This past Friday, March 7, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a press release announcing the recent federal indictment against Garantex’s administrators, a Russia-based cryptocurrency exchange. As someone who has defended clients in complex financial...
The False Claims Act (FCA) remains the government’s primary weapon against fraud in federal programs, including Medicare Advantage Plans – programs now serving nearly half of all Medicare beneficiaries. With $15 billion in Part C overpayments identified in...
On February 21, 2025, news broke of a staggering $1.5 billion theft from the Bybit exchange — a heist reportedly orchestrated by a criminal enterprise the United States Department of Justice has alleged is controlled by the North Korean government. This ranks the...
The Federal Bar Association’s (FBA) 2025 Qui Tam Conference was especially worthwhile this year, featuring a robust panel of legal experts, former U.S. attorneys, Department of Justice (DOJ) officials, and False Claims Act (FCA) defense lawyers, like us, to review the...
The Fourth Circuit’s recent decision in United States ex rel. Wheeler v. Acadia Healthcare Co., No. 23-2101, 2025 U.S. App. LEXIS 2350 (4th Cir. Feb. 3, 2025). (United States ex rel. Wheeler v. Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc., No. 23-2101 (4th Cir. 2025) :: Justia),...
