Qui tam lawsuits brought under the False Claims Act for fraud against the federal government have returned more than $8.4 billion to the government since Congress amended the False Claims Act in 1986, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Roughly one-fourth of the qui tam recoveries are due to whistleblower cases brought by Phillips & Cohen LLP and its attorneys.

Recoveries resulting from all qui tam and non-qui tam cases brought under the False Claims Act from 1986 to 2004 total $13.5 billion. Whistleblower rewards for qui tam cases exceed $1.4 billion.

In fiscal year 2004, qui tam lawsuits resulted in recoveries of $554 million. Whistleblowers received rewards that totaled $108 million.

For detailed statistics on False Claims Act cases, including qui tam lawsuits and whistleblower rewards, please see qui tam and other False Claims Act statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Justice.