In 2016, the Department of Justice recovered over $4.7 billion from False Claims Act cases. According to the DOJ, 2016 was the third highest year in annual FCA recoveries in the history of the FCA. Of the $4.7 billion recovered, $2.9 billion was recovered from lawsuits filed by individual whistleblowers under the FCA’s qui tam provisions.
A copy of DOJ’s press release is here.