Topic
Fraud
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Zalma on Insurance
Anti-SLAPP Motion by Doctor Charged in Qui Tam Case for Fraud Fails
By Barry Zalma
Preparing False Medical Reports to Defraud Insurers is not Protected Activities Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP suits) are meritless lawsuits designed to punish parties for constitutionally protected activities (free…
Zalma on Insurance
Catastrophe Fraud & Criminal Acts
By Barry Zalma
Catastrophe Fraud See the full video at https://rumble.com/vj973h-catastrophe-fraud-and-criminal-acts.html and at https://youtu.be/7pO3PwPMWfo According to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, and general experience, natural disasters are always followed by fraud. The sheer…
Whistleblower Law Collaborative Blog and News
Massachusetts Company Settles N95 Mask Fraud Case for $3.5 Million
Last week, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office announced a settlement with Bedrock LLC for N95 mask fraud. Bedrock, a Salem-based company, will pay $3.5 million. The AG’s Office alleged that…
eDiscovery Today Blog
Here are Some Best Practices for Investigating Potential Employee Misconduct and Fraud: eDiscovery Best Practices
By Doug Austin
Employee misconduct and fraud investigations are conducted for several reasons, including: sexual harassment, creating a hostile work environment for other employees, employee sabotage and intellectual property (IP) theft. This recent…
Does Crime Pay?
From Price Gouging to Fraud: A Look at the Department of Justice’s Shifting Focus One Year in the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Jamar King
In early March 2020, at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, former Attorney General William Barr instructed federal prosecutors to prioritize the “detection, investigation and prosecution of all criminal conduct…
FCPA Professor
Checking In On Petrofac
By Mike Koehler
Petrofac (a U.K. based oil and gas company with ADRs registered with the SEC) has been under scrutiny since 2016 regarding its relationship with Unaoil. (See here for the prior post).…
The FCA Insider
No FCA Liability Where Fraudulently Obtained Contract Did Not Concern the United States
By David Pivnick, Cassandra M. Burns, Brett Barnett
In U.S. ex rel. Freedman v. Bayada Home Health Care, Inc., No. 3:19-cv-18753-FLW-ZNQ, 2021 WL 1904735 (D.N.J. May 12, 2021), a New Jersey District Court found that the relator failed…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Insurance Company Attorneys Often Wrongfully Argue That a Fraud Occurs When Parties Only Have a Difference of Opinion
By Chip Merlin
A recent Florida case1 has a lengthy discussion about cases where changing valuations by the insured are then used by clever insurance company attorneys to argue that a post-loss fraud…
Tax Controversy Report
COVID-19 Fraud Task Force Established
By Matthew D. Lee and Marissa Koblitz Kingman Intensifying its crackdown on suspected fraud in pandemic relief programs, the U.S. Department of Justice has established the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery Blog
“King of Fraud” is Convicted of $7 Million Digital Advertising Scam!
By Peter Vogel
DataBreachToday.com reported that “Self-Professed 'King of Fraud' Aleksandr Zhukov…faked both the users and the webpages: he and his co-conspirators programmed computers that they had rented from commercial data centers in…