By: Sara Kropf Every few weeks, I review the press releases for the U.S. Attorneys' Offices across the country. In the blur of stories about drug busts and indictments for low-level health care fraud, sometimes a name sounds familiar. No, not because it’s a friend. Or...
By: Sara Kropf Government contracting fraud has been a hot area for the Department of Justice these last few years. And who can blame it? It’s a huge amount of money being handed out by many agencies, sometimes with less oversight than is appropriate. There’s even a...
By: Sara Kropf Sorry it’s been so long since I last posted. I took a few weeks off for the holidays and then tried and won a defamation trial in Virginia last month, sort of. It’s back to the grindstone now, though. There were quite a few interesting white-collar...
By: Sara Kropf According to its mission statement, the Small Business Association is supposed to “aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of...
By: Sara Kropf The Justice Department’s efforts to crack down on fraud against the government over the last few years have been tremendous. DOJ’s effort is not just on the criminal front but also through aggressive use of the False Claims Act on the civil side. ...