False Claims Act
The False Claims Act is an American federal law which allows people who are not affiliated with the government to file actions against federal contractors claiming fraud against the government. The act of filing such actions is informally called "whistleblowing". Persons filing under the Act stand to receive a portion (usually about 15-25 percent) of any recovered damages.
The Act provides a legal tool to counteract fraudulent billings turned in to the Federal Government. Claims under the law have been filed by persons with insider knowledge of false claims which have typically involved health care, military, or other government spending programs.
Source: Wikipedia.org: False Claims Act 
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See also: Fraud; Fraudulent practice; Whistle-blower; Whistleblower; Whistleblower attorney; Whistleblower case; Whistleblower claim; Whistleblower fraud; Whistleblower law; Whistleblower lawyer; Whistleblower protection; Whistleblower retaliation; Whistleblower rights; Whistleblower shareholder; Whistleblowing