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Whistleblower News From The Inside — April 5, 2016

Posted  April 5, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

CFTC pays out first major whistleblower award — The agency announced an award of more than $10 million to a whistleblower who provided key original information that led to a successful enforcement action for violations of the Commodity Exchange Act.  It is the third but by far the largest award to date.  CFTC

Whistleblower site decries Emirates Airline — “Speaking on condition of anonymity, the administrator of donotflyemirates.wordpress.com, which collects the accounts of Emirates Airline pilots and publishes their stories online, stressed that the company creates ‘a culture of fear,’ where workers feel unprotected, targeted and trapped.”  RT

U.S. moves to thwart use of foreign inversions as tax dodge — “The new rules, announced in conjunction with the IRS, take particular aim at foreign companies that have completed multiple deals with American companies in a short period, what the regulator calls ‘serial inverters.'”  NYT

Court approves $20B settlement in BP oil spill — “The settlement, first announced in July, includes $5.5 billion in civil Clean Water Act penalties and billions more to cover environmental damage and other claims by the five Gulf states and local governments.”  NBC

SeaWorld manager accused of embezzling $750,000 — Former SeaWorld San Diego manager Wilfred David Joseph Jobin-Reyes is charged with creating fake invoices from a fictitious company, then using his management position to approve their payment.  DOJ (SDCA)

SEC charges four in fraudulent “free dinner” scheme — The SEC alleges the four individuals lied about the track record of their investment advisory firm and misled seniors with fraudulent marketing materials who responded to their mass-mailing offer of a free dinner at a Tampa restaurant.  SEC