Whistleblower News from the Inside - August 1, 2014

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Hewlett-Packard settles False Claims Act allegations for $32.5M — The government charged the company with overcharging the U.S. Postal Service for almost a decade.  DOJ

SEC whistleblower receives $400K for tip — But perhaps the bigger story is the SEC could have denied the whistleblower any money but waived a requirement in order to award the bounty. WSJ

Report says UK whistleblowers treated badly — The Commons Public Accounts Committee calls for better protections for whistleblowers after reporting that the treatment of public employee whistleblowers is “shocking” and that they are often subjected to bullying and harassment.  BBC

WTC contractor charged with fraud – Larry Davis, the owner of DCM Erectors, the steel company that won more than $1B in construction contracts at the World Trade Center site, is charged with fraud after allegedly cheating on official requirements to use minority workers on the project.  ABC

Whistleblower alerts major defense contractor to accounting fraud – An employee complaint exposed accounting misconduct at L-3 Communications Holdings prompting the aerospace and defense supplier to fire four people, revise two years of earnings statements and cut its earnings forecast.  Chicago Tribune

Beware of MoneyPak fraud — The schemes that use the prepaid money card involve fraudsters posing as bill collectors, bail bondsmen, government officials or sales agents in emails, online ads or phone calls.  NYT