What is the False Claims Act?

The False Claims Act is the single most effective tool used in the United States to uncover and stop fraud against the government.

This great video from Taxpayers Against Fraud does a great job summarizing how the False Claims Act works.

DO I HAVE A CASE?

START WITH THESE FOUR QUESTIONS:

  • YOU ONLY HAVE A CASE UNDER THE FALSE CLAIMS ACT IF THE FRAUD IS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. IN OTHER WORDS, THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN DEPRIVED OF MONEY, PROPERTY OR A RIGHT. THIS CAN BE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND/OR A STATE (AS LONG AS THAT STATE HAS ITS OWN STATE FALSE CLAIMS ACT).

  • THIS IS CRITICAL. IT CANNOT BE BASED ON SUSPICION, YOU WILL NEED PHYSICAL EVIDENCE THAT YOU HAVE OBTAINED IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF YOUR EMPLOYMENT, WHICH CAN INCLUDE EMAILS, SPREADSHEETS, CONTRACTS, BILLS, TRAINING MATERIALS, PRESENTATIONS, COPIES OF CANCELLED CHECKS, VOICEMAILS, AUDIO OR VIDEOTAPE. FROM YOUR EVIDENCE, THE FACTS WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE AND HOW OF THE FRAUD SHOULD BE CLEAR. ALSO, THE EVIDENCE CANNOT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISCLOSED PUBLICLY IN ANY WAY, IT MUST BE NEW, SECRET INFORMATION.

  • THE TIMING IS IMPORTANT. IF YOU HAVE A CASE, YOU MUST FILE WITHIN SIX YEARS OF THE DATE ON WHICH THE VIOLATION IS COMMITTED, OR, IF THE FRAUD IS HIDDEN, WITHIN THREE YEARS OF ITS DISCOVERY (BUT STILL NO MORE THAN 10 YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS COMMITTED).

  • IF YOU ANSWERED YES TO QUESTIONS 1-3, YOU MAY HAVE A CASE! GET IN TOUCH WITH PROTECTUS OR ANOTHER LAW FIRM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. DO NOT DISCLOSE THE FACTS TO ANYONE EXCEPT A LAWYER SO THAT YOU ARE NOT MAKING A PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF THE FACTS UNTIL YOU FILE YOUR CASE.

PROTECTUS BY THE NUMBERS

WE HAVE BROUGHT SUCCESSFUL LAWSUITS AGAINST:

Accenture

$63
Million

American Management Systems

$9
Million

Ernst & Young

$4
Million

KPMG LLP, KPMG International

$2
Million

EMC Corporation

$87
Million

International Business
Machines

$3
Million

Booz Allen

$3
Million

PricewaterhouseCoopers

$44
Million

Forest Laboratories

$300
Million

Cisco Systems Inc

$48
Million

Sun Microsystems

$46
Million

GlaxoSmithKline

$1.3
Billion

UPS

$25
Million

Hewlett Packard Company

$55
Million

USIS

$30
Million

WellCare Health Systems

$137
Million

Computer Science Corporation

$1
Million

$2,000,000,000

Over $2 Billion Recovered On Behalf of the U.S. Government

Whistleblower Team Members

The False Claims Act

An In-Depth Primer

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“It’s not an easy thing to do, but it’s the right thing to do. I am very proud that I did it and I think that every citizen has a duty to do it.”

— Neal Roberts, Managing Partner at ProtectUS Law

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