Acadia Healthcare is a massive for-profit chain of psychiatric hospitals, who recently settled a False Claims Act case for nearly $20 million. In today’s episode, one of the whistleblowers, Jamie Clark Thompson, sits down with us to lay out the massive corporate fraud behind the case, holding mental health patients longer than necessary, and kept staffing at dangerously low levels. She is joined with one of her lawyers, Eva Gunasekera of Tycko & Zavareei.

Dr. Rayme Edler became the Medical Director of Escambia County, Florida after she flagged issues with the treatment of patients by the county’s emergency medical services. Once on the inside, she tried to enact changes to ensure the county medical professionals were properly licensed. Then the retaliation started. Because of her courage and determination, The Anti-Fraud Coalition named her the 2024 Whistleblower of Year! Today, she joins Fraud in America to share her whistleblowing story...

Zachary Cunha is currently the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, and as one of the nation's top law enforcement officials, he knows he needs the help of whistleblowers to fight fraud and protect patients. In this episode of Fraud in America, he shares his story, becoming U.S. Attorney, and protecting nursing home patients.

Last year, Colorado expanded its False Claims Act and went even further -- strengthening provisions to protect whistleblowers from workplace retaliation. On today's episode of Fraud in America, Phil Weiser, Colorado's Attorney General, joins us to discuss his career and why he helped advocate for whistleblowers.

In our newest episode of Fraud in America, we have some new faces to introduce you to! Our brand new host is a familiar face: Jacklyn DeMar, who also became the President & CEO of The Anti-Fraud Coalition, the producer of Fraud in America. In this episode, Jackie's first guest is Vince McKnight of Sanford Heisler Sharp, who was named the Chairman of TAF Coalition Board of Directors. Vince is an incredibly accomplished whistleblower lawyer who has taken on defense contractors, big...

In 2022, the pharmaceutical giant Biogen, agreed to pay $900 million to settle alleged violations of the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute. Today, we’re sitting down with Michael Bawduniak, the whistleblower behind this massive case. In this interview, Michael shares his 10-year whistleblower journey and taking on a brazen payoff scheme.

In this episode of Fraud in America, we sit down with John McMickle, a lobbyist for our sister organization, Taxpayers Against Fraud, who has helped strengthen whistleblower laws over the last two decades. We sit down with John to talk about his career, what exactly he does as a lobbyist, and what's happening in Congress with whistleblower laws.

With 2023 quickly coming to a close, we sit down with Jacklyn DeMar, the Director of Legal Education of The Anti-Fraud Coalition (TAF Coalition) to discuss the big developments of this year and what’s coming up in 2024. On this episode of Fraud in America we cover Supreme Court decisions, major whistleblower victories, and what’s happening in financial fraud spaces.

In the wake of the Great Recession, Dennis Kelleher co-founded Better Markets, a non-profit pushing for more robust interpretation of financial regulations and combat the army of bank lobbyists. On today’s episode of Fraud in America, we sit down with Dennis to break down the work Better Markets has been donig, lessons learned from the 2008 financial collapse, and how more needs to be done to crack down on Wall Street.

For more than 32 years, Rick Mountcastle worked at the Department of Justice and later at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia where he took on Purdue Pharma and their marketing of OxyContin. In today's Fraud in America episodes he dissects his career, his case against the pharmaceutical giant, and how politics got in the way of protecting vulnerable patients.

Two years ago, Frances Haugen riveted the world by blowing the whistle on Facebook, alleging the social media giant knew its users were using the platform to foment violence—and didn’t take steps to fix these safety issues. On today’s episode of Fraud in America, we sit down with Frances to discuss her background, her 14-year-career in Silicon Valley, and the inner workings of Big Tech, and potential solutions to protect users—and investors.

Cryptocurrency has exploded in popularity in the past few years, but the crypto landscape has become rife with scams and fraud. On today’s episode of Fraud in America, we’re interviewing Daren Firestone, a whistleblower lawyer who specializes in the crypto and digital assets industries. He discusses the industries, the latest trends, and the evolving role of whistleblowers in deterring fraud in crypto spaces.

This week on Fraud in America, we travel up to New York to interview Tom Mueller, a best-selling author who just released a new book, How to Make a Killing, examining the dialysis duopoly. In today’s interview, Tom discusses his books, whistleblowing, and the challenges in covering these topics.

From crypto to insider trading and corporate disclosures, fraud is rampant. But exciting new tools have been pioneered to detect to detect and deter white collar crime. But whistleblowers also have a key, pivotal role to play in detecting and detering fraud. On this episode of Fraud in America, we’re sitting down with Daniel Taylor, the Arthur Andersen Chaired Professor at the Wharton School and is director of the Wharton Forensic Analytics Lab.

Last year, a settlement was announced in U.S. ex rel. Bawduniak v. Biogen — a massive $900 million in a case where the government declined to intervene. On today’s Fraud in America, we’re sitting down with the lawyer behind the case, Tom Greene. Tom is an experienced whistleblower lawyer whose Franklin v. Parke-Davis case which established off-label promotion of drugs violated the False Claims Act. He sits down with us to discuss his career, breaking down these huge cases, and his advice to...

Last week, the Supreme Court released its unanimous decision in Supervalu, upholding key portions of the False Claims Act. On today’s Fraud in America, we talk with the lawyer behind this victory for whistleblowers, Tejinder Singh a Partner at Sparacino PLLC. Tejinder discusses the Supervalu case, his career, and his path to become the first turbaned Sikh to ever argue a case before the Supreme Court.

On this week’s episode of Fraud in America, we have an important update to share. Our organization is changing its name to The Anti-Fraud Coalition, or TAF Coalition. To share why we made this change, we’re joined by the Chairwoman of our Board, Erika Kelton. Erika is a Partner at Phillips & Cohen LLP and an expert in financial fraud whistleblower programs.

On this week’s episode of Fraud in America, we’re sitting down with forensic account expert, author, and professor Kelly Richmond Pope. We dive into stories about fraud, the role of whistleblowers in uncovering fraud, and the largest municipal fraud in American history.

On this week’s episode of Fraud in America, we’re sitting down with investigative journalist Francine McKenna to discuss the financial frauds, cryptocurrency, and “The Big Four” — massive, global audting firms that have come under scrutiny recently due to cheating scandals and financial fragility. In addition, we dive into the risks of cryptocurrency, the recent bank collapses, and the role whistleblowers have to play in these arenas. McKenna is also a Lecturer at The Wharton School at The...

From the Supreme Court to bank closures, it’s time to discuss the legal developments in whistleblower law in 2023. Today, we’re bringing back Jackie DeMar, our Director of Legal Education, to break down the latest.

Bradley Birkenfeld is a retired investment professional who blew the whistle on UBS, one of the largest international banks. Jailed for 30 months, his work enabled the U.S. Treasury to recover $25 billion in back taxes, fines, and penalties. On today’s episode of Fraud in America, Bradley sits down with us to discuss his career, whistleblower story, and current efforts to support whistleblowing worldwide.

Last year, Congress overhauled the Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Program, expanding its reach and offering more whistleblower protections. So on today’s episode of Fraud in America, we’re diving into money-laundering schemes — and we’re starting with a big one: Art crimes. Chris Marinello runs Art Recovering International and over the years has recovered over half a billion in stolen art and artificats. He sits down to discuss how the art crime world operates, how the art is recovered,...

In 2020, Nikola and its founder, Trevor Milton were on top of the world -- the electric truck maker had gone public and briefly surpassed Ford in value. In addition, General Motors announced it planned on investing in Nikola and work together on an electric truck. The next year, the house of cards came tumbling down thanks to whistleblowers, who exposed Milton made false and misleading statements about "nearly all aspects of the business." On today's Fraud in America, we're joined by Mark...

This week on Fraud in America, we’re doing something very different — speaking with corporate defense attorney, the lawyers who are generally fighting against the claims of whistleblowers in court. Eric Sitarchuk is a Partner at Morgan Lewis, and he’s sitting down with us today to discuss what whistleblowers get right and what it’s really like to work on the side of companies accused of fraud.