How to Report Fraud against the Military or Homeland Security and get a Reward
If you report fraud against the military or Homeland Security you may be eligible for a huge monetary reward being offered to whistleblowers. This article briefly explains why rewards are paid to report fraud against the military or Homeland Security and how to apply for a reward for reporting fraud.
Nearly ten percent of military and Homeland Security spending is lost due to fraud by government contractors. The government needs you to report fraud against the military or Homeland Security. It is paying rewards to convince you to step forward and report fraud against the military or Homeland Security.
The amount of the reward is based on the size of the fraud. If a company is cheating the military and Homeland Security by $10 million, you would receive a reward of at least $1.5 million if you properly reported the fraud. That’s because the government is paying whistleblowers rewards between 15 and 25 percent of the amount the military or Homeland Security gets back based on you reporting the fraud.
The government reward program requires that you follow very specific reporting rules. First, you cannot simply call a hotline or even report the military fraud to your supervisors. To receive a reward for reporting military and Homeland Security fraud, you need to hire an attorney and file a qui tam civil lawsuit against the government contractor that is cheating the military or Homeland Security. To be eligible, you also need specific evidence that the government contractor was committing fraud against the military or Homeland Security.
The largest rewards for reporting fraud against the military or Homeland Security are often given to whistleblowers who worked for the government contractor that is committing fraud. That’s because the government needs information about how the fraud scheme worked. The reward is paid even if you were asked to participate in defrauding the military or Homeland Security. In fact, that’s how most whistleblowers know of the fraud.
This website walks you step-by-step through the process of reporting fraud against the military or Homeland Security and shows you how you can apply for a monetary reward. But here is a quick overview for reporting fraud and claiming a whistleblower reward.
If a government contractor lies about some goods or services delivered or used on contracts with the military or Homeland Security, they are liable to repay triple the amount of the fraud. (This website lists of types of fraud against the military or Homeland Security where whistleblowers reporting the fraud received significant rewards.)
So far so good, but how does the military or Homeland Security find out about the fraud? In 80 percent of cases, it is a whistleblower that reported the fraud. In each of those instances, a whistleblower could receive a reward, but only if they knew about the reward program and hired an attorney to follow the steps in reporting the fraud against the military or Homeland Security.
If you work for the contractor and know about the fraud against the military or Homeland Security, even if you were asked to participate, you may have the right type of information to report the fraud and get a reward. The first step is to contact an experienced False Claims Act attorney so you can properly report the fraud against the military or Homeland Security. The attorney can assess your case and determine if you are eligible. But do not delay in contacting a False Claims Act attorney. Only the first whistleblower to report the fraud against the military or Homeland Security is eligible for a reward. You can decide not to report the fraud after you talk to an attorney and learn about the risks of being a whistleblower.
Once your attorney files a qui tam complaint and reward application for reporting fraud against the military or Homeland Security, the government will evaluate your allegations. This can take between 6 months and 3 years (and sometimes longer). Afterwards, the military or Homeland Security will decide whether it wants to pursue the fraud allegations you reported. If it does, in the vast majority of cases, the whistleblower receives a reward.
The amount of the reward depends on how much money the military or Homeland Security asks the contractor to repay for committing fraud. Again, the reward is between 15 and 25 percent of what the military or Homeland Security recovers.
Because the government turns down most cases, you need to have good evidence of the fraud against the military or Homeland Security before you formally report the fraud to the government. That is why it is so important to ask a seasoned False Claims Act attorney to review your evidence before you decide to report fraud and become a whistleblower.
How to Report fraud against the military or fraud against Homeland Security and get a reward
Mr. Hesch is available to review your information and decide if you have the right kind of a case to report fraud against the military or Homeland Security. The rest of this website provides more details regarding what it takes to report fraud against the Military or Homeland Security and get a reward.
See the link at the bottom of the page “Do I have a case” to have Mr. Hesch review your potential whistleblower reward case and report fraud against the military or fraud against Homeland Security. See the link below “Report Fraud” to learn more about the government’s whistleblower reward program and reporting fraud against the military or fraud against Homeland Security.
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