Pat Burns from Taxpayers Against Fraud predicts $9 billion in 2012.
Although a record $3 billion was recovered in 2011 using the false claims act, it appears that many people in-the-know are predicting an even bigger 2012…three times bigger to be exact.
Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund spokesman Pat Burns made this amazing prediction in the Corporate Crime Reporter recently, and while Pat is not exactly known for understating anything, there is reason to believe that he was being a little conservative.
Of course, many things will affect the total — for example, some of them might bleed over into 2013 through no fault of anyone….
Those 2009 bi-partisan changes to the FCA sure did help out…