Whistleblower / False Claims Act
https://www.justice.gov/civil/docs_forms/C-FRAUDS_FCA_Primer.pdf
https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleII/Chapter12
A government contractor working on a public works project charges the City of Boston for materials that are never used. A physician, nurse or other medical provider routinely performs a battery of tests or lab work on patients when the medical treatment is not necessary and then bills Medicare or MassHealth. A pharmaceutical company artificially inflates the price for a prescription drug and then overbills a government healthcare provider for the drug. A government vendor charges the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for a top-of-the line product but delivers an inferior product doctored to make it appear to be the superior one. What happens when a person, company or corporation makes a profit by defrauding a government that it is doing business with?