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Not So Fast! District Court Holds Qui Tam Relators Cannot Reach into the Government’s Pockets in Criminal Forfeiture Proceedings

[10/19/18]

Posted on October 19, 2018 in False Claims Act Defense

Published by: Hall Render

The Eleventh Circuit recently held that a qui tam relator cannot intervene in criminal forfeiture proceedings when the Government chooses to criminally prosecute fraud rather than intervene in a qui tam action. In United States v. Couch,[1] a former employee (“Relator”) of a pain management clinic in Alabama tried to recover amounts she believed... READ MORE

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