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Fraud Whistleblowers Criminal Prosecution

Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain. 
K&L Gates LLP

How the Serious Fraud Office's Ambitious Five-Year Strategy Will Impact Businesses

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The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) recently published its new five-year strategy for 2024-2029 (the Strategy), setting out its ambitious aspirations to become a “pre-eminent specialist, innovative and collaborative agency which...more

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FCA Uncovered: Mitigating Risk in the Regulatory Spotlight — Regulatory Oversight Podcast

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In the latest episode of Regulatory Oversight, Troutman Pepper Partner Amy Williams welcomes Jenelle Beavers and Rob Sayegh from Alvarez & Marsal. Jenelle serves as a managing director and Rob as a senior director of A&M’s...more

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The Race is On: DOJ's Criminal Division the Latest to Offer Non-Prosecution Deals to Whistleblowers

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Our White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Group investigates the latest federal whistleblower program, which offers individuals yet another avenue to report corporate misconduct....more

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The Lines Are Open! DOJ Adds New Tool in Anticorruption Efforts With Whistleblower Pilot Program

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Building on the recent passage of the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA), at the American Bar Association’s 2024 National Institute on White Collar Crime conference in San Francisco earlier this month (2024 ABA...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

International Trade Enforcement Roundup – August 2023 Update

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August saw two noteworthy Russia-related enforcement actions. First, a dual Russian-German national was arrested and charged with violating the Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) when he allegedly procured microelectronics for...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Healthcare Regulatory Check-up Newsletter | March 2023 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for March 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

DOJ Releases Civil Fraud Recovery Statistics for 2022

Last week the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued its annual report of civil fraud recoveries and statistics under the civil False Claims Act (FCA). The Report can be found, and the accompanying DOJ Press Release can be found....more

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Investigations Newsletter: Amici Seek Dismissal of Qui Tam Suit From High Court

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Headlines that Matter for Companies and Executives in Regulated Industries- Amici Seek Dismissal of Qui Tam Suit From High Court - Various medical, business and legal organizations are asking the US Supreme Court to...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 10th Edition of Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery - January 24th - 25th, Miami, FL

ACI’s and C5’s 10th Edition of Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Miami conference is returning on January 24 – 25, 2022 in person! Deemed as the foremost, can’t-miss event for the Fraud community, it gathers the pre-eminent...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 5. News Briefs: February 2020 #2

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 5 (February 10, 2020)  - David Laufer, the former chief of the Prosthetics and Orthotics Department at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, was charged...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food & Beverage Litigation Update l February 2020 #2

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - France to Ban Mass Culling of Male Chicks - France’s agriculture minister has reportedly announced that the country will prohibit the mass culling of male chicks shortly after they...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Weeks - July 2018

A commodity merchandising firm was fined US $6.55 million by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Chicago Board of Trade combined for attempting to manipulate the prices of wheat futures contracts. However, its...more

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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 2015 Update

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Despite a decline in enforcement actions by the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), the first half of 2015 has continued to highlight the relevance and ever-evolving effects of the...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Ninth Circuit Concludes that Conviction Precludes Relator Recovery

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The Ninth Circuit last week held that pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3730(d)(3) of the False Claims Act (“FCA”), a qui tam relator who is convicted of conduct giving rise to the fraud that is the subject of the FCA lawsuit must be...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Recent Remarks By Officials Reinforce DOJ’s Focus On Criminal Fraud Investigations And Prosecutions Of Culpable Individuals

In a trio of speeches given at separate events on September 17, 2014, Department of Justice (“DOJ”) officials announced new initiatives and points of emphasis in the Government’s ongoing efforts to hold corporations and...more

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False Claims Act Update

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New Criminal Division Review Process for Qui Tam Complaints Expands Main Justice Involvement and Threatens Greater Criminal Exposure in Whistleblower Investigations. The Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Health Care Enforcement in 2012: A Year in Review

Last year was another busy year in health care fraud enforcement. In 2012, the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS-OIG) reported total expected recoveries of $6.9 billion from all...more

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