Mortgage Underwriting Fraud in 2016 – Whistleblower Post
The days of the billion dollar mortgage underwriting fraud may be over. That hasn’t stopped lenders from running afoul of the False Claims Act, however. 2016 was the third best year ever for the...
View ArticleHispanic Lives Matter Rips Molina Healthcare, Claims “Economic Racism”
EDITOR’s NOTE: On December 30th, MahanyLaw filed a class action lawsuit against Molina Healthcare of California. The suit was filed on behalf of Dr. Manuel Figueroa, a member of the Associated Hispanic...
View ArticleOil Royalty Payments Scam? – Could Be a Great Whistleblower Claim!
Almost one decade ago, two auditors with the U.S. Mineral Management Service filed a qui tam complaint in Texas. The two federal workers claimed Shell was defrauding the government on oil royalty...
View ArticlePNC Pays Mortgage Loan Officers $16M – Overtime Lawsuit
PNC Bank will pay its some of its mortgage loan officers $16 million to settle a lawsuit brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The mortgage brokers claimed they were denied overtime and proper...
View ArticleJail for Fla. Lighting Contractor in Kickback Scheme
There is something magical about southern Florida. Warm winters, lush vegetation, fancy cars, great fishing… and fraud. Lot’s of fraud. We took special interest in the news that a contractor doing work...
View ArticleFreedom Mortgage Found Guilty of Defrauding Homeowner
It is no secret that our firm is investigating a claim that Freedom Mortgage defrauded military families and veterans. Although the Better Business Bureau gives the company an A- rating, the BBB stats...
View ArticleWhen Whistleblowers Do Things “Their Way”
Here is a case that would scare any would-be whistleblowers. A federal appeals court in Denver ordered a whistleblower to pay $15 million to the alleged wrongdoers. Previously the trial court had...
View ArticleFirst Loan Officers, Now PNC Asst. Managers Win FLSA Suit
Last week we wrote about a successful lawsuit brought by PNC Bank mortgage loan officers. This week it is the banks assistant managers who are cashing in. Both lawsuits were brought under the Fair...
View ArticleFCPA Foreign Bribery Active Investigations – Last Call for Whistleblowers
2016 was a banner year for the SEC and Department of Justice. The SEC paid out record whistleblower awards. The Department of Justice had its third best year under the False Claims Act. It paid over...
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Kaiser Health News
Los Angeles Doctor Sues Molina Healthcare Over Medi-Cal Reimbursements by Ana B. Ibarra | Link to original source (114K) Los Angeles-area doctor is seeking class-action status for a lawsuit against...
View Article“Banks Pump Up”? So Do Whistleblower Lawyers!
There was a interesting article in today’s New York Post. Titled “Banks Pump Up,” the article contained a cleverly photoshopped graphic of the faces JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon and Bank of America CEO...
View ArticleOcwen’s Newest Lie? (Ocwen Whistleblower Post)
Merriam Webster defines the term “spin doctor” as “a person responsible for ensuring that others interpret an event from a particular point of view.” Usually when we think of spin doctors we think of...
View ArticlePharmaceutical Whistleblowers – The WAR on Big Pharma Begins
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are about as polar opposites as two politicians can be. Sanders is a “tax the rich” liberal Democrat. Trump is the rich guy Bernie wants to tax and a conservative...
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Whistleblower News Review
Book Review SAINTS, SINNERS, AND HEROES – Covert Ops in the War against the C-Suite Mafia, author Brian Mahany Link to original source (166K) The ultimate whistleblower handbook, featuring numerous...
View ArticleMore Convictions in Venezuela Foreign Bribery Scheme
Two more Americans have been convicted in for participating in a scheme to obtain contracts from the Venezuelan national oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela SA. (PDVSA)*. Juan Jose Hernandez Comerma of...
View ArticleMassHealth Fraud Lawyer – 2016 In Review
On paper, it looks like 2016 was a great year for MassHealth fraud recoveries. State officials claim they have recovered $80 million. That number is a bit misleading, however. While we certainly praise...
View ArticleAnatomy of a Force Placed Insurance Scheme (California)
If you are reading this post and don’t know what “force placed insurance” is, we are happy for you. Unfortunately, millions of Americans know the term all too well. When you finance the purchase of a...
View ArticleBig Pharma Wants Your Hearts, Minds and Wallets (Pharma Whistleblower)
What do Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Bernie Sanders have in common? The answer? They all think that big pharmaceutical companies put profits before patients. Before the election, Hillary’s website...
View ArticleTenet Exec INDICTED (Tenet Healthcare Whistleblower Post)
Tenet Healthcare is no stranger to fraud. It wasn’t that long ago that the for-profit hospital chain paid a record $514 million fine to the government. That case involved paying kickbacks for patient...
View ArticleAmerican Advisors Group Fraud Post (Reverse Mortgage Fraud)
On New Years day, we posted an extensive piece on Reverse Mortgage Fraud. In that post we listed three companies that were recently the target of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Those...
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