Whistleblower News From The Inside — February 5, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Wells Fargo to pay $1.2b to settle whistleblower mortgage suit  —  Wells Fargo & Co. said it would pay $1.2 billion to settle a long running mortgage-lending whistleblower suit accusing the bank of “reckless origination and underwriting” of government-backed loans. WSJ

Dismissed NHS whistleblower receives £1.22m in damages —  Cardiologist Raj Mattu claimed he had been vilified and bullied and subjected to a 12-year “witch-hunt” after making the claims at Walsgrave hospital in Coventry in 2001.  The Guardian

Moody’s defeats lawsuit by ratings whistleblower — Moody’s Investors Service won the dismissal of a former managing director’s whistleblower lawsuit accusing it of defrauding the U.S. government by failing to downgrade hundreds of thousands of credit ratings quickly enough, fueling the 2008 financial crisis. Reuters

Whistleblower John Kiriakou speaks in Colorado —  Former CIA agent and whistleblower John Kiriakou in Boulder to talk about how the government silences dissent.  Boulder Weekly

DOJ files criminal charges against bank Julius Baer of Switzerland — Julius Baer is charged with conspiring with many of its U.S. taxpayer-clients and others to help U.S. taxpayers hide billions of dollars in offshore accounts and must pay $547 million to settle charges.  DOJ

60 Minutes reflects on its most famous whistleblower — Twenty years after its interview with Big Tobacco insider Jeffrey Wigand almost didn’t air, 60 Minutes reflects on an important moment in journalism, calling it “probably the most important story that was ever reported by 60 Minutes.”  CBS News