Whistleblower News From The Inside — July 23, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

 The Balkans’ new zeal for protecting whistleblowers — “Balkan countries vying to join the EU have passed, or are in the middle of passing, better whistleblower protection laws than most EU member states have.”  DW

 Pentagon and CIA ordered re-investigate whistleblower retaliation cases — “The action by the intelligence community inspector general is the first public indication that a new intelligence appeals system is underway.”  Miami Herald

Court slaps DOJ for minimizing False Claims Act whistleblower contribution — “A federal judge in Philadelphia has taken DOJ to task for minimizing a whistleblower’s contribution in a False Claims Act case that resulted in a $192 million settlement with Endo Pharmaceuticals and ended over a decade’s worth of fraud that ripped off Medicare and Medicaid for over $700 million dollars.”  Corporate Crime Reporter

Citigroup’s Banamex unit to close after $140 million fine for money laundering — The penalties include $100M by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and $40M by California regulators, the largest penalty ever levied against a bank by the California Department of Business Oversight.  LA Times

 Drug companies called on to explain soaring costs — “So-called pharmaceutical cost transparency bills have been introduced in at least six state legislatures in the last year, aiming to make drug companies justify their prices, which are often attributed to high research and development costs.”  NY Times

Whistleblower says Red Hill leak may be closer to 40,000 gallons — A former fuel systems analyst who worked at the Navy’s Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility for nearly 40 years has come forward with documentation that shows the release of jet fuel may be much higher than originally reported.  KITV