Whistleblowers win with False Claims Act

Written by PBS NewsHour

Narrated by PBS NewsHour

Last year alone, the federal government and its whistleblowers -- people incentivized by the False Claims Act to expose fraud in companies that work with the government -- recovered nearly $6 billion in lawsuits that exposed wrongdoing. But some question whether the False Claims Act actually prevents fraud or merely incentivizes people with potential reward money. NewsHour's Rick Karr reports.

• Language: English
• Publisher: NewsHour Productions
• Release date: Dec 21, 2014
• ISBN: 9781987108286