Whistleblower News From The Inside — January 28, 2016
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Whistleblower assists in prosecution of FIFA’s Sepp Blatter- a whistleblower has provided evidence to Swiss authorities conducting the prosecution. The Attorney General’s office said formal charges may be brought by the end of the year. Washington Times
VW chief casts doubt on whistleblower’s account of emissions scandal – Volkswagen Chief Executive Matthias Mueller has cast doubt on a report which last week said many managers at the German carmaker knew of, or were involved in, developing emissions test-rigging devices. Reuters
Senate Subcommittee Examines Migrant Children Abuse – A Senate subcommittee investigating a whistleblower’s claim that HHS placed unaccompanied alien children with 3,400 adult sponsors with criminal histories including homicide, child molestation, sexual assault, and human trafficking, will hold a hearing Thursday to examine weaknesses in the agency’s placement program. ABC News
Alaska Governor proposes new legislation aimed at Medicaid fraud – The new bill would set up penalties for false claims and reward citizens who bring cases to Attorney General’s attention with a portion of the recovered proceeds. Fairbanks News Miner
Alberta’s public interest commissioner wants whistleblower legislation expanded – Public interest commissioner Peter Hourihan proposed amending the province’s whistleblower legislation to allow investigation in the absence of complaint, cover entities contracted by the government, and more clearly define wrongdoing to include serious cases of bullying or harassment. Edmonton Journal
Wounded Warrior Project whistleblower reveals poor allocation of funds – A whistleblower alleges the Wounded Warrior project spends about 60% of donations on veterans, as opposed to over 90% spent by other veteran charities; the charity claims over 80% of donations were spent directly on veterans. The Florida Times-Union