A multibillion-dollar loophole
that would have exempted most overseas Department of
Defense, General Services Administration, and
NASA contracts from having
to report fraud to the U.S. Government has been
eliminated with
support from the offices of the Inspector
General of all relevant agencies. >>
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 HHS Say "Tell Us More"Heath care providers who voluntarily report fraud to HHS, and want to avoid a lengthy Corporate Integrity Agreement, will now have to give a complete description of the malfeasance, detail the laws violated and the results of the company's internal investigation, and estimate damages and how they were calculated. >> To read more |
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 It Takes a Village to Detect FraudIn a recent paper entitled, "Who Blows the Whistle on Corporate Fraud?," Alexander Dyck, Adair Morse, and Luigi Zingales note that "It takes a village to detect fraud because not only are there many different players involved, but the process by which this fraud emerges rests on interaction between these players.” The authors note that monetary rewards do not increase the percentage of frivolous lawsuits filed. >> To read more |
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 Positively Not Overnight Whistleblower Mark Oehm explained to the The Buffalo News how one of the scams used by National Air Cargo worked. Oehm told the newspaper that Christopher Alf, National Air Cargo founder and president had instructed him: "Bill for overnight, but send it second day. If the customer says to send it overnight, you send it second day. One out of 25 might actually catch you at it.” This fraud, and others, were settled by National Air Cargo for $3.3 million. >> To read more |
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 Fraud Loophole
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