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Major Victory for Customs Fraud Whistleblowers: Federal Appellate Court Upholds $26M False Claims Act Verdict, Rejecting Importer’s Defenses
The decision reinforces the pivotal role of whistleblowers in exposing customs fraud and the substantial rewards they can receive.
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Qui Tam Whistleblower Awarded $3.7 Million as U.S. Settles with German Engineering Firm for Ducking Customs Import Duties
Linde AG used incorrect Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) codes and failed to declare “assists” on steel products imported from China
Financial Institutions can be Sued under the Whistleblower Provisions of the False Claims Act for Defrauding the Federal Reserve
Fraud in connection with receipt of federal bailout funds held to be actionable under the False Claims Act
Whistleblowers Share $1.48 Million Reward as Importer of Brake Pads Settles Customs Fraud Lawsuit for $8 Million
Centric Parts of California evaded 2.5% tariff by misclassifying “mounted” brake pads as “unmounted.”
Federal Contractor CDM Smith Pays $5.6 Million to Resolve Whistleblower Claims under the False Claims Act Arising out of Scheme to Overcharge Navy
Firm allegedly provided government with inaccurate cost data during contract negotiations, failed to disclose that estimates had been reduced by
Appellate Court Approves Whistleblower’s use of Third-Party Litigation Funder, Affirms $255 Million Verdict against Skilled Nursing Facilities for Medicare Fraud
Management pressured staff to inflate Medicare reimbursements by “upcoding” and “ramping.”
Whistleblower Awarded 22% of Recovery as U.S. Settles with Importer for Fraudulently Underpaying Customs Duties on Diamond Jewelry
Former employee blows the whistle, receives reward
Qui Tam Whistleblowers, Government Target Downstream Parties over Suppliers’ Import Duty Evasion
Downstream wholesaler allegedly turned a blind eye to suppliers’ import fraud while receiving goods at below-market prices. Whistleblowers reap rewards.
Third Circuit Rejects Eleventh Circuit’s “Objective Falsehood” Requirement under the False Claims Act, Rules that Clinical Medical Judgments Can be Considered “False”
Court says that disputed medical judgments present a triable issue for a jury, creating a Circuit split and paving the
Courts of Appeal Clarify: Class Representatives from Every State Are Not Necessarily Required for Multistate Class Actions
Opinions warn against conflating FRCP 23 elements with constitutional standing.
When an Overly-Influenced Federal Agency Sides with the Accused under the False Claims Act: Whistleblower Claims, Materiality and “Regulatory Capture” in the Trinity Industries Appeal
Despite whistleblower claims, federal agency insists it wasn’t defrauded
