A Long Grove man reaped a $1 million windfall Thursday forblowing the whistle on his former employer, a Mundelein health careproducts company charged with bilking the Department of VeteransAffairs out of millions of dollars.
Ralph Rybacki, 64, had served as vice president forinternational sales at Medline Industries and brought the caseagainst his former employer under the False Claims Act.
Medline agreed to pay the federal government $6.4 million tosettle the suit, which accused the firm of presenting thousands offalse invoices.The law allows a private citizen to sue for fraud on behalf ofthe United States and receive a portion of any settlement."I am very …
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