Our law firm is organized like a prosecutor’s office: in teams. The majority of our attorneys and investigators were formerly prosecutors or FBI agents. They include veterans of the civil and criminal divisions of the Justice Department, a former Assistant Director of the FBI, and supervisors of state and federal fraud units. We have more than 100 major nationwide fraud cases pending. Whistleblower qui tam cases of ours that have been unsealed include record-setters: Columbia HCA, Eckerd Corp., Quorum Health Care, Walgreen’s and Convergys. We have recovered more than $2-billion on behalf of defrauded consumers and taxpayers nationwide.

Potential whistleblowers should keep in mind that there are many arenas for fraud besides the highest-profile ones involving Medicare and defense industry contracting. Other emerging areas of potential fraud and qui tam complaints include the off-label marketing and sale of prescription drugs. Eli Lilly recently agreed to pay $1.415 Billion for the off-label promotion of Zyprexa. Federal student loan and financial aid programs, which include Pell grants, Stafford loans and PLUS loans, continue to be another area ripe for abuse. The Washington Post reported that “among federal programs, the student loan system has been highly vulnerable to fraud over the years.”

I’ve discovered fraud – what do I do next?
Do I have a strong qui tam case?