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Whistleblower News from the Inside -- June 29, 2015

Posted  June 29, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Call for urgent UK government review of Compass Group whistleblower case — Two prominent whistleblower advocacy groups are calling on the UK Home Secretary to conduct an urgent review of how a whistleblower’s allegations of corruption at Compass Group are being investigated, claiming UK prosecutors only became interested in the case after prompting by the FBI.  Guardian

Personal data vulnerable when companies are sold — A New York Times analysis found 85 of the top 100 websites have privacy policies that allow the transfer of users’ personal information with a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy or asset sale.  NYT

Texas medical fraud case screams for tighter auditing by feds — “Members of Congress . . . should be demanding to know how such abuse occurred and why government auditors didn’t introduce safeguards to prevent it.”  Dallas Morning News

School food vendor at center of fraud lawsuit poised for new contract — Weeks after DC public school food vendor Chartwells and Thompson Hospitality agreed to pay $19 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit, the D.C. Council appears poised to approve a $32 million contract with them to continue providing food services to schools next year.  Washington Post

SEC charges investment firm KKR with misallocation of funds — The SEC charged global investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. with misallocating more than $17 million in so-called “broken deal” expenses to its flagship private equity funds in breach of its fiduciary duty.   SEC

Police arrest 130 in airline ticket fraud — International law enforcers, including Interpol, Ameripol, and US and Canadian authorities, have arrested 130 suspects in connection with cyber fraud at 140 airports around the world for fraudulent online purchases of airline tickets using stolen credit card data, resulting in over $1b in losses to the airline industry.  Computer Weekly