What kind of fraud is covered by the False Claims Act?
Tax fraud is not covered. Virtually any other type of fraud on the government where the government has paid money, or a claim is made upon the government for money, and the government is deceived is likely covered. Sometimes it involves spending government money contrary to the intent or specifics of the grant or contract. Sometimes it is failing to fulfill the commitments that caused the government to give the money. The biggest areas of successful False Claims Act cases have been military contracting and health care (Medicare and Medicaid) fraud, but fraud has also been successfully prosecuted where federal funds went to education, farm, environmental and energy programs, and a huge variety of other federal contracts.
