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Here’s some of the latest news regarding Whistleblowers.

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Understanding System Manipulation Fraud In Corporations

Technology gives corporations incredible power to manage information. When that power gets weaponized to conceal fraud, employees who discover it often don’t know what to do next. But they’re in a unique position to stop it. Common Types Of System Manipulation The schemes vary widely. Some involve sophisticated…

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False Claims Act Protections For Tech Workers Who Report AI Fraud

Companies are making false claims about what their AI can actually do. They’re pitching capabilities to investors, customers, and government agencies that simply don’t exist. If you work in tech and you’ve seen your employer misleading others about AI performance, you might have more options than you realize….

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How Upcoding Affects Medicare Patients In Nursing Homes

Medicare fraud in nursing homes takes many forms, but upcoding remains one of the most pervasive and damaging. When facilities deliberately inflate billing codes to maximize reimbursements, they’re not just defrauding the government. They’re compromising care for some of our most vulnerable citizens. If you work in long-term…

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Win for Whistleblowers, Loss for Dicta

The Ninth Circuit just brought “some discipline . . . to the sometimes loose” use of jurisdiction in the context of the False Claims Act.  In Stein v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., the court concluded that a bar for whistleblowers—the “first to file bar”—is merely procedural, not…

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Colder than a polar bear’s toenails: The chilling effect of waivers.

Waivers in employment and separation agreements. Waiver clauses in employment or separation agreements can create a chilling effect by discouraging employees from reporting misconduct or engaging in whistleblower activities. These clauses often try to limit an employee’s ability to report wrongdoing to government authorities, or restrict their right…

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Sew Much Fraud: Unraveling Alexis’ Customs Fraud Scheme

Double invoicing. I struggle to think of any situation where creating a separate set of invoices would be a legitimate business practice. There’s just no legitimate reason to create a whole separate set of books. When it comes to business practices, double invoicing is like the fashion equivalent…

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