Complaint — Liberty Law Office v. The Bloom Firm (C.D. Cal.)

Summary

A Complaint for Violation of Federal False Claims Act filed in camera and under seal on August 4, 2021 as Document 1 in United States ex rel. Liberty Law Office, Inc. v. The Bloom Firm, Lisa Bloom and Braden Pollock, No. 2:21-cv-06279-MEMF-PD, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The relator, a law firm that had a joint venture with The Bloom Firm, alleges that the firm received a PPP loan of $658,245 in May of 2020 representing that it was retaining 240 jobs, and a second PPP loan of $441,172 representing 15 jobs, and that these representations were false. It also alleges that The Bloom Firm was not registered with the State Bar of California as a law corporation before March 1, 2021 and falsely certified compliance with law. The complaint seeks damages and civil penalties under 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq.

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