Whistleblower News From The Inside - February 17, 2015
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Lance Armstrong loses $10M arbitration ruling — Citing “an unparalleled pageant of international perjury, fraud and conspiracy,” an arbitration panel orders Lance Armstrong and former team owner Tailwind Sports Corp. to pay $10 million to Dallas-based SCA Promotions. ESPN
Hurricane Sandy victims claim damages reports were altered to minimize insurance payouts — NY Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has begun a criminal inquiry, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which ultimately pays out the claims through the National Flood Insurance Program, is also conducting an inquiry. NYT
Mysterious death of Liberian whistleblower being investigated — Counselor Michael Allison, former consultant to the National Oil Company of Liberia and reportedly involved in the ongoing investigation of the speaker of the Liberian House of Representatives, was found dead on a Monrovia beach Friday morning. Voice of America
Manhattan US Attorney sees corruption “all over” New York — Three weeks after charging NY State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in a bribe and kickback scheme and after putting 6 other downstate legislators in prison, Preet Bharara says corruption is appallingly common throughout NY State. Buffalo News
Obama’s US Attorney pick Loretta Lynch accused of ignoring HSBC whistleblower — John Cruz, the whistleblower who exposed HSBC’s money-laundering of drug and terrorist funds, says “nobody from the U.S. attorney’s office in New York ever contacted me, despite numerous attempts that I made to get the documentation I had…to federal prosecutors. WND
Senator McCain demands VA Secretary deal with whistleblower retaliation – “We continue to hear stories of retaliation against whistleblowers and if we don’t get satisfactory answers we are going to have to take legislative action.” KJZZ