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SEC Report Shows a Significant Number of Tips Coming From UK Whistleblowers

The 2016 Annual Report to Congress on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program shows a growing number of international whistleblowers are taking advantage of the SEC's award program. In 2016 alone, the Commission received submissions from individuals in 67 foreign countries.  After the United States, the SEC received the highest number of whistleblower tips from the UK and Canada. OWB Annual Report 2016

Five Individuals Charged in Rolls-Royce Foreign Bribery Scheme

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Charges were unsealed yesterday against three former Rolls-Royce employees and two other individual for their alleged participation in a scheme to bribe foreign officials to benefit a U.S.-based Rolls-Royce subsidiary, including to win work on a new gas pipeline. According to the unsealed indictment, the three Rolls-Royce employees along with an employee at a consulting firm...

British Banking Whistleblowers in the Cross-Hairs

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team According to an article in today's New York Times, British banking whistleblowers "are being gagged and risk ending up broke and unemployed" despite whistleblower protections created since the financial crisis. For this reason, there is some movement in England to expand these protections to include an American-styled whistleblower rewards system to address the financial hardships...

Russian Court Orders Arrest of Doping Whistleblower Who Fled

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team A Russian court has ruled that a former top sports official who blew the whistle on doping violations will be arrested if he ever sets foot back in his native land. The ruling against Grigory Rodchenkov was made in absentia last week and not revealed until Thursday, when it was reported by several Russian news agencies. He had been accused of “abuse of official powers” which...

DOJ Catch of the Week -- Telia

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to Stockholm-based Telia Company AB and its Uzbek subsidiary Coscom LLC.  Yesterday, the international telecommunications company agreed to pay $965 million to resolve charges of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) arising out of a scheme to pay bribes in Uzbekistan.  According to the government, it is...

Australian Parliamentary Inquiry Report Urges Rewarding Whistleblowers and Creating New Whistleblower Protections

The Australian Joint Parliamentary Committee on Corporations and Financial Services released their report on whistleblower protections in Australia. The committee recommends instituting a whistleblower protection program that includes a reward system for whistleblowers when imposing a penalty against wrongdoers. The committee recommends that the specific percentage allocated to the whistleblower be determined by...

U.S. Government Joins Constantine Cannon Case Brought By U.K. Whistleblower against British Retailer for Customs Fraud

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Constantine Cannon LLP is pleased to announce that the U.S. Government has intervened in its client's whistleblower case against Pure Collection Ltd., a Harrogate, England-based e-retailer of luxury cashmere and apparel. The Government also brought claims against Pure's current acting CEO, Samantha Harrison. The whistleblower lawsuit, among one of the first whistleblower cases...

Sinopec Under Investigation over Bribery in Nigeria

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team The DOJ and SEC are investigating Chinese national oil and gas company Sinopec over allegations the company paid over $100 million in bribes to Nigerian government officials to resolve a business dispute in the country. Sinopec, also known as China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, is a state-owned oil and gas company, and the second largest oil company in the world by revenue....

DOJ Investigating Uber for Foreign Bribes

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team A new story from the Wall Street Journal reveals that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating whether Uber managers provided bribes to foreign officials in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).  The FCPA broadly prohibits American companies from seeking a competitive advantage through bribes to foreign officials. Under the leadership of co-founder...

South Korean Official Convicted for Laundering $1 Million in Bribes

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Heon-Cheol Chi, the former Director of South Korea’s Earthquake Research Center at the Korean Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), was convicted this week for laundering over $1 million in bribes he received from American and British companies.  His conviction followed a four-day jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of...