SBIR Grant Fraud - Examples of Qui Tam Cases
Under the FCA, qui tam actions allow private citizens with knowledge of fraud to help the Government recover ill-gotten gains and additional civil penalties. The FCA allows the Government to collect up to three times the amount it was defrauded, in addition to civil penalties between $5,500 to $11,000 per false claim. Under the Settlement Agreement Teytelboym will receive at least 22 percent of Lavid’s payment for bringing the matter to the Government’s attention. In successful qui tam whistleblower cases in which the Government intervenes in private actions relators usually have received awards representing 15-to-25 percent of qui tam recoveries, McInnis noted.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, under the direction of U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie, is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Stuart A. Minkowitz, of the office’s Civil Division.
Contact Information Filed Documents For public documents in this case contact Attorney McInnis. When available they also will be posted via http://www.PRforLAW.com. Clerk’s Office for Complete Case File The vicinage for this case and its filed documents is U.S. District Court in The District of New Jersey, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EX REL. MOISEY TEYTELBOYM. PH.D.V. M.L.ENERGIA, INC., MOSHE LAVID, PH.D., CIV. 00-4010(DMC) Contact Information for Media