Part 2 OIG Medicare Fraud 2016 Work Plan – (Whistleblower Post)
This is part two of a multi-part post outlining emerging trends in Medicare fraud. This series tracks the current 2016 work plan of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector...
View ArticleATTENTION UBER EMPLOYEES – We Need Your Help!
It is no secret that we represent many Uber drivers. One of our class action cases has been widely covered in Forbes and Inc. magazine as well as many other news outlets. We are best known for our...
View ArticleDOJ Intervenes in $50 Million Medicare Fraud Whistleblower Suit
The U.S. Department of Justice intervened in a $50 million Medicare fraud lawsuit filed by a whistleblower against Prime Healthcare Services. The case was filed by a former Prime nurse turned...
View ArticleWhistleblower Retaliation – Oracle to Sue Whistleblower
It’s tough enough being a whistleblower. In the typical case we see, whistleblowers first try to correct problems internally long before calling a lawyer. Often they are ignored, however. Most...
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Ride-Sharing Company Faces Nationwide FLSA Lawsuit by Michael J. Bologna and Lisa Nagele-Piazza | Link to original source (103K) Uber Technologies Inc., fresh off a $100 million settlement with drivers...
View ArticleDBE Fraud – Feds Bust Phony Tennessee Minority Owned Biz
The Department of Justice continues it push to ferret out DBE fraud. Last week prosecutors announced they had intervened in a private whistleblower lawsuit and fined Mountain States Contractors...
View ArticleBetter Pay for Home Care Workers – FLSA Wage Theft Post
Home Care workers save taxpayers billions of dollars each year. Although the industry has its fair share of problems and fraud, it is much cheaper to care for a patient at home than in a skilled...
View ArticleOcean Freight Price Fixing New Whistleblower Target
The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted yet another shipping company executive. Mauricio Javier Garrido Garcia (Garrido), a Vice President of Compañia Sudamericana de Vapores S.A. (CSAV), was...
View ArticleFeds Examine Portable X-Ray Services (Medicare Fraud Whistleblower)
Health and Human Services’ Inspector General is looking into portable x-ray services. The government believes there are widespread overbillings within the industry. According to the Inspector General...
View ArticleLaw Firm Responsible for Ponzi Scheme Losses
What does legal malpractice have to do with a Ponzi scheme? Plenty, if a law firm helped facilitate the scheme. When that happens, the lawyers can be held responsible for investor losses. Recently I...
View ArticleTX Property Managers Accuse Employer of Overtime & Wage Theft
A Texas woman is accusing her employer of wage and overtime theft. Sherry Shelby filed a complaint under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) accusing Boxer Property Management as improperly...
View ArticleFeds Find 2000 Ag Workers Owed Wages – FLSA Wage Theft Post
Farming is not an easy occupation. Having lived on a farm, I know all about getting up at 4:00 am everyday to milk cows. Ag workers know that the work doesn’t stop simply because it is a holiday or a...
View ArticleCorrections Officers Get $2m to Settle Wage Claims – Wage Theft Post
A group of present and former corrections officers in Nashville will be seeing a nice bump in their next paycheck. Officers with the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office filed several wage claims against...
View ArticleOne Hundred Million Unsafe Prescription Drugs – Whistleblower Post
The International Journal of Health Services says that over the last 18 years, 17 different drugs were approved for patient use in the U.S. and later pulled because they were unsafe. That may not sound...
View ArticleSham Veteran Owned Biz Owner GUILTY – SDVOSB Whistleblower Post
A Boston federal court jury found the owner of a phony service disabled, veteran owned business guilty of a $100 million fraud. David Gorski was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government...
View ArticleWhat Does Enterprise-Rent-a-Car and a St Louis Hotel Co. Have in Common?
The title of this post sounds like the introduction to a joke. “What does Enterprise-Rent-A-Car and a St. Louis hotel operator have in common?” It’s no joke however. Both companies are headquartered...
View ArticleWage Theft Updates: Service Industry, Food Service and More
Employees suffering from wage theft continue to rack up big victories. Failure to pay most workers minimum wage or overtime at time and one half is a federal offense. Unfortunately, that doesn’t stop...
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Local Uber driver sues company by John Mercure | Link to original source A former Milwaukee Uber driver is suing the company over the amount of money he’s making working for the ride sharing service....
View ArticleYellow Cab Settles Medicaid Fraud Charge (Whistleblower Lawyer)
What do Yellow Cabs and Medicaid Fraud have in common? If you live in Dallas, a lot. In 2012 three former Yellow Cab employees blew the whistle on their employer. The three said that cab companies were...
View ArticleIndependence Day Message for Whistleblowers
The year was 1976. I was not quite 18 years old and already in college. I remember being home for the summer and watching the tall ships sail through New York Harbor. Although spirits were high for the...
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