Whistleblower News from the Inside - June 3, 2014
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Former Arthrocare top dogs guilty of $400M securities fraud scheme — A jury has found that the medical device company’s former CEO and CFO masterminded a scheme to cook the company’s books at the tune of over $400M in shareholder losses. DOJ
Whistleblower to testify on Australia’s World Cup bid — A key whistleblower has been flown to New York to testify to international soccer’s top corruption investigator about Australia’s controversial bidding strategy for the scandal-plagued 2022 World Cup. Sydney Morning Herald
Quality Egg to pay fine for selling tainted eggs — The company, which had been one of the nation’s largest egg producers, has agreed to pay $6.8M in fines for selling old eggs with false labels and the tainted products that caused a nationwide salmonella outbreak in 2010. NYT
New whistleblower website ExposeFacts.org set to launch — Former whistleblowers along with the Institute for Public Accuracy will unveil a new whistleblower support organization and secure website that “aims to shed light on concealed activities that are relevant to human rights, corporate malfeasance, the environment, civil liberties and war.” Peace News
French officials raise concerns over BNP Paribas plea deal — French officials campaign US authorities to retract their demand that BNP Paribas enter a guilty plea for allegedly doing business with companies blacklisted by the US, saying a guilty plea may force the bank to suspend a core business operation in New York. Dealbook
Oliver Stone bringing whistleblower Edward Snowden to the Big Screen — The director of such acclaimed films as “Platoon” and “JFK” announced he will be directing a movie about Snowden’s experience. The Guardian