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Whistleblower News From The Inside - January 28, 2015

Posted  January 28, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

 The Fraud of the “Student-Athlete” Claim — “That rhetoric sounds nice, but the NCAA has historically stood in the way of reform by perpetuating the myth that being a ‘student’ is always compatible with being an ‘athlete.’”  NYT

 5 things America’s top whistleblower site is doing right (and wrong) — A 5-point analysis of the Whistleblower Protection Programs page of the US Department of Labor.  Forbes

Kentucky ambulance company settles whistleblower suit for roughly $1M — Lafferty Enterprises (d/b/a Trans-Star Ambulance Services) was charged with violating the False Claims Act by transporting “Medicare patients to and from dialysis clinics by ambulance, when an ambulance transport was not medically necessary.”  Kentucky.com

Sacramento defense contractor to pay $2M to settle allegations False Claims Act allegations — Composite Engineering Inc., a subsidiary of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc.), was charged with submitting inflated costs in connection with a 2007 Air Force contract.  CVBT

Green Bag Co. settles whistleblower suit on underpaid customs duties — The importer of designer bags paid $500,000 to settle charges of underreporting the cost of goods it imported from China in order to pay correspondingly low customs duties in violation of the False Claims Act.  PR Rocket

Former teammate willing to cooperate in whistleblower suit against Armstrong — Frankie Andreu says he will cooperate fully if he is subpoenaed in the False Claims Act case against Armstrong and his US Postal Service team associates.  Cycling News