Whistleblower Recovery Lawsuits, Medicare Fraud Whistleblower Award Lawsuits, Securities Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits, IRS Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits, Medicaid Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits, Defense Contractor Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits, and other Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits 
by Whistleblower Recovery Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Whistleblower Recovery Lawsuits are the most effective method for identifying and preventing large scale fraud against the government, in financial markets, and in large corporations.  New whistleblower recovery laws have harnessed the power of economic incentives by offering large monetary rewards to whistleblowers that properly report significant fraud.  These whistleblower recovery laws have also increased whistleblower protections to prevent and punish retaliation against whistleblowers.  If you are a person with special knowledge of significant fraud, feel free to contact Whistleblower Reward Lawyer Jason Coomer via e-mail message or use our submission form to  have a whistleblower recovery Lawyer contact you. 

Whistleblower Recovery Lawsuit, Whistleblower Recovery False Claims Act Lawsuit, Whistleblower Reward Lawsuit, Whistleblower SEC Bounty Action Lawsuit, and Whistleblower Recovery CFTC Lawsuit Information
(Qui Tam and Whistleblower Reward Lawsuit Information)

Under Federal law, whistleblower recoveries can come through four different whistleblower recovery laws.  The Federal False Claims Act is the oldest of the laws and under this law the Federal Government has brought in approximately $30 Billion.  Under this law successful whistleblowers have been awarded over $3 Billion.  The Federal False Claims Act was recently amended by the Federal Enforcement and Recovery Act (FERA) including expanding the reach of the Federal False Claims Act to include subcontractors working under a government contractor and other parties working with government contractors.  The Federal False Claims Act was included expanded protection for employee whistleblowers.  

Another Federal whistleblower recovery law is IRS Tax Fraud Whistleblower Reward Program under section 406 of the Internal Revenue Code.  This whistleblower recovery law includes significant economic incentives and protections for whistleblowers to encourage people with specialized knowledge of significant tax fraud to step forward and report the fraud.  These protections if used properly can protect whistleblowers from retaliation and allow whistleblowers to recover large amounts of money for being the first to properly report significant tax fraud.  

Two relatively new whistleblower recovery laws are section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act (SEC Whistleblower Bounty Actions), and section 23 of the Commodity Exchange Act (CFTC Whisteblower Bounty Actions).    These laws were passed in the wake of Financial Market Melt Down in 2008 and in response to massive fraud in the financial markets.  These whistleblower recovery laws are designed to encourage people with specialized knowledge of significant investment fraud, securities fraud, SEC violations, commodity futures fraud, and other financial fraud.  These whistleblower recovery laws were designed to protect whistleblowers that step up and blow the whistle on financial fraud.

All of these whistleblower recovery laws have been recently passed or strengthened to provide additional protections and economic incentives to whistleblowers.  By contacting a whistleblower recovery lawyer, a whistleblower can greatly increase their ability to make a recovery under these whistleblower recovery laws and use whistleblower protections to prevent or punish retaliation for reporting fraud.   

Government Spending and Health Care Spending Increase (Government Fraud Costs Tax Payers Hundreds of Billions of Dollars)

Government spending in the United States has surged past Five Trillion Dollars ($5,000,000,000,000) each year and is expected to continue to increase in the future.   As this number continues to increase, the number of fraudulent contractors, sub contractors, defense contractors, corporations, and health care providers will continue to increase, unless new methods are used to identify and prevent fraud . From a taxpayer stand point, preventing government fraud can save hundreds of billions of dollars. 

Qui Tam Actions and Bounty Actions Create Economic Incentives through  Whistleblower Recovery Law that are Extremely Effective in Exposing and Preventing Fraud Against the Government as well as other Unlawful Conduct

Offering Economic Incentives including offering rewards and bounties have been an extremely effective method of identifying unlawful conduct, crime, and criminals.  When the government offers the economic reward to private citizen for exposing fraud against the government, such actions are called "qui tam actions".  In these actions, the plaintiff is suing on their own behalf as well for the government and taxpayers.

The qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act are based on the theory that one of the least expensive and most effective means of preventing frauds on taxpayers and the government is to make the perpetrators of government fraud liable to actions by private persons acting under the strong stimulus of personal ill will or the hope of gain.

The strong public policy behind creating an economic gain for whistleblowers is that  the government would be significantly less likely to learn of the allegations of fraud, but for persons in certain positions with specialized knowledge of fraud that has been committed. Congress has made it clear that creating this economic incentive is beneficial not only for the government, taxpayers, and the realtor, but is an efficient method of regulating government to prevent fraud and fraudulent schemes.

The central purpose of the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act is to set up incentives to supplement government regulation and enforcement by encouraging whistleblowers with specialized knowledge of fraud going on in the government to blow the whistle on the crime.

Similarly, new bounty actions work under the same premise.  By encouraging private citizens with specialized knowledge of financial fraud, the government is seeking to deter investment fraud, securities fraud, SEC violations, retirement fund fraud, corporate malfeasance, and other forms of financial fraud by offering rewards or bounties to persons that properly expose this fraud.

History of Whistleblowers Lawsuits, Government Fraud Lawsuits, and Qui Tam Lawsuits

Governments have long had trouble with unscrupulous government contractors defrauding the government by providing defective goods, over billing services, and seeking payment for goods and services never provided.   The solution that many governments have created is to set up economic incentives for whistleblowers with inside information of fraudulent government contracts to blow the whistle on government contractors that are committing fraud.

Qui tam actions were used in the 13th century England as a way to enforce the King's laws. These actions have existed in the United States since colonial times, and were embraced by the first U.S. Congress as a way to enforce the laws when the new federal government had virtually no law enforcement officers. 

During the Civil War, corrupt military contractors were defrauding the United States Army out of hundreds of thousands of dollars and putting troops at risk by supplying troops with defective products and faulty war equipment. Illegal price gouging was a common practice and the armed forces of the United States suffered.  In response, Abraham Lincoln enacted the Federal Civil False Claims Act. A key provision of the act was known as qui tam.

This Act was weakened in 1943 during World War II while the government rushed to sign large military procurement contracts. However, it was strengthened again in 1986 after a long period of and increase in military spending as well as many stories of defense contractor price gouging and government waste.

Whistleblower Lawsuits and Government Fraud Lawsuits
(Qui Tam Lawsuits & Relator Claims)

Through Whistleblower Lawsuits, Qui Tam Lawsuits, and other Government Fraud Lawsuits, hundreds of billions of dollars have recovered from fraudulent government contractors that have stolen large amounts of money from the government and taxpayers.

It is extremely important that Whistleblowers continue to expose fraudulent billing practices and unnecessary treatments that cost billions of dollars.   If you are aware of a large government contractor that is defrauding the United States Government out of millions or billions of dollars, contact Whistleblower and Government Fraud Lawyer Jason Coomer.  As a Texas Whistle Blower Lawyer, he works with other powerful qui tam lawyers that handle large Government Fraud cases.  He works with San Antonio Whistleblower Lawyers, Dallas Whistleblower Lawyers, Houston Government Fraud Lawyers, and other Texas Whistleblower Lawyers as well as with Whistleblower Lawyers throughout the nation to blow the whistle on fraud that hurts the United States and taxpayers.