Whistleblower News From The Inside — June 10, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

U.S. joins whistleblower lawsuit against Valeant’s Salix unit — The government has joined a whistleblower lawsuit accusing the Salix unit of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International of paying illegal kickbacks to doctors to induce them to prescribe its products and submitting false claims for the products to Medicaid and Medicare.  Reuters

Whistleblower gets $17M in second-biggest SEC award —  “The information and assistance provided by this whistleblower enabled our enforcement staff to conserve time and resources and gather strong evidence supporting our case.”  Bloomberg

U.S. rear admiral pleads guilty in ‘Fat Leonard’ navy bribery and fraud case –– U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Robert Gilbeau pleaded guilty to a felony charge of lying to federal investigators about his extensive relationship with a foreign defense contractor who’s at the heart of a sweeping bribery and fraud scandal.    NPR

Consultant to Chinese private equity firms settles insider trading charges — The SEC alleges that Guolin Ma traded on confidential information he obtained while advising two private equity firms as they pursued a buyout of Silicon Valley-based OmniVision Technologies, a maker of optical semiconductor devices.  SEC

Spain: final arguments in Princess Cristina’s fraud trial — Closing arguments have started in the tax-fraud trial of Spain’s Princess Cristina, her husband and 15 others, relating to an alleged scheme that embezzled millions from public contracts for conferences and sporting events.  ABC