United States ex rel. Kolchinsky v. Moody's Corp.

OPINION & ORDER

WILLIAM H. PAULEY III, District Judge:

Ilya Eric Kolchinsky brings this action on behalf of the United States of America against Moody’s Corporation and Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (collectively, “Moody’s”) and various John Does under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq. *553Kolchinsky, a former Managing Director of Moody’s, alleges that he attempted to criticize inaccurate credit rating practices at the company in 2009 and was constructively discharged after protesting against a practice of' issuing false credit ratings.1 (See Second…