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To: Clemenza

Now what there needs to be is a lawsuit by the tobacco companies alledging fraud...in that the settlements that were intended to fight the deleterious effects of tobacco are being diverted into government tax schemes!


23 posted on 08/22/2005 5:22:39 AM PDT by mdmathis6 (Even when a dog discovers he is barking up a wrong tree, he can still take a leak on it!)
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To: mdmathis6

http://www.quitam.com/

Qui Tam ("who sues on behalf of the king as well as for himself") is a provision of the Federal Civil False Claims Act that allows a private citizen to file a suit in the name of the U.S. Government charging fraud by government contractors and other entities who receive or use government funds, and share in any money recovered.


24 posted on 08/22/2005 6:22:44 AM PDT by sergeantdave (Member of Arbor Day Foundation, travelling the country and destroying open space)
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