What was once a narrowly tailored law to combat fraud against taxpayers has increasingly become something else entirely: a powerful enforcement weapon, driven by financial incentives and deployed through unaccountable bureaucracy.
Last August, an American Greatness piece, Weaponizing Whistleblower Law: When the False Claims Act Becomes a Profit Center, examined how the False Claims Act (FCA) has drifted from its original purpose, evolving into a system that rewards professional whistleblowers and litigation financiers rather than serving the public interest. That analysis detailed how federal enforcement priorities and profit-sharing incentives have reshaped the law into a high-stakes revenue model.
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