Corporate Whistleblower Center Urges Employees to Call About Rewards if They Have Proof Their Employer Has Falsely Claimed to Be Disabled Veteran Owned to Get Federal Contracts

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Nov 01, 2017, 08:30 ET

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Corporate Whistleblower Center says, "We are urging an employee of any type of company providing services to the federal government to call us anytime at 866-714-6466 if the company has falsely labeled itself as a Disabled Veteran or minority owned business. The potential whistleblower rewards for this type of information can be significant, as we would like to explain anytime. Disabled Veterans or minority owned businesses are supposed to get preferential treatment on federal contracts. Not abiding by these rules can come with a stiff penalty. Recently a whistleblower received $450,000 for this exact type of information." http://CorporateWhistleblower.Com

Case in point: In October 2017 The Department of Justice announced two New York based construction companies had agreed to pay more than $3 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by improperly obtaining federal set-aside contracts designated for service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVO) small businesses. To qualify as a SDVO small business, a service-disabled veteran must own and control the company. In this instance the United States alleged that the construction companies recruited a service-disabled veteran to serve as a figurehead of a 'sham' company to get an unfair advantage on bidding for federal construction projects. The companies were in fact successful in obtaining numerous federal contracts. As mentioned in this instance, the whistleblower will receive $450,000.

According to the Corporate Whistleblower Center, "If you work for a company or if your company competes with a company that has falsely labeled themselves as a Disabled Veteran or minority owned business to gain an unfair advantage on federal bids or federal contracts, please call us at 866-714-6466 and allow us to discuss what the whistleblower rewards could be. Why sit on a winning lotto ticket without ever knowing what it might have been worth?" http://CorporateWhistleblower.Com

The Corporate Whistleblower Center is especially interested in talking to an employee who can prove their employer is falsely claiming to be a minority, women or Veteran owned business for government contracts if they work for:

Any type of company providing services to the Department of Defense
Any type of company providing services to the Department of Homeland Security
A highway contractor or road builder
A food distribution company providing meals for school lunch programs
A company providing private security services
A company providing construction services
A company involved in transportation

Simple rules for a whistleblower from the Corporate Whistleblower Center: Do not go to the government first if you want to become a whistleblower. The Corporate Whistleblower Center says, "Major whistleblowers frequently go to the government thinking they will help. It's a huge mistake. Do not go to the news media with your whistleblower information either. Any type of public revelation of a whistleblower's information could destroy the prospect for a reward. Do not try to force a government contractor or individual to come clean about overbilling the federal government out of millions of dollars, by failing to abide by the terms of contract with the federal government or by falsely claiming to be a minority, woman or Disabled Veteran owned business."

The Corporate Whistleblower Center wants to emphasize they believe there are high quality whistleblowers with proof a company or contractor is involved in multi-million dollar overbilling or fraud schemes involving the federal government in every state, including California, New York, New Jersey, Florida, Texas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, Washington, or Alaska.

The Corporate Whistleblower is the premier advocate for whistleblowers in the United States. Unlike any group in the US, they will assist potential whistleblowers with packaging their information and they will provide the whistleblower with access to some of the most accomplished whistleblower attorneys in the nation. For more information a potential whistleblower in any state can contact the Corporate Whistleblower anytime at 866-714-6466 or visit http://CorporateWhistleblower.Com

For attribution please refer to the October 2017 Department of Justice press that discusses this matter: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/western-new-york-contractors-and-two-owners-pay-more-3-million-settle-false-claims-act

Media Contact:

Thomas Martin
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SOURCE Corporate Whistleblower Center