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FCA Legal Actions
Could Result in BP Paying Treble Damages To United States Taxpayers
Washington, D.C. July 26, 2010.
Assistant Attorney General Tony West confirmed that the U.S. Department
of Justice was "considering all avenues of redress against the potentially
responsible parties," according to a letter released today by the National
Whistleblower Center. The letter specifically mentions the False Claims Act
("FCA"). The letter is in response
to a letter from NWC urging the government to use the FCA to hold responsible
parties accountable for losses suffered by the taxpayers as a result of the
Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Washington D.C. July 21, 2010. Significant whistleblower reforms included in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act were signed into law by the President this morning. The law contains a number of provisions designed to protect those who come forward to report securities and commodities fraud.
The National Whistleblowers Center has compiled the sections of the bill that pertain to whistleblowers, which include two new qui tam provisions for commodities and securities fraud, extends the statute of limitations under the False Claims Act to three years, and closes a loophole in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act by covering subsidiaries.
Read the official Petition for Commutation of Sentence Read the direct appeal to President Obama
Mr. Birkenfeld has already served more time in prison than anyone else connected with the UBS illegal tax scandal. Visit the Bradley
Birkenfeld fact sheet for more information regarding Mr.
Birkenfeld's whistleblower actions.
