This article shows you how to get a reward for reporting fraud against Homeland Security.
Sadly, approximately ten percent (10%) of all spending by government, including Homeland Security is lost to fraud because government contractors are cheating on their Homeland Security contracts. The good news is that you can report fraud against Homeland Security and help stop Homeland Security fraud and also potentially receive a significant monetary reward. But you must follow the exact rules and procedures for reporting Homeland Security fraud or you won’t get a reward or ensure that the government even opens an investigation.
Tips for reporting Homeland Security fraud
As an initial matter, you can’t simply call a hotline to report fraud against Homeland Security to be eligible for a whistleblower reward. To get a reward requires hiring an attorney (on a contingency basis) to file qui tam suit under the False Claims Act. Your lawyer must follow the process in the reward statute to be eligible for a reward for reporting Homeland Security fraud. Therefore, it is key that you select an attorney experienced with handling reward applications for reporting fraud against the government.
In addition, you need to report very specific information about the contractor cheated Homeland Security. The government turns down 75 percent of reward applications, so it is critical that your attorney organizes the information in both a clear and convincing manner.
How much reward for reporting Homeland Security fraud?
The size of a whistleblower reward is calculated based on the size of the Homeland Security fraud. The reward amount is between 15 and 25 percent of the amount Homeland Security recovers back from the company defrauding the government. To receive a million dollar whistleblower reward, assuming you meet all of the requirements, the amount of the fraud against Homeland Security needs to be $5 million or more.
How to report Homeland Security fraud
The Hesch Firm would be pleased to review in complete confidence your potential whistle blower reward case. The Hesch Firm’s website take you step-by-step through the entire process of reporting fraud against Homeland Security and applying for a whistleblower reward. The website also contains the extensive experience of Mr. Hesch as an attorney working for the Civil Fraud Section of DOJ in the whistle blower reward office and more recently acting as a whistle blower attorney helping whistle blowers collect rewards. Mr. Hesch left a rewarding 15-year career with DOJ to form The Hesch Firm and exclusively represent whistle blowers file for rewards. He has also written books to guide whistle blowers through this process.
The link at the bottom of the page below “Do I have a case” shows you how to ask Mr. Hesch to review your potential Homeland Security fraud case and how to get a reward for reporting fraud against the government.