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Whistleblower News from the Inside — July 6, 2015

Posted  July 6, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Women’s World Cup offers hope amid FIFA crisis After their 5-2 victory over Japan, the trophy to the United States team was presented by FIFA vice-president Issa Hayatou.  Normally that task falls to embattled FIFA president Sepp Blatter, but he opted not to travel to North America following corruption investigations by U.S. and Swiss authorities.  Yahoo News

Former Attorney General Holder defends record regarding bank penalties – In an interview with the Financial Times, Holder insisted that prosecutors had been right to level “record-setting penalties” against institutions rather than “trying to make examples of people,” saying that “People tend to undervalue what we did with the banks. . . .  Given the nature of the penalties that were extracted, given the interactions that we had with people at the banks, with those attorneys who represented the banks, I think the cultures have changed.”    Financial Times

Doctor with hundreds of fraud victims faces sentencing – The sentencing hearing for a Michigan doctor who forced hundreds of patients to go through unnecessary chemotherapy began on Monday, with the government seeking 175 years imprisonment for Farid Fata on charges including fraud.  U.S. District Judge Paul Borman will be hearing from experts and former patients about the extent of Fata’s scheme to reap millions of dollars from Medicare and other health programs.  Nearly three dozen ex-patients and family members, many dressed in black, chartered a bus to attend the hearing, which could last days.  Washington Times

Railroad Safety Whistleblower Awarded $1.25M In Retaliation Case – A railroad whistleblower has been awarded $1.25 million by a federal jury in Tacoma after a six-day trial in which the former union and safety official proved he was targeted and terminated on a pretext in 2011 after reporting dozens of safety violations to federal authorities.  Columbian

Brazil probes currency market activity of 15 global banks – Fifteen of the world’s largest banks are under investigation by Brazil’s antitrust watchdog, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (“CADE”), on suspicion of rigging the Brazilian currency.  According to CADE, traders who described themselves as “The Cartel” or “The Mafia” used online chat rooms to fix their positions ahead of market trades. Reuters