Qui tam

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A lawsuit filed by a private individual (the relator) on behalf of the government against a party who has allegedly defrauded the government. The relator may be eligible for a share of the government's recovery if the lawsuit is successful.
The whistleblower filed a qui tam lawsuit alleging that the company had submitted false invoices to Medicare.
There have been many high-profile qui tam lawsuits that have recovered billions of dollars for the government. One example is the case of Bradley Manning (also known as Edward Snowden), who leaked classified information exposing government surveillance programs.
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