United States of America et al v. Klausner Lumber One, LLC

  1. December 20, 2016

    Judge Tosses FCA Suit On EB-5 Project, With Leave To Amend

    A Florida federal judge Monday adopted a magistrate's recommendations to dismiss a False Claims Act suit alleging a sawmill defrauded the EB-5 immigrant investor program because the accusations were lumped into a "shotgun" complaint, but he left the whistleblower the option to refile.

  2. December 05, 2016

    Sawmill EB-5 'Shotgun' Claims Can't Survive, Judge Says

    A whistleblower's accusations that a Florida sawmill defrauded the EB-5 investor program shouldn't proceed because they're all lumped into a conglomerate "shotgun" complaint, a federal magistrate judge has recommended.

  3. July 20, 2016

    Fla. Lumber Co. Wants Out Of EB-5 Funding False Claims Suit

    A lumber company asked a Florida federal judge Tuesday to toss a qui tam action alleging it submitted false claims to the EB-5 immigrant investor program, saying the former employee who filed the suit didn't work there during the alleged fraud and doesn't understand how the program works.

  4. June 14, 2016

    Lumber Co. Misled Agencies Over EB-5 Funding, Suit Says

    A lumber company has been named in a qui tam action filed in Florida federal court by a former human resources generalist who alleges that the company submits false statements to government agencies regarding job creation and EB-5 funding.