Due Diligence Blog

• Jul 2, 2021by Staff

  COVID 19 Cares Act Mortgage Forbearance Investigation

  Important Information for Homeowners Who Sought a COVID-19 CARES Act Mortgage Forbearance Home Sweet Home? Not if Your Lender Violated COVID CARES Act Mortgage Forbearance Rules Recently we have uncovered several loan servicers and mortgage companies that have violated federal laws on COVID-19 related...

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• Aug 28, 2020by Brian Mahany

  IRS Whistleblower Post - The Feds Eye Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency

  [Rewritten August 2020] America has a bunch of new millionaires and even a few billionaires. These aren’t the titans of the Industrial Revolution in America. No oil barons or railroad magnates. Instead they are people who invested early in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency offerings. And their meteoric rise in wealth...

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• Dec 16, 2019by Staff

  State Anti-Kickback Laws

  [Updated May 2020] Anti-kickback laws prohibit offering, paying, soliciting or accepting a kickback or bribe to induce or reward the referral of services payable by a government funded healthcare program. In this post we will breakdown how these laws work and discuss the many states with such laws. We also discuss...

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• May 6, 2019by Brian Mahany

  Homeowners Overcharged Bank Fees – HSBC Pays Millions

  Move over, Wells Fargo there is actually a bank that might have a worse reputation among customers. HSBC. The British banking giant is in constant trouble worldwide and they aren’t making friends with their U.S. customers either. This week HSBC sought court approval to pay off homeowners who were billed for...

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• Mar 9, 2016by Brian Mahany

  Medicare Fraud, Whistleblowers and Patient Recruiters

  [Post updated through 2020] Somewhere in this country is an honest patient recruiter. I am sure at least one exists. We haven't found him or her yet, however. When a physician, clinic or MRI facility has to pay to recruit patients, there is almost always Medicare fraud going on behind the scenes. When we say...

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• Jul 12, 2015by Brian Mahany

  Hong Kong the New Money Laundering Destination?

  As whistleblower lawyers who concentrate in bank fraud cases, we get lots of question about the legality of bringing money into or out of the United States. Like many countries, the United States does not have currency controls per se but U.S. Treasury Department regulations require cash in excess of $10,000 be...

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• Sep 12, 2013by Brian Mahany

  IRS FBAR Whistleblower Post - The Waiting Is Over

  [Post updated 2020] We have been warning people for years that the day of reckoning was coming. Sure, there were some false...

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• Nov 8, 2012by Brian Mahany

  Obama Win Good For Whistleblowers

  by Brian Mahany This blog tries hard to stay away from politics. Whether you are a Republican, Democrat or disenfranchised...

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• Jan 21, 2012by Brian Mahany

  Ponzi Scheme and Investment Fraud Red Flags

  [Ed. Note - the following article was written by Tracy Coenen, a CPA located in Chicago and Milwaukee and is reprinted in its...

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