Whistleblower Claims

We can help you do the right thing and come forward to stop a public fraud.

When the government spends its money, it has the same interest in protecting itself from fraud as any individual or business. In order to uncover fraud, the federal government along with many states and municipalities have passed whistleblower or false claims laws that reward individuals for coming forward to stop the fraud.

pareaphSince fraud is a deception designed to obtain financial gain, it can take many forms and touches virtually every industry in which the government does business, including healthcare, military, banking, and public works projects. Fraudulent schemes also take many forms, such as, charging more than a service is supposed cost, lying about an important regulatory or reporting requirements, collusion between competitors bidding for public contracts, paying kickbacks, or selling drugs for an unauthorized purpose.
We represent whistleblowers who know about fraud and are willing to come forward to help stop it. In order to encourage whistleblowers to do the right thing, many false claims laws pay the whistleblower a “bounty” or a percentage of the money recovered for the government.
In 2012, Richard A. Harpootlian, P.A. represented a whistleblower who received the largest bounty to date paid in South Carolina in conjunction with a $95 million mortgage fraud cause. The whistleblower received $18 million.

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SETTLEMENT

$280 million

United States ex rel. Brown v. Celgene Corp., CV 10-03165 (RK) (C.D. Cal.)

Practice Area: Whistleblower Claims

On July 25, 2017, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $280 million settlement with drug maker Celgene Corp. to settle claims the company fraudulently promoted two drugs for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)….

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SETTLEMENT

$17 million

United States ex rel. Hammett v. Lexington County Health Services District Inc. d/b/a Lexington Medical Center

Practice Area: Whistleblower Claims

On July 28, 2016, the United States Department of Justice announced $17 million settlement with Lexington County Health Services District Inc. d/b/a Lexington Medical Center, concluding a federal whistleblower case brought by former hospital employee David H. Hammett, M.D.

The settlement resolves allegations that the hospital violated the Physician Self-Referral Law,…

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