress: $160 Million in Total Awards; 83% of Whistleblowers First Reported Fraud to Employers Nov 20, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently released its 2017 Annual Report to Congress for its Whistleblower Program (“Report”). According to the Report, since the inception of the Whistleblower Program, the SEC has received tips from whistleblowers in 114 countries outside the United States. In FY 2017, the SEC’s Office…

WSJ Reports Increasing Acceptance in Company Culture for Whistleblowing Nov 20, 2017

According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, reporting wrongdoing inside organizations is gaining more acceptance. A recent survey of 2,500 large company senior and middle managers in the U.S., Hong Kong, France and Germany indicates that 47% of these managers have reported wrong doing or have seen others reporting…

Moss & Gilmore Obtain $7.9 Million Settlement In FCA Whistleblower Lawsuit For Improper Radiation Oncology and E.R. Services; Including Payment of $850,000 for Whistleblower Retaliation Claim Sep 27, 2017

ATLANTA, Georgia (September 27, 2017) – Moss & Gilmore LLP announced today on behalf of their client Linda Jainniney, a former radiation oncology manager for AnMed Health, an affiliate of Carolina Health Care System (“CHS”), the settlement of a whistleblower lawsuit. AnMed Health will pay the federal government $7,073,000 to…