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Whistleblower News From The Inside — May 11, 2016

Posted  May 11, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Crooks, terrorists, tax evaders: Can new shell company rule stop them? – Critics say a new U.S. Treasury Department effort to identify and go after money launderers, tax evaders, and terrorists by cracking open the shell companies they use to hide cash flows is easily evaded. Reuters

David Cameron calls Nigeria and Afghanistan “fantastically corrupt” – The day before leaders and representatives from more than 40 countries arrived in London for a global anti-corruption summit, the host, British PM David Cameron, was recorded making candid comments about participants in a chat with the Queen. BBC

Former Arizona Medicaid official sentenced to 10 years in prison – Former Arizona Medicaid official Michael Veit was sentenced to ten years in prison for his participation in a scheme in which payments submitted in the name of an agency vendor ended up in the hands of the procurement officer; the fraud totaled $5.8 million. Albuquerque Journal

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden featured on techno song – Edward Snowden and iconic French electronic dance music producer Jean-Michel Jarre collaborated on “Exit,” a newly released EDM track about data privacy. CBC

Two Luxembourg Whistleblowers face 18 months in prison – Prosecutors argue that two former PricewaterhouseCoopers employees who leaked papers showing that Luxembourg offered huge tax breaks to international firms violated confidentiality agreements and engaged in theft. BBC

Israel brings fresh charges against nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu – More than a decade after he completed an 18-year jail term, Israeli prosecutors charged nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu with violating the terms of his release; they allege in part that Vanunu met two US nationals in Jerusalem in 2013. The Guardian