How To Choose The Best Whistleblower Lawyer
Blowing the whistle is serious business. Your job, reputation, and career may be on the line. Your first priority should be to find a whistleblower lawyer, because not all whistleblower disclosures are lawful or protected. Moreover, many whistleblower laws permit you to obtain a financial reward.
Medicaid And Medicare Whistleblower Rewards
Medicare Fraud and Medicaid Fraud mean a health care provider – i.e., a pharmaceutical company (or Big Pharma), doctor, dentist, hospital, hospice care provider or nursing home – makes or causes a fraudulent reimbursement to claim to Medicare, Medicaid or other government health program such as Tricare.
What Should I Do If I’m Facing Whistleblower Retaliation?
If you are facing whistleblower retaliation as a result of whistleblowing, immediately obtain legal counsel from a whistleblower attorney. The reason is simple – what you blow the whistle on and the method you use to make your disclosure will determine your rights going forward.
Reporting Anonymously As An SEC Whistleblower
The SEC Whistleblower Program implements the law’s requirement that the Commission pay whistleblowers, including anonymous SEC whistleblowers whose original information results in a sanction of $1 million or more a monetary reward.
Reporting Anonymously As A CFTC Whistleblower
As part of the Dodd-Frank Act, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) pay anonymous CFTC whistleblowers a monetary reward to those with original information resulting in a sanction of $1 million or more.
CFTC Spoofing and How to Report
As part of the Dodd-Frank Act, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) pay anonymous CFTC whistleblowers a monetary reward to those with original information resulting in a sanction of $1 million or more.
What Is Covered Under The IRS Tax Whistleblower Reward Program?
The largest misconception concerning the IRS whistleblower program is that it only covers tax frauds. The IRS whistleblower law covers tax frauds, non-criminal underpayment of taxes, noncriminal tax frauds and sanctions paid for IRS-related infractions.
DOJ FCPA Guidance on Foreign Securities and Commodities Violations
In March 2019, the CFTC issued an Enforcement Advisory indicating that, for the first time, it would be focusing investigative resources on foreign corruption as it relates to violations of the Commodity Exchange Act. As an activity regulated by the CFTC, commodities-related foreign corruption now falls within the gambit of violations for which a whistleblower may be eligible for an award should their tip lead to a successful enforcement action.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act Whistleblower Protections And Rewards
Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX”) to address significant securities and accounting frauds that triggered the collapse of two multibillion dollar publicly traded companies, ENRON and WORLDCOM, in 2001-02.
Can Federal Employees Blow The Whistle On The President?
Several federal laws permit federal employees to submit disclosures regarding violations of law or abuses of authority committed by the President of the United States or other presidential appointees.
Can Federal Employees Blow The Whistle Confidentially?
The Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA) and the Inspector General Act both permit employees to confidentially disclose allegations of wrongdoing to the appropriate authorities, including to Congress.
Does Whistleblowing Work?
Whistleblowing has proven to be the single most effective tool in the detection of waste, fraud, and abuse in the public and private sectors. Public statements by responsible law enforcement officials, regulators, Congressional leaders, and independent experts confirm its effectiveness.