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Whistleblower News from the Inside -- July 8, 2015

Posted  July 8, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Ninth Circuit makes whistleblowing easier –The Court of Appeals threw out decades-old precedent and eased the requirements on when a whistleblower can be considered an original source under the False Claims Act.  The Recorder

Executive Director of home health agency to pay $1 million — Vicki House, former top executive at Kentucky’s Nurses’ Registry and Home Health Corporation agreed to settle charges that she violated the Stark law by providing unlawful compensation to physicians; other defendants remain in the case and face charges of violating the False Claims Act.  Kentucky’s United States Attorney’s Office

Minnesota receives new weapons in fight against child care fraud — The state’s Department of Human Services has gained new powers to find and prosecute fraud in its $226 million program designed to help lower-income families.  Minneapolis Star Tribune

Chicana outreach group’s executives charged with multi-million dollar fraud scheme — Three executives of Chicana Service Action Center, a group dedicated to helping the less fortunate in southern California, have been charged with embezzling $8.5 million from the tax-supported nonprofit organization.  Los Angeles Times

Broken-windows policing on Wall Street? — Should broken-windows policing – the New York City initiative that went after even the smallest infractions to bring down violent crime – be brought to Wall Street?  The Atlantic