Whistleblower News From The Inside — May 6, 2015
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Judge orders UN to lift suspension of whistleblower who leaked sexual abuse report — Anders Kompass, the director of field operations for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, disclosed to French prosecutors an internal UN report on the alleged sexual abuse of children by French troops in Central African Republic. Guardian
Los Angeles sues Wells Fargo over alleged fraud — The city claims Wells Fargo employees misused confidential customer information and opened accounts and issued credit cards without customers’ authorization. ABC
Memorial Health to settle False Claims Act charges — The government claims the Georgia hospital submitted false claims for Medicare reimbursement based on prohibited referrals by financially connected physicians. Savannahnow
Rash of scandals forces Mexico to change tack on corruption — “A series of conflict of interest scandals involving houses bought by the president, his wife and his finance minister from prominent contractors showered with lucrative official contracts has brought matters to a head.” Financial Times
New York judge allows key elements of police whistleblower’s suit to proceed to trial — NYPD officer Adrian Schoolcraft claims he was wrongfully thrown in a hospital psych ward by supervisors “worried he was going to sound the alarm about an arrest quota system.” Daily News
Vermont lawmakers considering how to strengthen state’s whistleblower protection laws — A survey of the Vermont State Employees Association “found that many state employees fear retaliation if they expose government corruption or waste, and less than half of respondents were aware of Vermont’s whistleblower protection laws.” Burlington Free Press