Whistleblower News from the Inside - November 12, 2014

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Regulators hit five banks with $3.4 billion penalty – The fines, levied against UBS, HSBC, Citigroup, Royal Bank of Scotland, and JP Morgan, are for manipulation of the foreign exchange market.  Reuters

22,000 dental patients in U.K. health scare —  The patients have been urged to check for HIV and hepatitis infections after a whistleblower raised alarms that a dentist was using shoddy infection controls.  The Guardian

USAID watchdog called “inaccurate and misleading” – Senator Coburn is questioning the answers the agency’s deputy inspector general gave during an investigation of claims that the IG’s office improperly altered and removed negative findings from audit reports.  Washington Post

eBay bans whistleblower – A consumer watchdog was banned from the company’s website after the whistleblower tried to warn consumers of hundreds of counterfeit products found on the website.  Business Insider