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Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-216.1 (2026)
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This article may be cited as the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act.
2002, c. 842.
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Cited in 18
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2006–2026 · leading case: Ligon v. Cnty. of Goochland, 689 S.E.2d 666 (Va. 2010).
Commonwealth of Virginia, ex rel. Joshua M. Harman v. Trinity Indus., Inc. (Va. Ct. App. 2026). “No Error in Granting Summary Judgment On appeal, Harman argues, “The trial court reversibly erred by granting summary judgment for Defendants-Appellees with respect to the Commonwealth and Relator’s claim under the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act, Va. Code § 8.01-216.1 et…”
Elisabeth Arnold v. City of Norfolk (Va. Ct. App. 2025). “She brought this retaliation action under the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act (“VFATA”), Code §§ 8.01-216.1 through 8.01-216.19. The trial court sustained the City’s demurrer, finding that Arnold failed to allege that she engaged in protected activity under the VFATA and…”
United States v. Siemens Med. Solutions USA, Inc. (E.D.N.Y 2025). “; the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act, Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-216.1 et seq.; and the Washington State Medicaid Fraud False Claims Act, Wash.”
Williams v. TMS Int'l, LLC (E.D. Va. 2021). “2010) (noting the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act, §§ 8.01-216.1 to 216.19; section 65.2-308, which prohibits firing an employee for filing a workers’ compensation claim; and §§ 40.”
United States of Am. v. NDUTIME Youth & Fam. Servs., Inc. (E.D. Va. 2020). “§§ 3729 through 3733, and the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act, Virginia Code §§ 8.01-216.1 through 8.01-216.19. (Fortunaté Compl.”
Commonwealth v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Hunter Labs., LLC, 817 S.E.2d 318 (Va. 2018). “The Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act ("VFATA"), Code §§ 8.01-216.1 through -216.19, which is modeled after the FCA, seeks to encourage whistleblowers to identify fraud against the government and permits the whistleblower to retain a portion of any recovery.”
United States ex rel. Wood v. Allergan, Inc., 246 F. Supp. 3d 772 (S.D.N.Y. 2017). “Va. Code Ann. §§ 8.01-216.1 et seq. Finally, Allergan challenges Wood’s claims under the laws of twenty-one states on timeliness grounds.”
Virginia ex rel. Hunter Labs LLC v. Quest Diagnostics Inc., 100 F. Supp. 3d 542 (E.D. Va. 2015). “1 (collectively “Quest”), defrauded the Commonwealth by submitting false Medicaid claims in violation of the VFATA, Va.Code § 8.01-216.1 et seq. (Doc. 108 at 1).”
Egan v. Butler (Va. 2015). “Second, in the context of remedying wrongful termination pursuant to the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act, Code § 8.01-216.1 et seq., we have observed that "the longer the period over which front pay is requested, the more speculative a front pay award becomes.”
Lewis v. City of Alexandria (Va. 2014). “8 of the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act (VFATA), Code §§ 8.01-216.1 through -216.19. We disagree and will affirm the judgment of the circuit court.”
Newberry Station Homeowners Ass'n v. Bd. of Supervisors (Va. 2013). “2d 626 (2012), we were called upon to determine whether the University of Virginia, which like WMATA is a governmental agency in corporate form, 8 was a “person” for the purposes of the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act, Code § 8.01-216.1 et seq. We noted that a 8 The…”
Commonwealth ex rel. FX Analytics v. Bank of New York Mellon, 84 Va. Cir. 473 (Fairfax Cir. Ct. 2012). “Facts The Second Amended Complaint-in-Intervention alleges that BNYM violated the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act (“VFATA”), Va. Code § 8.01-216.1 et seq., through the manner in which it executed certain foreign exchange transactions, known as standing instruction…”
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