Whistleblower News From The Inside — August 17, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Red Cross exposed for seeking quiet end to government inquiry — In the midst of an active GAO inquiry into disaster-relief mismanagement, the Red Cross, having previously touted transparency and accountability, seeks to end the investigation quietly in a private letter to ranking member of House Committee on Homeland Security.    NPR

Two years in jail for doctor in multi-million dollar health care fraud scheme — A former medical director of a Brooklyn, New York medical clinic is sentenced to two years in prison for his part in a $13 million health care fraud scheme in which medical services were not in fact provided or supervised by a doctor.    DOJ

Short-sale specialist sentenced to 5 years in prison for mortgage and tax fraud scheme  — A scheme involving deceptive practices to secure lender approvals, fraudulent HUD-1 settlement statements, and fictitious financial instruments.    DOJ

Snowden documents reveal that long standing relationship between NSA and AT&T enhanced internet spying — “The New York Times and ProPublica report that the National Security Agency’s ability to spy on Internet traffic “has relied on its extraordinary, decades long partnership” with AT&T, according to documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.”    NPR, ProPublica

Extraordinarily-high Medicare dollars for nursing home rehabilitation services –attractive lure for fraudsters — “How Medicare Rewards Copious Nursing-Home Therapy.  Medicare pays top dollar for patients in heavy rehab; the pivotal 720-minute mark.”    The Wall Street Journal