Golden Empire Mortgage Inc. and its CEO won the dismissal of a whistleblower suit alleging they violated the False Claims Act by improperly securing a Paycheck Protection Program loan.
Whistleblower Relator LLC’s suit is precluded by the FCA’s public disclosure bar because it is based on details disclosed on PandemicOversight.gov, an official US government website, Judge Troy L. Nunley of the US District Court for the Eastern District of California said in an order filed Tuesday.
Relator LLC sued in July 2022, arguing that the defendants applied for and obtained a loan, despite knowing they were ineligible to do ...
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