World Conference of Accountants in Sydney Australia Discusses Whistleblowing






At this spring’s OffshoreAlert Conference in Miami, journalists involved in two of the biggest document leaks in history, the Panama and Paradise Papers, spoke on panels about secrecy jurisdictions and discussed the tax avoidance, corruption, and money-laundering they permit. Their fascinating presentations provided a chance to reflect on the magnitude of the information released to the public and on how far the...
Constantine Cannon Partner Eric Havian recently joined Jane Norberg, Christopher Ehrman and Lee Martin, the heads of the whistleblower offices for the SEC, CFTC and IRS (otherwise known as The Big Three), to moderate a panel entitled ‘Enriching Domestic & Foreign Whistleblowers: The Growth & Spreading Reach Of US Programs,’ which explored, among other things, the growing number of submissions from whistleblowers...
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
The former CEO, CFO, and Director of a publicly traded healthcare services company have been charged with defrauding investors out of over $200m in connection with a merger designed to convert the company into a private entity.
All three men were charged with conspiracy to commit securities fraud and securities fraud. One of the men has already been arrested.
According to the...
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
“If you’ve ever been tempted to buy into a hot investment opportunity linked with luxury travel, the Securities and Exchange Commission has a deal for you,” the agency announced in a press release today. But the referenced “HowleyCoin” offering is a sham. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) designed HowleyCoin.com as a creative means of educating investors about...
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Sushovan Hussain, the former CFO of the British software firm Autonomy, has been convicted of wire and securities fraud in connection with Hewlett Packard’s (HP) 2011 acquisition of the firm. Hussain stood accused of artificially inflating Autonomy’s valuation, leading HP to buy the company for $10.3 billion. Soon after the acquisition, HP discovered serious accounting...