Federal Contractor False Certification: Federal Contractor False Certifications Can Be The Basis For Qui Tam Reward Lawsuits by Federal Contractor False Certification Whistleblower Reward Lawyer Jason S. Coomer
Federal contractors that price gouge, provide defective products, seek payment of services that were not provided, or provide false information to the government for the purpose of claiming payments or benefits are the target of qui tam whistleblower reward laws. These laws allow persons with original knowledge of federal contractor false certifications to expose federal contractor fraud and collect large rewards if they properly expose false certifications.
Whistleblowers can confidentially contact a false certification lawyer to help determine if they have a potentially valid case and discuss whistleblower rights under the Federal False Claims Act. For more information on seeking a whistleblower reward for exposing a fraudulent federal contractor or subcontractor committing false certifications, please read below or please feel free to send an e-mail message to Federal Contractor False Certification Whistleblower Lawyer Jason S. Coomer.
Common Types of Defense
Contractor Fraud and False Certifications that Lead
to False Claims Act Lawsuits
False certifications are a
common way that government contractors defraud the
United States Government and taxpayers out of large
amounts of money. Many whistle blowers have been
successful in blowing the whistle on fraudulent
government contractors. These whistleblowers
have exposed defense contractor fraud that put
our troops in danger and building contractors that steal money from the United
States. Under False Claims Act litigation billions
of dollars are regained from these fraudulent
government contractors and
sub-contractors. Some common ways
government
contractors cheat the government are False
Certification of Product Quality, Product
Substitution, Cross Charging, False Certification of
Services Provided, Charging for Services or Goods
not provided, and Violations of the
Truth-in-Negotiations Act ("TINA"), and Improper
Cost Allocation.
For more information on False Certifications, please go to the following web page: Federal Contractor False Certifications and Qui Tam Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits.
Federal Contractor Fraud
Whistleblower Reward Actions Under the Federal False Claims Act
The Federal False Claims
Act creates financial incentives for private
citizens that have knowledge of federal
contractor fraud to blow the whistle on these
fraudulent contractors. Whistleblowers under the act
not only receive protection from the government for
their uncovering previously unknown fraud, but can
receive significant compensation.
Potential defendants include federal contractors, sub-contractors,
defense contractors,
health care providers, government procurement contractors and road construction contractors,
banks & financial institutes, state and local
government agencies, and private universities.
Whistleblowers often include current and former
employees of the defrauding company, competitors of
government contractors and public interest groups.
Qui tam
actions typically revolve around false certifications that are
either directly or indirectly presented to the
Government for "payment or approval." These false claims
can be generated through the submission of false bills,
records, statements or other representations made to the
Government.
There are several types of Qui Tam
claims covered under the False Claims Act:
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Mischarging or overcharging for goods or services.
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Improper price data and the request for payment for services never provided.
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Holding government property for fraudulent purposes.
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Avoiding payment of a debt to the government because of illegal reasons.
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Knowingly providing the government with defective or dangerous products that were falsely certified.
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Falsely certifying information for the entitlement of benefits.
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Having any false claim paid by the government.
The mischarging case is the most common type of qui tam case filed. Mischarging cases generally involve filing false claims for goods or services that were not provided or delivered. A common mischarging scenario is employee labor charged to a government contract not worked on. Other common mischarging schemes are claims made to the Government for medical services not rendered or for services performed by an attending physician when the service was actually performed by a nurse or other provider that should have been billed at a lower rate.
For
more information on seeking a whistleblower reward
for exposing a fraudulent federal contractor or
subcontractor committing false certifications, please read below or please feel free to send an e-mail message to Federal Contractor False Certification Whistleblower Lawyer Jason S. Coomer.
