Whistleblower News From The Inside — May 10, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Corruption can no longer be dismissed as a developing world problem — “Until the UK stops encouraging, advising and facilitating guilty men and women looking to stow their shady cash offshore, corruption will continue to flourish.”  Guardian

 GAO Audit: Feds fail to rein in Medicare Advantage overbilling — “Private Medicare Advantage plans treating the elderly have overbilled the government by billions of dollars, but rarely been forced to repay the money or face other consequences for their actions, according to a congressional audit released Monday.”  NPR

Facebook defends claims of political bias — “The claims come weeks after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg publicly denounced the policies of likely US presidential nominee, Donald Trump.”  BBC

 Whistleblower lawsuit filed against Flint mayor over water crisis donations — A former Flint city administrator claims she was fired when she reported Mayor Karen Weaver may be redirecting for her own political gain some of the money sent to help families impacted by the water crisis.  Fox

 CA oncologist to pay $300,000 to settle False Claims Act charges — Dr. John F. Kiraly and his wife, who served as his office administrator, allegedly billed Medicare for certain chemotherapy drugs purchased from an unlicensed foreign pharmaceutical distributor.  DOJ (EDCA)

Owner of bodybuilding drug companies sentenced for selling misbranded drugs — Gavin Burns Smith, former owner of Florida-based Precision Peptides and DNA Peptides was sentenced to 6 months home confinement and to forfeit roughly $2 million for selling non-approved peptides to bodybuilders.  DOJ (MD)