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In the 2022 Fiscal Year FY 2022, U.S. Department of Justice DOJ recovered only $776 million in False Claims Act FCA whistleblower cases. FCA whistleblower cases where DOJ did not intervene resulted in record $1.1 billion in recoveries.
District of Columbia False Claims Act Expanded to Tax Claims Wednesday, March 10, 2021 On January 13, 2021, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the False Claims Amendment Act of 2020 (the “Amendment”), 1 which expanded liability under the D.C. False Claims Act (“D.C. FCA”) to include tax-related claims. Such tax-related claims include false tax returns that understate tax liability or seek a tax refund. 2 The Amendment is subject to the Congressional 30-day review period, currently underway, and is expected to go in effect in March 2021. 3 The Amendment aims t...
1 providing for tax fraud enforcement under the Act will become effective unless Congress vetoes the reforms before that time. Among other changes, the amended D.C. Act will allow private citizen whistleblowers to bring lawsuits, on behalf of the District, 2 against taxpayers who have defrauded the government by underpaying taxes. It also requires the D.C. attorney general to investigate tax fraud violations 3 and enables the attorney general, upon a finding of a violation, to bring civil actions against violators. When the D.C. Act becomes effective, D.C will join seven states—Delaware,...