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Smart and effective state Attorneys General have fought fraud against their citizens through encouraging greater use of the country’s major whistleblower law, the False Claims Act<\/a>, and state versions of that law. <\/p>\n

Texas AG Greg Abbott, for example, has a staff that has long distinguished itself for recovering millions of stolen taxpayer funds in health care fraud cases, under the leadership of Pat O’Connell and, more recently, Ray Winter. <\/p>\n

Following this tradition, Indiana AG Greg Zoeller is urging employees of pharmaceutical companies and heath care entities to help stop health care fraud, and possibly share in the recovery as qui tam whistleblowers under the state and federal False Claims Acts.<\/p>\n

While we have discussed in detail how the False Claims Act operates<\/a>, AG Zoeller’s announcement gives a succinct summary. We have reprinted it below, and applaud his efforts.
\n Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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