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The American government pays trillions of dollars to companies each year for products and services. When those companies fail to deliver or overcharge for those products and services, the costs can run into billions of dollars in fraud. Fraud claim cases filed by Provost Umphrey Law Firm clients include:

• When a supplier billed the federal government millions of dollars for defective helicopter parts, an employee of the company blew the whistle and $61.5 million was recovered.
• When 18 large oil companies failed to pay royalties owed to the Department of the Interior, a fraud claims lawsuit recovered $300 million.

These are not isolated cases. Many such cases are discovered by people close to the fraud - employees of the companies involved. The Fraud Claims Act enables an employee (called the "relator") who discovers the fraud to file a fraud claim with the government. The employee is protected from reprisals (wrongful termination, harassment, or demotion) by the Whistleblower Protection Act. Fraud claims are often referred to as "qui tam," a shortened version of a Latin phrase:

"Qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso"
"Who sues on behalf of the king, as well as for himself"

The relator who brings a qui tam lawsuit is entitled to a percentage of the money the government recovers. If you have knowledge that your employer is defrauding the U.S. government, contact the trial lawyers at the Provost Umphrey Law Firm. They will explain your whistleblower rights and file your fraud claim. Do not tell anyone else. The first person reporting a fraud is the person who will be rewarded in a successful lawsuit.

In some cases, people outside the company may have knowledge of fraud. For example, the family of a nursing home patient may discover fraudulent charges to Medicare or Medicaid. You can file a qui tam lawsuit.

The attorneys at the Provost Umphrey Law Firm represent people in many different lawsuits claiming fraud including those involving:

• Procurement fraud: False billing and delivering substandard products or services
• Medicaid and Medicare fraud: Billing for services not rendered or over-billing by hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, pharmacies, home health care agencies, laboratories
• Nursing home fraud: Billing for inappropriate services or undelivered services, over-billing for services or supplies
• Defense contractor fraud: Inflated bills or bills for substandard products from contractors or subcontractors
• False statements on contract compliance
• False statements on labor, environmental, anti-kickback, or competitive bidding compliance

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The qui tam trial lawyers at the Provost Umphrey Law Firm have built a reputation for excellence starting in Jefferson County, Texas, growing to the State of Texas, the Southeast U.S., and nationwide. Our personal injury law firm represents clients anywhere in America from our offices in Beaumont, Tyler, Texas; Nashville, Tennessee; and Little Rock, Arkansas.

Although only ten percent of the lawyers in Texas have been certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, every equity partner at Provost Umphrey is board certified in personal injury trial law.