Courageous Whistleblowers Are Not “Left Out In The Cold”: Legitimate Justifications Exist For Collecting Evidence Of False Claims Act Violations

October 25, 2005

I. Introduction

It is the courage of whistleblowers, standing up in the face of great adversity and overwhelming pressure to “look the other way;’ that enables the False Claims Act (“FCA”) to fulfill its primary purpose of combating fraud on the U.S. Treasury. By marshalling evidence and collecting company documents, the whistleblower provides the necessary proof to shed light on fraudulent and illegal FCA activities. 

Courageous Whistleblowers Are Not “Left Out In The Cold”: Legitimate Justifications Exist For Collecting Evidence Of False Claims Act Violations