Side Hustle Spotlight: Become a Government Fraud Bounty Hunter — How One Law Could Earn You Millions
- The Chairman
- Oct 6
- 2 min read
Would you turn in a billion-dollar fraud scheme… for $40 million? You could — and it's completely legal, thanks to an old Civil War law that’s making a comeback: The Lincoln Law, formally known as the False Claims Act.
This isn't fantasy. It happened in Minnesota.
💥 The $1 Billion Feeding Our Future Fraud: A Real Example
In 2022, authorities uncovered a massive web of corruption involving fake child nutrition programs. The nonprofit Feeding Our Future and associated groups billed the U.S. Department of Agriculture for meals they never served — in some cases, saying they fed thousands of children per day out of small apartments or nonexistent kitchens.
The total? Over $1 Billion in fraud.
And here’s the kicker: If just one person had filed a whistleblower suit under the Lincoln Law before federal prosecutors did, that person could have received up to 30-40% of the recovered amount. That’s over $300 million — with one whistleblower in this case likely eligible for $40 million or more in a related action.
💼 How You Can Turn the Lincoln Law Into a Side Hustle
This isn’t ambulance-chasing — it’s patriotism with a payout. The Lincoln Law allows private citizens to sue companies or individuals who defraud the government and share in the recovery. It applies to:
COVID relief scams (PPP loan fraud, fake employee counts)
Medicare/Medicaid fraud (phony treatments, billing)
Defense contractor waste
Education grant misuse
Nonprofit shell operations
All you need is:
✅ Evidence or access to internal information (emails, spreadsheets, etc.)✅ A good attorney who specializes in False Claims Act (FCA) cases✅ The guts to file — you can even do it confidentially
🇺🇸 Why This Matters
President Lincoln enacted this law in 1863 to stop war profiteers from selling defective goods to the Union Army. Today, it’s our tool to protect taxpayer dollars from being funneled into corruption, fake programs, and insider deals. It’s justice, with a paycheck.
📈 The Bottom Line
While some people flip sneakers or rent out RVs as a side hustle, there’s a deeper — and potentially much more lucrative — path.If you see fraud against the government, you don’t just have a moral duty… you have a legal right to get paid for stopping it.
Let’s call it Patriotic Entrepreneurship — where doing the right thing just might fund your retirement.
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