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Monday, July 13, 2015

International Bribery Rewards: The SEC is Offering Large Financial Rewards to People that Expose Large Corporations That Are Bribing Public Officials by International Bribery Reward Lawyer

International Bribery Rewards: New SEC Bounty Actions Offer Large Financial Rewards to People that Properly Expose International Bribes to Public Officials from Large Corporations by International Bribery Reward Lawyer

New Anti-corruption Laws and SEC Whistleblower Reward Laws/Bounty Actions combine to offer large financial rewards to individuals that properly expose international bribery schemes.  These new laws allow International Whistleblowers to protect their identities and while seeking large financial rewards for exposing illegal bribes and other Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations.  By working through an International Whistleblower Reward Lawyer, an International Whistleblower can have their claim confidentially reviewed and protect their identity.  If you are aware of a significant Foreign Corrupt Practice Act violation and want additional information on SEC Bounty Actions, please go to the following web site: International Whistleblower Reward Laws or feel free to contact Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Whistleblower Reward Lawyer Jason Coomer.

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Whistleblower Rewards

Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the new SEC Whistleblower Incentive Program, whistleblowers with original and specialized knowledge and evidence of corporate bribery and illegal kickbacks are eligible to recover large economic awards.  By gathering this evidence and going through a lawyer, these whistleblowers can protect their identity through the process and potentially collect large rewards of 10% to 30% of the monetary sanctions imposed by the SEC.  These rewards include disgorged funds that can be in the hundreds of millions or Billions of dollars.  If you are aware of an illegal bribe or illegal kickback that was used to secure a large contract, it is important that you step forward to expose the corruption. 

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Violations

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) prohibits bribery of foreign officials by U.S. and foreign companies listed on the U.S. securities exchange.  The FCPA also requires companies to maintain accurate books and records.  Illegal bribes, fraudulent accounting, and false disclosures are all types of FCPA violations. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Whistleblowers that properly report FCPA violations by a U.S. or foreign company listed on the U.S. securities exchanges can recover a large reward for exposing FCPA violations.  These rewards can be extremely large when the bribe is for a procurement contract, pharmaceutical contract, or oil drilling lease.  The rewards can also be extremely large when a bank or other financial institute commits securities or investment fraud.
 

Sunday, July 12, 2015

Texas Unclaimed Property Lawyer Helps Families Claim Assets From The State of Texas by Texas Unclaimed Property Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Texas Unclaimed Property Probate Lawyer Helps Families Claim Assets That Have Been Sent to Texas Unclaimed Property by Texas Unclaimed Property Probate Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Many families are losing a significant amount of wealth to corporations and unclaimed property after the loss of a family member.  This lost wealth can include unclaimed bank accounts, retirement accounts, proceeds from sold houses and other real property, oil royalties, safety deposit boxes, stocks, and other wealth that is forgotten about or is unclaimed.  Much of this wealth is collected by the states after a loved one dies and held for rightful owners including heirs and beneficiaries.

Unfortunately, many heirs and beneficiaries are not aware of the lost wealth or are unable to provide proper verification to prove that they are the rightful heir or beneficiary.

Identifying Lost Wealth

In identifying lost wealth, it is usually best to start by checking with the state where the decedent was living to determine if any of that person's assets have been collected by the state.  The following link can be used to check Texas Unclaimed Property.  However, this is not the only place that should be investigated as many financial institutions, oil companies, banks, trusts, large corporations, and insurance companies, keep assets for an extended period of time or send the property to other states.  It also can be helpful to speak with other family members and review financial documents to determine what wealth may exist.  Please keep in mind that large corporations including financial institutes do not always know when someone passes away and in some instances some corporations are more than willing to absorb assets of people that have died or forgotten about assets.

Claiming Lost Wealth

Once wealth is identified, it can be extremely difficult to collect family wealth.  It is not uncommon for large corporations or the State of Texas to refuse to communication with anyone who is not the original account or policy holder.  In these situations, proof of death and verification of rightful inheritance must often be proven.  To do this families often have to go through formal legal probate procedures which can be expensive.

In most cases, the decedent's estate will need to go through a will probate or a suit to determine heirship.  This probate process can be expensive, but if there are significant assets in the estate, the investment can be well worth the cost.  Further, if there are significant assets in the estate, the probate process or collection process can sometimes be handled on a contingent contract or a hybrid contract by a Texas Probate Lawyer.  For more information, please see the follow web page: Texas Contingent Contract Probate Lawyer and Texas Contingent Contract Inheritance Lawyer.
 
Over $2 Billion In Unclaimed Property Is Being Held by the State of Texas

In Texas, the state is currently safekeeping over $2 billion in assets entrusted to it from a variety of sources, including unclaimed utility deposits, dormant bank accounts, unclaimed wages, safety deposit boxes, insurance policies and uncashed checks.  In fiscal year 2010, the state returned more than $160 million in such assets.  Many assets held by the State of Texas and other states will require probate before they can be distributed to the heirs of estate or beneficiaries of an estate. 

Texas Unclaimed Property Probate Lawyer, Jason S. Coomer, works with heirs and beneficiaries of significant sized estates to help them gain control of their loved one's estate to be able to claim unclaimed property. For more information on collection of unclaimed property, please follow this link to Texas Estate and Probate Unclaimed Property Lawyer.

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Corruption in Brazil Including Bribes Can Be The Basis for Large Whistleblower Bounty Action Rewards

Corruption in Brazil Including Petrobras Bribes, Construction Bribes, and Olympic Bribes Can Be The Basis for Large Whistleblower Bounty Action Rewards by International Corruption Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is offering large financial rewards to persons with original information of securities fraud and bribery of foreign officials.  The "original information" needs to be information about significant fraud or corruption that is not public knowledge.  Persons with original information can confidentially report significant fraud or other corruption through a bounty action lawyer.  If the original information leads to an SEC action, the whistleblower can receive a portion of the money recovered from the violator as a reward.

A key issue in reviewing any potential whistleblower reward case will be the nexus between the fraud or corruption to the United States.  Examples of cases that may have a significant nexus to merit a large reward include contract bribes for oil, construction, or offshore drilling paid to Brazilian government officials by a U.S. or foreign company listed on the U.S. securities exchanges.

 The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Prohibits Corruption

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other Anti-Bribery laws prohibit bribes by multinational corporations to foreign officials to obtain lucrative contracts.  These laws can result in significant SEC actions of billions of dollars.  The SEC is working with people from countries throughout the world including Brazil, South America, Central America, and North America.

Confidential Bribe Whistleblowers that properly report these illegal contract bribes, kickbacks, and other corrupt practices may recover large rewards for exposing corrupt practices committed by multinational corporation.  For more information, please go to the following web page: International Whistleblowers & Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Information Center.

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Texas Whistleblower Lawyer: Large Rewards Are Being Offered To Whistleblowers That Expose Significant Fraud

Texas Whistleblower Lawyer: Bounty Actions and Qui Tam Lawsuits Allow Whistleblowers To Collect Large Financial Rewards For Properly Exposing Significant Fraud by Texas Whistleblower Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits are the most effective method for identifying and preventing large scale fraud against the government, in financial markets, and in large corporations.  Through these lawsuits, whistleblowers that properly expose significant fraud can collect large financial rewards.   To date, billions of dollars have been awarded to whistleblowers for exposing significant and hard to detect fraud.  Most of the recoveries to date have been in health care fraud qui tam cases, but new whistleblower bounty actions are increasing in number and one whistleblower recently was award $30 million for exposing significant fraud. This whistleblower was able to protect their identity through the entire process, expose significant fraud, and collect a large reward.

Whistleblower reward lawyer, Jason S. Coomer, works with health care fraud whistleblowers, government contractor and procurement fraud whistleblowers, securities and investment fraud whistleblowers, and FCPA whistleblowers to expose significant fraud and claim whistleblower rewards.  If you are a person with special knowledge of significant fraud practices, please feel free to contact Whistleblower Reward Lawyer Jason Coomer.


Health Care Fraud Whistleblowers including Medicaid Fraud Whistleblowers and Medicare Fraud Whistleblowers Have Helped The Federal and State Governments Recover Billions of Dollars and Have Received Large Financial Rewards For Exposing Health Care Fraud

Health Care Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits have been the most effective method for identifying and preventing large scale health care fraud against the government.  As such, the United States and several states have enacted health care whistleblower reward laws that harness the power of economic incentives by offering large monetary rewards to whistleblowers that properly report significant fraud.  As a health care whistleblower reward lawyer, Jason Coomer works with whistleblowers to confidentially gather information regarding several different types of health care whistleblower rewards including Medicare fraud whistleblower reward lawsuits and Medicaid fraud whistleblower reward lawsuits.

For more information on this area of law, please go to the following web page: Health Care Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawyer Helps Heath Care Professional Whistleblowers Recover Rewards For Exposing Medicare Fraud, Medicaid Fraud and other Public Health Care Fraud.

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Medical Device Fraud: Large Financial Rewards Are Being Offered to Bio Tech and Medical Device Professionals That Properly Expose Fraud

Medical Device Fraud and Bio Tech Fraud: Large Financial Rewards Are Being Offered to Bio Tech Professionals and Medical Device Professionals That Properly Expose Significant Marketing Fraud by Medical Device Fraud Lawyer Jason Coomer

Large financial rewards are being offered to bio tech professionals and medical device professionals that expose medical device fraud and bio tech fraud.  To receive the large financial reward, the whistleblower must have original information of the marketing fraud and be the first to step forward to properly expose the marketing fraud.  By working with a medical device fraud lawyer, the bio tech professional, medical device professional, or other health care professional can protect their identity while their potential case is reviewed.  For more information on exposing medical device fraud and bio tech fraud, please feel free to contact medical device fraud lawyer Jason Coomer

Also, please feel free to read below or go to the following web pages: Expose Medical Device Marketing Fraud and Expose Off Label Marketing Fraud


Off Label Marketing Fraud, Misinformation Campaigns, and False Study Marketing Schemes Can Be The Basis of FDA Violations and Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits

Off label marketing fraud has been the basis of several large whistleblower reward lawsuits and has resulted in billions of dollars in recoveries and financial rewards.  These schemes have included providing false information to influential health care decision makers, creating false research information to make false claims regarding products, paying influential health care decision makers to promote products, and marketing products for off label purposes under false or misleading representations.

To crack down on marketing fraud, several qui tam lawsuits have been filed against manufacturers that have committed marketing fraud and the FDA has issued new guidelines regarding off label marketing.  These guidelines can be found on the FDA web site.  Additionally, through the Federal False Claims Act and several State Medicaid Fraud Recovery laws, large rewards are being offered to bio tech professionals, pharmaceutical professionals, medical device professionals, and other health care professionals that have original knowledge of significant off label marketing fraud schemes.       



Monday, October 6, 2014

Whistleblower Reward Lawyer: Large Financial Rewards Are Being Offered to Persons That Properly Expose Significant Fraud by Whistleblower Reward Lawyer

Whistleblower Reward Lawyer: Large Financial Rewards Are Being Offered to Persons That Properly Expose Procurement Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Investment Fraud, and Other Forms of Fraud by Whistleblower Reward Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

In our modern society, committing fraud on a mass scale has allowed some banks, hospitals, defense contractors, health care companies, construction companies, investment brokers, hedge fund managers, multinational companies, and other large corporations to become extremely rich.  These fraudulent schemes can often be difficult to detect and often allow these large corporations to get away with millions or billions of dollars.  In fact, it is estimated that over each year large corporations get away with over $2 Trillion in procurement fraud, over $1 Trillion in investment fraud, and over $100 Billion in Medicare/Medicaid fraud.

In response to this massive fraud that has been committed against the United States government, several states, and the American public, the federal government and several states have enacted whistleblower reward laws that offer large financial rewards to individuals and businesses that properly expose fraud and government corruption. Included in many of these laws are whistleblower protections that in some cases allow whistleblowers to anonymously report fraud and corruption through a lawyer.  In other cases there are strong protections against retaliation that provide legal recourse against employers that wrongfully terminate or retaliate against whistleblowers for exposing fraud.

These whistleblower reward laws allow whistleblowers to receive large financial rewards of 10% to 30% of the money that is collected by the government.  To date billions of dollars have been paid to whistleblowers that have properly exposed significant fraud.

For more information on whistleblower reward laws, please go to the following web pages: Whistleblower Reward Lawyer Jason Coomer or Whistleblower Reward Information.

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Hospital Billing Fraud Reward Information: Large Rewards Are Being Offered to Persons That Expose Hospital Billing Fraud by Hospital Billing Fraud Lawyer

Hospital Billing Fraud Reward Information: Large Rewards Are Being Offered To Hospital Administrators, Medical Professionals, and Others Who Properly Expose Hospital Medicare Fraud and Hospital Medicaid Fraud by Hospital Billing Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawyer Jason Coomer

Hospital Billing Fraud including Illegal Kickbacks, Upcoding, Double Billing, False Coding, and fraudulent mischarging of health care services can be the basis of large whistleblower reward lawsuits that pay large financial rewards to hospital administrators, nurses, medical doctors, and other medical professionals that properly expose the fraud.  These whistleblower reward lawsuits are designed to recover false and fraudulent billing of government benefits including Medicare, Tricare, Medicaid, the Veterans' Administration (VA), and Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program.

Medical professionals that step forward to expose significant hospital billing fraud can contact a hospital billing fraud whistleblower reward lawyer to review a potential billing fraud whistleblower reward lawsuit as well as to obtain information on whistleblower rewards and protections that exist under the Federal False Claims Act.

For more information on Hospital Billing Fraud Lawsuits, please feel free to send an e-mail message to hospital billing fraud whistleblower reward lawyer, Jason Coomer, or please feel free to go to the following web pages: Health Care Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawsuit Information and Hospital Medicare Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawyer.

To Combat Health Care Fraud Which Is Estimated to Be Over $200 Billion Per Year The United States Is Offering Large Rewards to Persons That Expose Significant Fraud

Health Care Fraud is one of the fastest growing crimes.  It is estimated that health care fraud in the United States has increased to over two hundred billion dollars ($200,000,000,000.00) each year and is continuing to increase each year. Health Care Fraud includes Medicare billing scams and Medicaid billing scams.  Examples of these types of health care fraud include upcoding, double billing, billing for unnecessary services, billing for services not needed, and billing for services not provided. To combat Medicare fraud scams and Medicaid fraud scams, the United States government has amended the Federal False Claims Act to encourage medical professionals to step up and blow the whistle on Medicare fraud and Medicaid fraud. Medicare Fraud Whistleblowers and Medicaid Fraud Whistleblowers that are the original source of specialized knowledge of large health care fraud scam can make substantial recoveries if they are the first to file a successful qui tam claim under the Federal False Claims Act.

Health care administrators, doctors, nurses, and therapists are stepping forward and blowing the whistle on Tricare, the Veterans' Administration (VA), and Medicare billing fraud including manipulation of outlier payments to Medicare, kickbacks, upcoding, or bill padding. These health care professionals are commonly working with a lawyer to make sure that the fraud is properly exposed and to protect their career.


Sunday, September 7, 2014

Expose Stock Fraud Schemes and Earn Large Rewards: New Laws Offer Large Rewards and Allow Anonymous Reporting of Stock Fraud and SEC Violations by Stock Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawyer

Expose Stock Fraud Schemes and Earn Large Rewards: The SEC Is Offering Large Financial Rewards To Whistleblowers That Anonymously and Properly Expose Stock Fraud Schemes and other SEC Violations by Stock Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawyer Jason Coomer

The SEC is offering large financial rewards to financial professionals and investors that properly expose stock fraud schemes, insider trading, and other SEC violations.  These rewards are through SEC bounty actions that allow whistleblowers to report fraud anonymously through a lawyer to protect their identity.  These bounty actions and whistleblower protections  have been established to encourage all financial professionals with original knowledge of executive insider trades, hedge fund insider trades, private equity fund fraud, false misleading information on a company's financial statements, false information on Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, stock manipulation schemes; embezzlement by stockbrokers; and other securities fraud to properly expose the violations.

For more information on anonymously exposing stock fraud schemes and other SEC violations, please go to the following web pages: Expose Insider Trading: Confidential Bounty Action Rewards and Securities Fraud, Commodities Fraud, and Investment Fraud Can Be the Basis of Whistleblower Reward Bounty Actions

Please also feel free to contact or send an e-mail message to Bounty Action Reward Lawyer Jason Coomer.

Confidential Reviews and Anonymous Reporting of Stock Fraud Schemes, Insider Trading, and Investment Fraud Actions Can Protect Financial Professionals and Investors

For many financial professionals and investors, it can be a difficult decision to step forward to expose stock fraud schemes, executive insider trades, hedge fund insider trades, private equity fund fraud, false misleading information on a company's financial statements, false information on Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, stock manipulation schemes; embezzlement by stockbrokers; and other securities fraud.  To protect these professionals, confidentiality safeguards have been put in place that allow the financial professional whistleblower to blow the whistle on securities fraud through an attorney.  By contacting a Stock Fraud Scheme Whistleblower Reward Lawyer or Investment Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawyer, the financial professional can protect their identity and career as well as determine if they may have a viable whistleblower reward bounty action.

Saturday, September 6, 2014

Texas Xarelto Fatal Blood Loss Lawyer: Xarelto May Cause Fatal Bleeding and Hemorrhaging by Texas Xarelto Fatal Blood Loss Lawyer

Texas Xarelto Fatal Blood Loss Lawyer: The Blood Thinner, Xarelto, May Cause Excessive Bleeding and Fatal Blood Loss by Texas Xarelto Fatal Blood Loss Lawyer Jason Coomer 

The blood thinner, Xarelto, may cause serious health problems including internal bleeding and hemorrhaging.  This excessive blood loss can be irreversible and may result in death.  Persons taking Xarelto should be aware of the potential danger and discuss the risks and alternatives with their health care provider.

If someone you love has been given Xarelto and has suffered fatal or severe blood loss, it is important that you report the adverse health event to the FDA.  For more information on Xarelto Fatal Blood Loss Lawsuits, please feel free to send an e-mail message to Texas Xarelto Blood Loss Lawyer, Jason Coomer.

Xarelto Internal Bleeding Lawsuit Information

Several Xarelto lawsuits have been filed by families of people that have been given Xarelto and who have lost loved ones as well as individuals that have suffered serious health issues including hemorrhaging.  These lawsuits allege that despite being aware of the significant risk of fatal bleeding and hemorrhaging as well as the fact that there is no know antidote for Xarelto, the manufacturers of the blood thinner, Xarelto, hid this risk from patients and medical providers, while pushing for increased sales of this drug.

The aggressive marketing of the Xarelto is expected to increase sales of Xarelto to over $1 Billion annually in 2014 and to over $3 Billion by 2018.  Several lawsuits for off label marketing of Xarelto are expected to be filed as the use of the drug become more common.

 Xarelto and FDA Warnings

The Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a serious of boxed warnings as well as warnings and precautions regarding the safety of Xarelto.  Some of these warnings are in regard to hemorrhaging dangers that can be caused by Xarelto.

For persons that have been given Xarelto, it is important to seek medical attention, if you develop any signs or symptoms of bleeding such as:
  •     unusual bleeding from the gums
  •     nose bleeding that happens often
  •     menstrual or vaginal bleeding that is heavier than normal
  •     bleeding that is severe or you cannot control
  •     pink or brown urine
  •     red or black stools (looks like tar)
  •     bruises that happen without a known cause or that get larger
  •     coughing up blood or blood clots
  •     vomiting blood or vomit that looks like coffee grounds.
  •     Other symptoms of Pradaxa internal bleeding may include:
  •     Tiredness and Lethargy,  Joint pain or swelling
  •     Headaches Dizziness Weakness
  •     swelling of the arms, hands, feet, ankles or lower legs
If you experience these symptoms or have lost someone that has been given Xarelto, it is important that you report the adverse symptoms or death to your loved ones' health care provider and the FDA.

Friday, September 5, 2014

Fusion Surgery Cancer Risk and Health Alert: Infuse Bone Graft Used in Fusion Surgery May Cause Cancer and Nerve Damage by Texas Fusion Surgery Lawyer

Back and Neck Fusion Surgery Health Alert: The Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft Product That Has Been Used In Thousands of Neck and Back Fusion Surgeries May Cause Cancer, Nerve Damage, and Even Death by Texas Fusion Surgery Lawyer and Texas Fusion Cancer Lawyer Jason S. Coomer  

The bone growth product, Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft, has been used in thousands of fusion surgeries.  Thousands of lawsuits have now been filed that Infuse Bone may cause an increased risk of cancer, nerve damage, or death.  Persons that have had fusion surgery where Infuse has been used should be aware of the potential health risks including cancer danger.  Persons that have been diagnosed with cancer or nerve damage after going through an Infuse Bone Graft Surgery should report the health issues to their physician and the FDA.  Additionally, families that have lost a loved one to cancer, nerve damage, organ failure, or respiratory failure after a fusion surgery should also contact the FDA regarding the death.   

For information regarding a potential Fusion Cancer Lawsuit, Fusion Nerve Damage Lawsuit, or Fusion Death Lawsuit, please feel free to send an e-mail message to Texas Fusion Cancer Lawyer and Texas Fatal Back Fusion Lawyer Jason Coomer. 

FDA Adverse Reports and Post Fusion Surgery Adverse Health Events

Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft is a product that has been commonly used in back fusion surgeries since 2002.  The product contains recombinant human Bone Morphogenetic Protein (rhBMP) which is a genetically engineered protein that initiates bone growth.  The Infuse Bone Graft was approved by the FDA for use in some specific back surgeries, but has not been approved for neck surgery.  The FDA has received more than 200 adverse reports from the Infuse product including patients that have suffered swelling of the neck tissue, which constricted their airways, requiring an emergency tracheotomy, feeding tube, and more surgery.

Persons who have had a back fusion surgery which included the use of Infuse Bone Graft and families of these people should be aware of and report any of the following post surgery adverse health events:

  •     Cancer
  •     Difficulties swallowing, speaking, or breathing
  •     Angioedema (swelling of the neck and throat, which can cause fatal suffocation)
  •     Compression of airway
  •     Impingement of nerves and nerve damage
  •     Unwanted bone growth
  •     Male sterility
  •     Paralysis
  •     Emergency surgery
  •     Disability
  •     Death
Fusion Surgery Cancer Lawsuit, Fatal Fusion Surgery Lawsuit, and Fusion Surgery Nerve Damage Lawsuit Information

For information regarding a potential Fusion Cancer Lawsuit, Fusion Nerve Damage Lawsuit, or Fusion Death Lawsuit, please go to the following web page: Fusion Cancer Lawsuit, Fusion Nerve Damage Lawsuit, or Fusion Death Lawsuit Information.