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Question of the Week -- Can Authorities Stop the Mob from Laundering Money Through Online Gambling Sites?

Posted  05/30/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team The Italian mafia has entered the 21st century. According to multiple news accounts and criminal investigations, many of the major Italian mafia families are using online gambling websites-both real and fake-to launder their ill-gotten proceeds. Favoring online sites set up in Malta hidden behind layers of shell companies, Mafiosos have been running betting websites that allow...

Constantine Cannon Partner Mary Inman To Speak On The Rise Of UK And EU Whistleblowers

Posted  05/29/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Mary Inman, a partner in Constantine Cannon’s London office, will be presenting on behalf of the Institute of Business Ethics on June 14th about the rise in UK and EU whistleblowers making submissions under the American and Canadian whistleblower reward programs. There is currently much debate in the EU about rewarding those who speak up.  On the one hand, some believe that...

Barclays CEO fined over whistleblower retaliation; Constantine Cannon partner weighs in

Posted  05/14/18
Jes Staley, the CEO of the world’s 15th largest bank, has been fined over £640k by Britain’s financial regulators for trying to uncover the identity of an anonymous whistleblower. The fine represents under 15% of Staley’s 2016 compensation. The bank also retroactively decreased Staley’s 2016 bonus by £500k. The total £1.14M represents about a quarter of Staley’s 2016 compensation. Additionally, regulators...

Panasonic to Pay $280M To Settle FCPA Foreign Bribery Charges

Posted  05/1/18
California-based Panasonic Avionics Corporation (PAC), a subsidiary of Japan-based electronics giant Panasonic Corporation, agreed to pay a $137.4 million criminal penalty to settle claims it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).  In a related settlement with the SEC, Panasonic agreed to pay $143 million for a total company payout of roughly $280 million.  PAC designs and distributes in-flight...

British Whistleblowers can Make “Millions” under US Laws if they “Shop” UK Companies, American Lawyers Say

Posted  04/30/18
The Telegraph reported this weekend on Andrew Patrick, the first British whistleblower to expose a UK company for evading U.S. import duties and only the second British whistleblower to receive an award under the False Claims Act. Mr. Patrick brought a qui tam lawsuit in 2016 against Pure Collection Ltd (“Pure”). The U.S. government intervened in the lawsuit and it ultimately resulted in a settlement of over...

Constantine Cannon Partner Mary Inman Discusses UK Enforcement Action Against Barclays CEO Jes Staley

Posted  04/20/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Two UK regulators, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority, have concluded their investigation into Barclays CEO Jes Staley's actions and have told him to pay a "financial penalty" as punishment.  Staley reportedly tried to hunt down an internal whistleblower that raised concerns about the recruitment of Tim Main as head of the bank’s...

Ex-HSBC Whistleblower Released From Custody as EU Campaigns for Stronger Whistleblower Protections

Posted  04/9/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Law360 reports on a former HSBC employee wanted by Switzerland for allegedly leaking information about important clients to tax authorities who was released from custody in Spain. Herve Falciani was arrested last week by Spanish police on an international arrest warrant. Falciani had been sentenced to five years in prison by a Swiss court who tried him in absentia for industrial...

Norwegian Non-Profit Settles FCA Suit Related to Terrorism Financing

Posted  04/5/18
Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA), a non-profit, non-governmental organization that receives funding from the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has settled an FCA suit for over $2M. According to the allegations, NPA provided material support to Iran, Hamas, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), and the Democratic Front of the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), contrary to USAID’s...

Kinross Gold Settles FCPA Charges

Posted  03/27/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Canadian gold mining company Kinross Gold Corporation agreed to pay $950,000 to settle SEC charges of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) arising from the company’s repeated failure to implement adequate accounting controls of two African subsidiaries the company acquired in 2010.  See SEC Press Release and related SEC Order. According to the SEC, Kinross Gold...

Greek Parliament Opens Investigation into Pharmaceutical Bribery

Posted  02/22/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team After twenty hours of debate, the Greek Parliament has approved the creation of a committee to investigate accusations that Novartis, a Swiss pharmaceutical company, bribed at least ten high-level politicians. The investigation will now hold separate and secret votes on whether each of the ten involved politicians should be investigated. The list of politicians includes two...
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