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Whistleblower News from the Inside - May 30, 2014

Posted  May 30, 2014

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Judicial Watch sues DOJ on behalf of Fast and Furious whistleblower — The government watchdog group has filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the DOJ on behalf of Operation Fast and Furious whistleblower John Dodson after his own FOIA requests were ignored.  Town Hall

Medtronic settles whistleblower qui tam suit for $9.9M — The medical device maker and the DOJ have agreed to settle False Claims Act charges that the company paid doctors to use its defibrillators and pacemakers; the whistleblower, Adolfo Schroeder, will receive a $1.7M award.  ABC News

“The VA Scandal is Really About Whistleblowers” — The Atlantic’s piece on how the despicable scandals in our veterans’ hospitals are a result of the lack of whistleblower protections and an Obama administration bent on punishing whistleblowers.  The Atlantic

William Cohan interviews three Wall Street whistleblowers — “The personal price of exposing financial wrongdoing can be devastating.”  Financial Times

DOJ probing banks and payment processors for fraud — DOJ’s investigation, “Operation Choke Point,” looks into at least 15 banks and payment processors as part of a wide-ranging consumer fraud investigation. Reuters

NSA and Snowden dispute released email — NSA releases a 2013 email purporting to show that Snowden did not report internally, but Snowden says that the release is “tailored and incomplete.”    Reuters