Who are Whistleblowers?

Qui tam whistleblowers, also called “relators,” are people who have inside information about fraud being committed against the government and sue on the government’s behalf.

Whistleblowers are often current or former employees who have attempted to report or correct fraud to the government only to be rebuffed or even terminated. They come from many different industries and positions, including:

HEALTH CARE

• Executives
• Account Managers
• Financial Officers
• Accounting Personnel
• Nurses
• Doctors
• Laboratory technicians
• Hospital employees
• Pharmaceutical employees
• Any employee in the billing department of a company that receives payments from Medicare or Medicaid

FINANCIAL SERVICES FRAUD

• Executives
• Account Managers
• Financial Officers
• Accounting Personnel

PROCUREMENT FRAUD/DEFENSE CONTRACTORS

• Executives
• Financial Officers
• Project Managers
• Accounting Personnel
• Quality Control employees
• Contract Administrators

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

• Doctors
• Scientists
• Accounting Personnel

GOVERNMENT

• Government employees
• Former government employees

COMPETITORS

• Many times, it is a competitor of the wrongdoer that knows of the fraud and wants to stop it