Whistleblower News From The Inside — January 15, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

SEC awards whistleblower more than $700,000 for detailed analysis — The SEC today announced a whistleblower award of more than $700,000 to a company outsider who conducted a detailed analysis that led to a successful SEC enforcement action.  SEC

WADA knew about Russian doping for years —  Whistleblower says the World Anti-Doping Agency was aware of systematic doping in Russia for years but did nothing until a documentary jolted the agency into action.  Reuters

Goldman Sachs to pay $5B to settle financial-crisis claims — Goldman Sachs will pay $5 billion to resolve state and federal investigations into its handling of mortgage-backed securities in the years leading up to the 2008 financial crisis.  NPR

Health care clinic consultant and biller plead guilty to $63M fraud scheme – A former health care clinic consultant and Medicare biller pleaded guilty in connection with a $63 million scheme involving a defunct Miami-area health care provider where defendants directed the payment of kickbacks to patient brokers in exchange for referrals.    DOJ

Part of whistleblower suit against Lance Armstrong thrown out — Lance Armstrong and his associates won a significant legal victory when a US District judge ruled that Floyd Landis cannot pursue his claim that the sponsorship deal between United States Postal Service and Tailwind Sports defrauded the US government.  Cycling Weekly

State Street settles Pay-to-Charge for $12M — State Street’s banking unit will pay $12 million to settle SEC charges that an executive and an outside lobbyist operated a pay-to-play scheme to win the firm contracts from Ohio pension funds.  Dealbook