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Fraud Prevention Techniques for Nonprofits

Learn about the hottest topics in fraud schemes and simple steps for detection and prevention.

Just as closely held and publicly traded corporations are bound by a myriad of federal and state statutes and regulations, nonprofit entities are similarly regulated and are even bound by additional requirements, particularly with nonprofit tax status. Unfortunately, those serving as officers, directors, or employees of nonprofits fail to look at their entities' operations with a critical eye, perhaps under the belief that their benevolent entity can do no wrong. This problem plagues different nonprofit institutions, from universities to hospitals and even public interest advocacy organizations. Those who operate nonprofits, including compliance officers and directors, need to understand the basic laws that govern their operations. They need to ask critical questions and be aware that their failure to act will ultimately leave them open to a day where a whistle-blower will step forward and lend transparency to matters where compliance is merited. This topic addresses the basic areas of concern and the role of whistle-blowers in bringing accountability to nonprofit organizations.

Learning Objectives

  • You will be able to recognize how fraud can impact a non-profit organization.
  • You will be able to recognize existing paradigms involving whistle-blower actions in the non-profit area.
  • You will be able to identify and recognize several cases involving non-profit fraud.
  • You will be able to recognize how to frame non-profit fraud lawsuits.

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Agenda

Nonprofits Are Not Exempt From Fraud

The Role of Whistle-Blowers and the Various Statutes

Existing Paradigms Involving Whistle-Blower Actions in the Nonprofit Area

  • Federal False Claims Act
  • The IRS Whistle-blower Statute
  • State False Claims Acts

The Investigation of Fraud

  • Information Gathering
  • Choosing Witnesses
  • Asking Questions

Framing Lawsuits

  • Case Evaluation
  • Complaint Preparation
  • Litigation Strategies
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This course was last reviewed on September 13, 2023.

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Reuben Guttman

Reuben Guttman

Guttman, Buschner & Brooks PLLC

  • Founding member of Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, PLLC where his practice involves civil rights, whistle-blowers, class actions, and complex litigation
  • The International Business Times has referred to him as “one of the world’s most prominent whistle-blower attorneys; citing “wins recouping billions of dollars for the federal and state governments,” the Boston Globe’s STAT News referred to him as the “The Lawyer Pharma Loves to Hate”
  • Represented workers, unions, and pension funds in complex litigation and for over a decade served as the chief outside counsel to the Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers in a series of labor and environmental cases that enhanced safety and environmental conditions at Manhattan Project nuclear weapons sites while driving dread disease compensation legislation for nuclear weapons workers across the nation
  • In 2020, serving as lead counsel in a federal class action lawsuit against the South Carolina Department of Corrections, he secured a consent order mandating Hepatitis C testing and treatment for 17,000 inmates
  • Has been an adjunct professor at Emory Law School and a Senior Fellow at Emory Law’s Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution, and he is a Founder and Senior Advisor to the Emory Corporate Governance and Accountability Review (ECGAR); professorial lecturer at the American University School of Public Affairs where he teaches equal protection
  • Taught trial advocacy and complex case investigations in the United States, China, and Mexico, and he has co-authored three case files, two published by Emory Law and one published by the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, where he has been a faculty member
  • Written or co-authored more than 100 articles or opinion pieces and multiple book chapters; his article, Pharmaceutical Regulation in the United States; a Confluence of Influences, was translated and published in Mandarin in the Peking University Public Interest Law Journal, Vol 1, Page 187 (2010); he is co-author (with J.C. Lore III of Rutgers Law) of the book, Pretrial Advocacy (Wolters Kluwer Spring, 2021); he is a chapter co-author (with Traci Buschner) and wrote the introduction for Remote Advocacy: A Guide to Survive and Thrive (Wolters Kluwer and National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 2020)
  • A Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and has been a member of the Board of Directors of the American Constitution Society (ACS), where he is currently a member of the ACS Board of Advisors
  • Founder of www.whistleblowerlaws.com
  • He began his legal career as a Washington, D.C. counsel for the Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO where he served for five years
  • J.D. degree, Emory University; B.A. degree in American history, University of Rochester
  • Can be contacted at [email protected]
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Product ID: 409507
Published 2021
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