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Whistleblower News From The Inside — July 20, 2016

Posted  July 20, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Justice Department files to seize $1 billion in assets allegedly stolen from Malaysian investment fund – The government believes the assets, including a $35 million jet, royalty rights to the movie “The Wolf of Wall Street,” and art by Van Gogh and Monet, were purchased with money embezzled from the 1Malaysia Development Berhad fund by Malaysian officials and their associates.  Los Angeles Times

Government sues DynCorp International for False Claims Act violations – The lawsuit alleges that the company defrauded millions from the State Department by submitting inflated claims for payment on a contract it had to train Iraqi police forces.  Corporate Crime Reporter

Internet provider hit with $40 million whistleblower lawsuit – Citynet, a West Virginia internet provider, alleges that Frontier Communications used $40.5 million in federal stimulus funds to build a high-speed broadband network to block competition.  Charleston Gazette-Mail

Registered nurse convicted in $8 million home-healthcare fraud conspiracy – A jury convicted Ann Anyanwu of participating in a scheme to bill Medicare for services that were not provided while falsifying records to make it appear that they had been.  DOJ

HSBC’s global head of foreign exchange trading charged with front running – Mark Johnson was arrested at JFK airport on charges that he conspired with HSBC’s Forex head for Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Stuart Scott, to defraud a client by trading ahead of that client on confidential information they received from the client.  USAO – EDNY