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Long Island Doctor Indicted and Sued for Health Care Fraud In an August 1, 2022, press release, NY Attorney General (AG) Letitia James announced that a Kings Point physician was being indicted for defrauding Medicare. Dr. Payam Toobian, MD, was charged with “third-degree larceny, third-degree health care fraud, eight counts of falsifying business records in…

US DOJ Collects Record Amounts Under False Claims Act In 2021 In its last fiscal (FY) year, which ended in September 2021, the US Department of Justice (US DOJ) collected more than $5.6 billion under the False Claims Act (FCA). This recovery, achieved through settlements and legal judgments, is the highest since 2014. According to…

If you are an IRS fraud whistleblower, or any kind of financial fraud whistleblower, the False Claims Act may protect you from retaliation. How does it work? The False Claims Act gives would-be whistleblowers a formal, legal, process by which they may bring their complaints without tipping off their potentially interested employers. A False Claims…