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Whistleblowers win with False Claims Act
Author: PBS NewsHour
Narrator: PBS NewsHour
Unabridged: 8 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: NewsHour Productions
Published: 12/21/2014
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines - Journalism
Synopsis
Last year alone, the federal government and its whistleblowers -- people incentivized by the False Claims Act to expose fraud in companies that work with the government -- recovered nearly $6 billion in lawsuits that exposed wrongdoing. But some question whether the False Claims Act actually prevents fraud or merely incentivizes people with potential reward money. NewsHour's Rick Karr reports.