{"id":1865,"date":"2022-08-11T16:01:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T20:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/?p=1865"},"modified":"2022-08-11T16:07:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T20:07:54","slug":"covid-19-government-spending-must-be-protected-by-whistleblowers-through-the-false-claims-act-and-state-false-claims-acts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/covid-19-government-spending-must-be-protected-by-whistleblowers-through-the-false-claims-act-and-state-false-claims-acts\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Government Spending Must Be Protected by Whistleblowers&#8211;Through the False Claims Act and State False Claims Acts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19 has required unprecedented government spending through the CARES Act and other measures.\u00a0 That spending creates countless opportunities for theft of funds desperately needed to fight the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>The virus has made the nation\u2019s major \u201cwhistleblower\u201d law&#8211;the federal False Claims Act (\u201cFCA\u201d) and similar state False Claims Acts &#8211;even more essential. Both the federal and state FCA laws are civil statutes designed to combat fraud directed at taxpayer dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Since its 1986 amendments created the modern Act, the federal FCA has been dramatically successful in recovering many billions of dollars in taxpayer funds from defendants who engaged in fraud or false claims.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/covid-19-government-spending-must-be-protected-by-whistleblowers-through-the-false-claims-act-and-state-false-claims-acts\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading COVID-19 Government Spending Must Be Protected by Whistleblowers&#8211;Through the False Claims Act and State False Claims Acts\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19 has required unprecedented government spending through the CARES Act and other measures.\u00a0 That spending creates countless opportunities for theft of funds desperately needed to fight the coronavirus. The virus has made the nation\u2019s major \u201cwhistleblower\u201d law&#8211;the federal False Claims Act (\u201cFCA\u201d) and similar state False Claims Acts &#8211;even more essential. 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