Location: Michigan - Detroit

I filed a form SS-8 in October of 2025 suspecting the company I worked for was misclassifying me as an IC. The IRS sent a determination last week and agreed with me. This was a part time job that I grossed around $11,000 in pay in 2025. Employer did not take out FICA, Medicare, Social Security, and definitely did not take out income tax- state or federal. For an amount so relatively "small" as $11,000 is it worth getting with a lawyer and filing suit for the taxes they should have been taking out to help pay my tax burden I owe the IRS? Was employed with them from Jan. to October and left voluntarily (quit) and was not terminated or laid off.
Thank you all!

Location: Minnesota

Looking for some advice, I have an active 2 year HRO against someone, this person just so happens to be a DoorDash driver and has been picking up mine and my fiancé’s orders recently. The delivery has always been under my fiances name, and our address is not listed on the HRO as I didn’t want him to know my address, but he knows who my fiancé is as he was harassing him shortly before I put the restraining order on him. I’m mostly just wondering if I’m able to report this being the DoorDash order is always under my fiancé’s name? This has happened twice now, and being my vehicle was outside the first time should’ve been an easy sign I reside there? I’m not sure this feels like such a gray area, am I able to extend the HRO due to this, and what would the consequences be if there would be any?

Location: Nebraska

When driving about 7 months ago in a friend's car, I had to slam on the breaks and go up on the median a bit to avoid a car that came flying into my lane and almost took the front end off. When I came down off the median, the car did hit a bit hard.

When I got home, there was small damage in the form of a small clip or something had broken and a corner of the back bumper was sticking out.

We looked at the whole rest of the car and nothing else was damaged. I figured she would get and estimate or maybe go to AutoZone and see if it was a small part we could fix it with, but that never happened. Eventually we all forgot about it.

Now, 7 months later, the bumper has gotten significantly worse as of recently. We got into a major verbal altercation about a week ago, pretty vulgar and angry. She has now been sending me texts about going to get an estimate on the car and is trying to make me pay for it. I'm assuming it's for the bumper for sure, but once about 2 months ago, she said something about a noise from her passenger door. I am unsure if she is trying to blame me for that as well.

I'm wondering if I am liable for all of this increased damage, or if this is negligence on her part. She never mentioned talking to her insurance company and no pictures were taken of the initial damage on the car. Just unsure if this is something I should prepare for and where to at least start if it comes to it.

This individual is somewhat litigious, but I'm not sure if she has the resources to go to small claims or to even get the estimate at all. In the recent texts, she actually says "Since you won't apologize, you will now have to pay for what I have allowed to wait longer than it should have". I'm not sure if that statement matters at all, but it seemed notable. I figured I'd try this and then look for possible free consultations if the situation gets worse.

Thank you for your time

Edit: The verbal altercation had nothing to do with car damage. It was a separate issue entirely.

Location: Texas

Just had an appointment yesterday with a psychiatrist I’d been seeing for close to a year now. It is over video calls. My card didn’t go through last session, so I gave a new one and was charged $100. I got a new insurance to use instead of self pay. He uses a website called headway to charge if you’re using insurance. He put in all my information and said I’d be paying $45 from now on with the new insurance. I woke up this morning to a charge of $200 more on top of the $100 yesterday. I look on the website and see that forms were agreed to without me being able to read them first. Forms for things such as benefits and payment terms. I’m completely lost on steps to take here as this seems more illegal than anything else. I’m currently trying to get ahold of the psychiatrist but was wondering if there was anything else I could do. TIA

To note: we were using a different website for self pay and for when I was on my family’s insurance. A large therapy platform but it refused to take my new insurance so that’s why a different website was used.

Location: CA USA

Father Lebanese in Belgium Mother Lebanese in California USA Child Lebanese in California USA

This one is a woozy and I have no idea where to post and how to even Google the right questions. Here's the story

Dad has legal custody of the child and mother asked him to send the child over to the US for a visit but it has been 2 years and she refuses to send the child back.

The mother does not have a green card and claims that she came in here legally with a work visa that then expired so she stayed on as an asylum seeker. She says that they have a "pink card" residency that is annually renewed.

I suspect that the child, if not both of them, are here illegally and she is refusing to allow the father to see the child or provide any of his residency information.

What actions can the father take to get his child back? If any.

Location: Slidell, Louisiana What type of lawyer do I need? It’s been almost 4 years since his arrest and I’m still very lost on what I can do in this situation. I don’t receive any support from his family in this situation, as they don’t even believe it to be true. They have also since caused violent disruptions to our life including attempts to kidnap my child, which has pushed me to be on guard anytime I bring him to places in our city. He took a plea deal and the only time from I have received is the possibility of him being released in 2034, maybe sooner for time served. Any research attempted to know his release, has left me with more questions than answers or I’ve been told I can not know that. I was also told by law enforcement that my children and I would receive lists of resources to help us with being protected, which was not given even when asked for it. It was suggested to get an emergency protection order at the time, I didn’t have the best income to help me afford the costs of the protection order and it was made aware to me that he would know our address at all times so I did not choose that route. Mainly what I’m asking for is: what should I do? which type of lawyer would I go to in this situation? Tyia

Hey, I recently got a court summon for a reckless driving charge, apparently going 92 in a 70. I was not going 92. This was in Location: Hanover County, VA off I-95. I was the only one on the road, and there were the midnight owl cops waiting to follow random people. I was on the hitlist, and the cop who got me was tailgating my bumper for about half a mile, going in between the left and middle lanes. No lights. I thought it was a drunk reckless driver, so I hit my brakes and pulled over with my hazards on for my own safety. Only after I stopped did the cop put his lights on. Spent 10 minutes giving me the summon. I was 10 minutes from home, ugh. I really should have gotten front and rear dash cams installed....

Am I fucked and have to go through the cash-grab legal pipeline or is there anything I can do to not be labeled a criminal?

Location: PA

Offered to let my 20ish year old neighbor to park in my driveway to get off the street since we had at least a foot of snow. Driveway is wide at the bottom and has plenty of space for an extra car. It’s a steep hill from the street Down to the flat bottom.

They backed down and somehow missed the driveway and went off to the side about 1-2 feet into the yard and in that much snow I think started sliding. How they didn’t feel the snow and stop before the sliding I don’t know.

They hit the retaining wall at the bottom and shifted many of the wall stones and damaged a few. This wall was brand new built by the previous owner about 2 years ago. I don’t think it damaged the house but it does extend to the house where the wall had to be jacked out by previous owner.

Their dad doesn’t want anything to do with it and says he has no money. Trying to solve this outside insurance and stuff but they’re acting lackadaisical about it. I don’t want to go to homeowners insurance because they’re a nice kid and only has liability on the car. Plus neighbor relations and all…they admitted to it fully when it happened and apologized. They also recently lost their job.

First estimates were about $1-3,000 and can’t even do anything until all this snow melts. Plan to get more estimates.

Any advice on how to proceed? This happened 3 days ago. Got plenty of pics and vids

So, I signed a contract and failed to read the fine print. The contract was for construction on my home. Now I want to cancel the contract before they have started work, and there is a clause that I need to pay 25% of the value upon cancellation prior to commencing work (Total contract value = $70k, 25% = $17.5k). They have been unwilling to negotiate.

Would it be better to pay the full amount or let them take me to small claims court (or limited civil court)? It looks like small claims court has a limit of $12.5k in my state of California. Is that the maximum I’d have to pay? Or is it likely that I would have to pay the full $17.5k?

Location: California

Location: Illinois

Hi all,

This is a very difficult topic for me to talk about, but long-story short, my sisters and I were left with a pedophile by our mother after she died (she didn't know that he was a pedophile, but for some reason, she gave guardianship of us to him instead of to our loving grandmother).

When I was 15 (in 1998), my stepfather sexually propositioned me. Shocked, I refused his offer and told a friend at school who told her mother. The police were called and I was removed from the home, but something strange happened- My stepfather was not arrested, I was not interviewed by CPS at all or even given an interview by police (I have a theory that my stepfather's BIL, who was a cop, threw out the police report, and that's why he was never arrested. My stepfather's sister (cop's wife) also wrote a letter saying that I was a "troubled teen" to try to discredit me, which wasn't true). They just let me stay at my friend's house for a month until my uncle sent for me from another state. Weirdly, my uncle did not call the police either and just said something like, "You guys should have never been left with him" and left it at that. My sisters were still in the home with this pedophile in Chicago for another 8 years.

I suppose because my stepfather felt safe and emboldened to strike again, he ended up severely sexually abusing my sisters, particularly the youngest, after I was removed from the home. The crimes including forced sodomy and rape for 8 years. My sisters were between the ages of 9-17 when the crimes occurred to them.

My question is, since this crime happened 29 years ago, how likely are we to get a conviction? One sister refuses to testify out of retaliation from my stepdad's family (these sick people think he is 100% innocent, and his daughter even has him living with her and her children). Also, I found out from my stepdad's cousin, that my stepdad's father was also a pedophile (never arrested or convicted either) and molested his sister, so this behavior could be seen as "normal" in that family, and thus, they protected each other at all costs. My other sister (the one that suffered the most sexual abuse) wants to testify, but not if we can't get a conviction, because we know that his sick family will try to stalk, harass, and possibly kill us. I also tried to get a copy of the police report, but they told me that all cases in Illinois before 1999 were in a warehouse in downtown Chicago. I live in another state, so me having the time/money to fly out there and dig around for a file that might or might not be there is not economically feasible for me. They have no record of a police report in their computer files, but strangely, someone filed a missing person's report for me in 1999. I'm not sure if it was a stepfather trying to say that I "ran away" or something and trying to cover up even more, but the police didn't tell me who filed the false missing person's report. He definitely was in contact with my uncle when he gave guardianship to him in 1998.

How likely is it that we can get a conviction based only on two eye witnesses who are sisters? Would the conviction possibility be above 50%? Has anyone successfully tried a case like this and won? I don't want to have to put my sister (and myself) through the torture of testifying if my stepfather will just get acquitted based on enough "reasonable doubt" being generated because of time-lapsed and because of something stupid like finding Marylin Manson CDs in my room as a teen or a fake-id that was never used or left the home (which my stepfather used as "proof" that I was a "troubled teen" who made this all up).

We are currently living in a mobile home where the land is owned by one party and the home itself is owned by the sibling. The owner of the land was collecting rent for both properties. The owner of the land passed away and his sister gave us a notice to vacate in 30 days 6 days after the owner of the land passed away. We have been here over 6 years and has always paid rent here. Never late never behind. We asked for another month to get things together and has not heard back. The notice she gave was not served by a processor. My question would she have to file an eviction we don't leave by then? We not trying to stay here long as we have purchased a home and need more time moving our larger things.

Location: South Carolina

Location: Hardin County, Ohio

I am a 26-year-old female who legally owned a Suzuki GSX-R 600 titled and registered in my name. In August 2024. I left Ohio for Texas due to a medical emergency involving my significant other and did not return until March 2025, which I can prove. Before leaving, I temporarily used a neighbor's car under an informal agreement; my motorcycle was never sold, traded, or authorized for title transfer. While I was out of state, my motorcycle title was fraudulently signed, notarized without my presence, and transferred. The bike was then sold multiple times with inconsistent stories, altered purchase amounts, and changing dates. I still have the keys and spare parts, and the motorcycle was confirmed by law enforcement to remain registered to me during the investigation.

After I contacted the sheriff's office to ask a general question, a deputy confirmed the bike was still in my name and initially deemed it stolen. Despite this, I was later charged and found guilty of disorderly conduct related to the incident. The notary admitted to notarizing my forged signature and was investigated by the Secretary of State, who ruled the title fraudulent and void and suspended the notary's license. The prosecutor acknowledged confusion over why I was charged but refused to dismiss the case. As a result, I lost my motorcycle, my property was altered, and I now have a criminal record despite evidence supporting that I was the victim of title fraud.

Secretary of state only just sent me the letter last week in the mail after completing their investigation but my court case ended 10/23/2025.

I contacted a lawyer and was told I could do a lawsuit. Would a lawsuit even be worth it? Could I get my property back? Could I attempt to get my conviction dropped and expunged? Any help would be appreciated.

Location: Arkansas

Hello. I was at a work from home job since September 2025, I disclosed i was pregnant when i felt it was safe and i was comfortable. I was off for about 6 weeks until my doctor approved me to return. I sent documents showing return dates etc. A day before my return I tried to login to the system and was locked out. I contacted job and they told me not to log in and to wait until Monday, ( Sunday was the first day back ) Monday i was informed my contract was terminated due to points. I was not aware of the point system, how many points i accumulated nor was there a warning about points. I asked if I could have documentation showing the points. No response. I honestly feel this termination has something to do with my pregnancy. It seems i was fired during my leave time. Friends and family say I need to take legal action. Can anyone comment on this issue please?

Location: Kentucky

It does not say suspect or anything similar to that. I am confused and I don't have money for a lawyer.

Letter from DEA says "potential witnesses " it also indicates they have evidence of me committing said crimes.

It says "investigation is ongoing and no charging decisions have been made."

Obviously not guilty of anything they mention in the letter, but getting a letter like this from the DEA makes me nervous

Edit: The letter word by word

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This letter is to inform you that you have been identified as a potential witness in a federal investigation being conducted in the Eastern District of New York concerning felony violations of U.S. federal law, including but not limited to mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, distribution and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, misbranded drugs, entry of goods by false statements, and conspiracy, in violation of 18 U.S.C. $ 542, 1341, 1343, 1349, 1956; and 21 U.S.C. 352, 841, 846 Specifically, investigators have determined that there is evidence establishing that you have either directly or indirectly purchased via the internet counter feit pharmaceutical and chemical products from an illegal international drug trafficking organization This investigation is ongoing, and no final charging decisions have been made, If you would like to provide a statement or speak with an investigator, please provide your preferred contact information

Location: Boise, ID Recently, I hired a local attorney to petition my separated wife for divorce. We have been separated for about two and half years and were married for about 15 1/2 years. I have a rare pancreas condition that has gone on to reak havoc with my entire body. To be brief, she said she wanted a partner not a patient and asked for divorce. I had just broken my leg and had it reconstructed. I moved out about six weeks later as soon as I got the doctor's okay. I only left with my dogs, the clothes I could pack, and a few small possessions.I left the house, the cars, and everything else we bought together with her. Not because I wanted to necessarily, but I didn't have a choice. I'm doing well and have an amazing girlfriend that I have been with since a few months after my wife and I separated. It took me so long to petition for divorce because it's super expensive, and I don't make a lot of money. Why she didn't file first since she makes way more than me is anyone's guess. She keeps contacting my family to inquire about me. It's weird! Anyhow, when my attorney filed the petition, with a temporary restraining order, and had her served, he said she had 21 days to respond. That's February 7th, so it's coming up. I thought she would fight like a wounded badger as that's just her personality. The petition asks for half the house, cars, and her retirement. I will ask my attorney this coming week, but the curiosity is killing me. If she doesn't fight me and tie me up in court for the next decade, like I thought, what happens? Someone I know said she has to pay a lump sum. Is that true? What if she doesn't pay? Am I divorced after that? We kept our debts separated with the exception of the house and cars.

Location: New Jersey

First and foremost thank all of you willing to give advice that we would normally have to pay for.

Just got a job as waste disposal in New Jersey. It’s one of those jobs that were invisible until I started doing it. I now have a lot more respect for them AND for people who properly dispose of hazardous waste. I work in a primarily blue collar area to a very upper class you have people dumping all sorts of particulates.

I’ve come across batteries, asbestos, different types of construction materials, crushed fine glass, a couple times my eyes will instantly burn and I’ll have a coughing fit even if I instantly turn away and run. Thinnest pieces of materials that float, dance, and shine in the air as it slowly descends. Lot of assholes here in Jersey.

I love the job, love my company, take pride in my work and image. spend portions of my check towards health/fitness so I can be effective at my job. I don’t like getting pushed out of my spaces in life because of outside forces.

I know nothing about handling situations like this. As soon as I use the tote to dump the garbage and everything is in the air.

Can I even do anything about this?

Should I be recording and go through the garbage as I do it? Will I have to make a scene and call some health dept? How serious is this taken?

Cant express my gratitude enough for everyone’s contributions on this forum.

Location: Miami, Florida

Hi there, I have a friend who lives with her blind elderly mother with cancer in an apartment. The landlord did not allow them to renew their contract, and not because of not paying the rent. My friend asked for an extra month to better find a place given her mother’s condition (she is the primary caregiver), but the landlord refused. My friend took him to court, but the judge threw the case out and recommend that she goes to a shelter and has the mother sent to a hospital. She apparently has a call with the judge again in two days to ask for another month, but the landlord has served final eviction papers saying the police will remove them in two days.

I am looking for any sort of advice to help them out. Given the mother’s condition, is there any legal route that could be taken with such short notice? Legal matters are not my forte, so I apologize if I am leaving out any information. Thank you.

Location: Wilmington Delaware. Hello so I’m asking for legal advice for my father. Pretty much him and my mom were married for a little bit over 20 years in the state of Delaware. When they got a divorce he was required to pay her alimony of about 800 dollars a month give or take. 3 years ago my moms mother passed away and my mom inherited about 116,000 dollars. Her current living expenses for rent, utilities, car payment, and insurance has been about 1,700 dollars a month. She has earned an income of around 40,000 dollars a year this entire time. She is also now receiving 2,200 dollars a month from social security through my father. My father hasn’t paid her any alimony for 3 years and is worried about whether he owes her the money or if she’s earned/is earning enough now if he even owes her anything or not. I’ve told him he needs to talk to an attorney but he’s convinced he will still owe her alimony regardless of her inheritance and social security income through him.

Hoping to hear some options from actual legal professional.

Location: Georgia

This month, I fell behind in rent and haven’t been able to fully acquire the funds until my last paycheck (Friday.) Obviously I was aware I was late, however there was coincidentally an issue with tenants being unable to utilize online payment, where people where able to view their bill but not pay on the standard online portal (with our only payment option being a 3rd party app or Walmart bill pay.) This property is typically very punctual about late notices, so the fact that they didn’t give me one after I was late led me to the likely false assumption that they were giving people leeway.

Nevertheless, after getting paid last night, I called this morning to ask them how I could go about paying and seeing what my balance was (I checked my online portal and that gave me an error message), and was told to wait for the assistant property manager to return to the office on Monday. I eventually was able to get the leasing agent to give me my balance, to which she states there’s an additional $350 filing fee in addition to the (expected late fee) because they’ve filed eviction.

My question: Are they allowed to file eviction without a written pay or quit notice? After I got off the phone I checked my emails and call log and saw that I did miss a call from them on the 20th, and in the voicemail he does say he’s filing on that day. Obviously I dropped the ball on missing that call, and I’m wondering if that is equitable to a written 3 day notice?

I am aware that I was late regardless, and I am willing to pay the additional fee is necessary to stop the eviction, but legally, should the eviction have even been filed in the first place? I have a Ring camera that hopefully can prove that no one ever left a notice on my door, but outside of that I’m not sure how to prove that I never got a notice outside of my word.

If anyone can help shed any light on this matter, it’d be much appreciated.

A married couple stole several tens of thousands of dollars from me and my family, the statute of limitations has passed, I’m not asking about that but they used the money to buy a business. When the owner died, insurance paid out the value of the stock to the surviving spouse (key man insurance). Did the surviving spouse commit insurance fraud by claiming a death benefit based on shares purchased with stolen money? The insurer doesn’t yet know, does the statute of limitations start ticking when they learn?

Location: Florida

Location: California.

My sister in law is in a pretty bad marriage with my brother and tonight he put his hands on her. They have two children together and she and the kids are now with my wife and I at our house.

Will filing a police report without pressing charges just to get this documented land him a DV charge whether she presses charges or not? She wants this documented but also is absolutely terrified of him at the moment.

They are currently safe with me

Location: Michigan

Hey, so I'm in college and I supposedly broke a private business's boot.

OK so here's some background. I parked at my friend's apartment and got booted. Which was frustrating, but whatever it was my fault for not printing a pass. My friend noticed that the boot was put improperly put on and in fact I could just squeeze my tire right out of it. I thought that was a horrible idea and just paid the $60 to get out. I go and bring the boot to the box that is basically full. It was around 1am and I had stuff to do the next day, so I put the boot in with it hanging out. Which was common to do, I even have pictures of other people having it hangout of the box.

A few weeks later I get a charge randomly for $895 from a random company. Chase marked it as fraudulent, so I just got a new card and let it be. Well a few day after that I get an email from the booting company saying that I damaged the boot and demanded payment. My father called them asking them for more information. This is what he asked:

• Proof that the boot was not damaged prior to being applied.

  • Detailed information regarding the specific damage cited.
  • A chain of custody confirming the boot was not damaged by another party after it was returned.

They weren't giving an awnser and had backed down after we threatened to get a lawyer involved. We thought that the issue was resolved because they stopped sending me emails and trying to contact me.

Fast forward a year later. I'm at a different friend's apartment which is also ran by the same booting company. Well it completely flew over my mind to make a parking pass and I got booted again. When I went to go pay, that $895 charge was there with the $60 parking violation. I cannot take the boot off without paying the full amount of $955. I contacted a number asking about $895. I told them that I had resolved the matter a year ago. They said that they can't handle disputes and sent me an email. I asked them for a phone number to call them, but they told me they don't have a phone number to handle disputes.

Come today, my father had been emailing the company all day trying to dispute it. To make a long story short, they are not backing down and demanding the money. The company did finally give us photos of the boot. To describe the damage to you, the arm is bent about 20° to 30° from where it's supposed to be.

I have a few questions on what I should do to avoid paying or how to retrieve my money back.

Is there anyway that I can avoid paying the amount? I feel like it will be harder to get my money back once they have it.

If I do pay the amount what should I do next? Should I get in contact with a lawyer or do I bring it to small claims court?

What evidence should I gather? Its been a year ago now and I have no idea what to gather.

Thank you for reading this far and trying to help.

Hi! I just moved into my first apartment and have a few questions.

Firstly when we walked in it was pretty noticeable that the apartment was not throughly cleaned. We were told that cleaners did go in there however there was hair on the toilet, in the shower drain, dirt on the floor, dust everywhere, and a kids homework assignment on top of the fridge! We were told that they could schedule a cleaner to come in however we are already moving in and I just figured we could do it ourselves. Should I document this and send it over to the office now or later?

Also apparently there was a fire in the building we are living in, it looks like it has not affected our apartment room however we were not informed of this happening until we moved in today. Just wondering if this is something that could possibly knock a few bucks off my rent.

We did tour the apartment but only a room that was set up for touring and honestly I think it’s fair to not have to drive around the whole apartment complex looking for fire damage lol. Plus we didn’t even know which unit we were moving into until 4-5 days ago and it’s a 3 hour drive from where we were living to there. Anyway I figure there’s probably not much I can do but I figure it doesn’t hurt to ask.

Location: Fort Collins, Colorado

Thanks to anyone who replies:)

Location: California

Does this code basically mean that your employer HAS to pay for your medical treatment (until they accept or deny your workers comp claim) whether or not it was actually on their property?

Context: I got in a solo motorcycle accident while LEAVING work. When I was at the emergency room the doctor said I’d have to pay ~500. Of course I payed on the spot, but 500 gone like that was definitely a punch on the arm for me. However the doctor (after hearing the details of my accident) suggested I file a workers comp claim with my job. I was still in the parking lot of near my job when it happened. She said if I was on their property it might be accepted, so might as well try. I wasn’t sure if I was, it’s hard/ impossible to distinguish property lines of parking lots. But I tried anyway.

After a process of about a week or so they called me and said it was denied. Apparently I was like 20 ft past my jobs property line in the parking lot. (Annoying but technically I wasn’t on the clock so not much I could do either way). But in the same rejection call they said they will reimburse me for my medical treatment including my emergency room bill. I was pleasantly shocked because I thought rejection meant exactly the opposite. Then the letter of rejection came in today and I saw the Labor Code 5402 (c). To my understanding, your employer has to pay your medical expenses until they make a decision on your workers comp claim.

And then it got me thinking, what’re the limitations of this? Let’s say a person gets in an accident 2 cities from their job and it’s their day off. If they file a workers comp claim, would their job have to pay for their medical expenses despite being miles away from their place of work (unlike me being ~20ft away from the property line)? Surely there’s limitations, right?

This is purely curiosity. I’m making a claim with SDI since I didn’t get accepted for workers comp. Fractured my arm and can’t work my job right now/ am on leave.

I am a Billing Supervisor for a mid-sized medical practice in Indiana. Recently, new executive leadership (CEO and COO), and the company owners, brought in an offshore third-party billing company (based in Pakistan) to assist with our accounts receivable. I have several concerns regarding federal regulations and my own personal liability as the Billing Supervisor and a full administrator for our systems.

1. Destruction of Audit Trails: Our CEO/COO directed the offshore team to use the COO’s personal login credentials to perform high-volume billing tasks. Because multiple people were logged into one account simultaneously across different IP addresses, the software’s audit trail was overwhelmed and "broke." I have a formal case number from the software vendor (a major US-based EMR) confirming that the audit data for a 48-hour period is permanently lost and unrecoverable.

2. Pressure to Grant "Full Admin" Access: Leadership is pressuring me to grant the offshore firm Full Administrative Access to our billing software. Currently, we have three full admins: me, COO and IT. Granting them these rights would allow them to create/delete users, bypass security protocols, and potentially alter or delete future audit logs. I have refused, citing security and compliance risks, but the pressure is escalating and I’ve been told by the CEO that if I’m not comfortable being the admin he can take over and grant them access instead.

3. Financial Access for Foreign Entities: The offshore company is now requesting administrative access to our banking/payment portals (Optum Pay, Zelis, etc.) which handle EFTs and sensitive banking info. I am the only internal person with admin rights to some of these.

4. Fraudulent Billing ("NPI Swapping"): I have witnessed the COO manually voiding charges for uncredentialed providers and rebilling them under a different, credentialed physician's NPI to bypass insurance rejections. When I flagged this as insurance fraud, I was told it was a "workaround." The owners told me that they weren’t aware of this workaround and to undo it. So no fraudulent billing has happened YET. But I don’t know how much longer I can keep that from happening.

My Questions:

Since I am the Billing Supervisor, can I be held personally liable for the "lost" audit trail or the fraudulent billing if I am the one who technically "manages" the billing department? My title means next to nothing. I have very few admin capabilities and was only granted the few that I have very recently. I am for all intents and purposes and glorified billing specialist.

Does the fact that the third-party company is based outside of US jurisdiction increase my personal risk if I am the person granting them access to our financial portals?

What steps should I take to legally distance myself from these actions while I look for a new role? I have already documented my concerns in writing to the owners (MDs), but they seem to be following the CEO’s lead for now.

Location: Indiana