Whistleblower News from the Inside - March 14, 2014

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

The perils of whistleblowing – Live interview with whistleblowers Jesselyn Radack and Thomas Drake and author Edward Lucas on Edward Snowden and “whether reforms may follow the outrage.”  Economist

Is mortgage fraud the “lowest priority” for the DOJ? – A new OIG report says the DOJ and FBI have not been diligent in pursuing mortgage fraud and have closed hundreds of cases after little or no investigation.  NYT

Whistleblowers are the Moby Dick of the corporate world? –  WSJ reports that companies only have 1 whistleblower tip per 100 employees and few involve fraud.  WSJ

Whistleblower coalition applauds committee vote to extent whistleblower rights – The Make It Safe Coalition of more than 50 NGOs supporting whistleblower rights applauds House Oversight Committee vote to extend for 3 years the “all circuit review” provision of Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act.  GAP

President of champion soccer club sentenced for tax fraud — Uli Hoeness, leader of dominant soccer club Bayern Munich, was sentenced to three and a half years for admitting to hiding 27 million Euros in Swiss bank accounts in order to evade taxes.  ABC

GM under pressure for failure to report problem resulting in 300 deaths – New report suggests GM knew of problem much earlier than the February 2014 recall on faulty cars.  Reuters