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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder if this could be a successful Qui Tam case? I think it could be. The only problem may be that the cheaters don't have a lot of money (if they are low income PG families mostly, as is assumed on DCUM), so the recovery could be small unless you get into messy stuff like wage garnishing. The damages are easy to prove, however, because DC does charge a fee for out of state, so it's easy to arrive at a quantum of damages per student/year of cheating. If anyone out there knows any qui tam lawyers maybe worth asking... [/quote]

BTW, I suggest this because qui tam is normally the way to go if citizens feel that the govt is not doing enough to enforce anti-fraud in the receipt of government resources. The classic qui tam cases are health care fraud but I don't see why not school fraud also.

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Litigation has a price in terms of attorneys' fees and costs which need to be fronted, with a relative low payoff in terms of recovery.  It's just not economically feasible.  Even the DC Attorney General hasn't filed more than a couple of actions.[/quote]

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