{"id":188,"date":"2009-01-11T15:01:15","date_gmt":"2009-01-11T15:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/2009\/01\/fraud_and_abuse_in_underpaymen_1.html"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:49:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:49:56","slug":"fraud_and_abuse_in_underpaymen_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/fraud_and_abuse_in_underpaymen_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Fraud and Abuse in Underpayment of Royalties from Oil and Gas Leases–The False Claims Act Provides A Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"

As hundreds of billions in taxpayer funds flow to TARP bailout recipients<\/a>, the government must make doubly sure to stop or minimize fraud and abuse in every federal program.<\/p>\n

One area that cries out for attention is the underpayment of royalties owed to the government under oil and gas leases. The qui tam<\/em> whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act<\/a> provide a basis for taxpayers to recover damages–and the whistleblower to receive a share of the recovery–when obligations to the government are underpaid. Separately, the IRS Whistleblower Program <\/a>provides rewards to whistleblowers who report tax violations and tax noncompliance.<\/p>\n

GAO reported last September that the government may be losing billions of dollars in royalties that it should receive under oil and gas leases. House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall described the approach of the Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service as “faith in Big Oil to pay royalties on the honor system.”<\/p>\n

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