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Another Tragic Whistleblower Death - OpenAI Whistleblower Suchir Balaji

Posted  12/20/24
Whistle on wood
As widely reported in the press last week, former OpenAI researcher and whistleblower Suchir Balaji, 26, died by suicide a few weeks ago. The San Francisco police found his body on November 26 after they were called to his apartment prompted by concerns of his wellbeing. Sadly, Balaji adds to the list of whistleblowers who have died this past year amid their efforts to expose what they saw as serious wrongdoing...

Tagged in: Whistleblower Case,

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SEC Slaps Becton Dickinson with $175 Million Penalty for Misleading Investors About Alaris Infusion Pump

Posted  12/18/24
Stethoscope Placed Down
On December 16, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced New Jersey-based medical device maker Becton Dickinson agreed to pay $175 million to settle charges of (i) misleading investors regarding its Alaris infusion pump, and (ii) overstating its income by ignoring the costs of fixing multiple software flaws with the pump.  The pump delivers fluids, medications, and blood to hospital patients and...

Tagged in: SEC Whistleblower Reward Program,

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Hold the Phone: Telemarketer Sent to Prison for $67M Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme

Posted  12/17/24
Doctor on phone
In December 2024, Jose Goyos, (38, from West Palm Beach, Florida) was sentenced to 15 years in prison for defrauding Medicare by falsely billing over $67 million for medically unnecessary genetic tests. Goyos and his co-conspirators worked at a telemarketing call center that roped thousands of unsuspecting Medicare beneficiaries and their doctors into their scheme. According to the government, Goyos managed the...

Tagged in: Healthcare Fraud, Medicare, Money Laundering,

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Fraud alert! California Hospital Pays $10.25M to Resolve Whistleblower Suit Alleging Medically Unnecessary Inpatient Admissions and Kickbacks

Posted  12/16/24
Healthcare Fraud
On December 12, the DOJ announced that California’s Oroville Hospital will pay $10,250,000 to the United States and the State of California to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary inpatient hospital admissions, a kickback and physician self-referral scheme, and the use of incorrect diagnosis codes to maximize reimbursements. Oroville Hospital will pay...

Tagged in: False Claims Act, Healthcare Fraud, qui tam,

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Funding Fail: Former TD Bank Employee Arrested for Laundering Columbian Drug Money

Posted  12/13/24
pinned money on a clothes line
On December 10, 2024, former Florida TD Bank N.A. employee, Leonardo Ayala, 24, was arrested and charged for his role in laundering Columbian narcotics proceeds through TD Bank. Ayala worked at a TD Bank in Doral, Florida between February and November 2023. In June 2023, Ayala allegedly started exploiting his position to launder money. The scheme involved another TD Bank employee who allegedly opened accounts in...

Tagged in: Money Laundering,

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Another Clinical Trial Fraud Success for Government Enforcement: Bring on the Clinical Trial Fraud Whistleblowers

Posted  12/11/24
colorful drugs
On December 10, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the latest clinical trial fraud enforcement success with the conviction of two chief executives for lying to investors about the supposed promise of an investigational drug called leronlimab their companies were promoting to treat HIV and COVID-19.  It follows two recent Securities and Exchange (SEC) actions against biopharma companies and their executives for...

Tagged in: Clinical Trial Fraud, Pharma Fraud, SEC Whistleblower Reward Program,

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Contraband, Canada, and Caught for an International Money Laundering Conspiracy: North Carolina Men Will Serve Prison Sentences

Posted  12/11/24
Currency in laundry machine
On December 4, 2024, Jeffrey Doctor (age 52, from Charlotte, North Carolina) and Samuel Baker (age 46, from Laurinburg, North Carolina) were sentenced in connection with a scheme to smuggle cut rag tobacco into Canada from the United States. Cut rag tobacco refers to tobacco plants that are chopped into thin strips and sourced to make smoking tobacco. Doctor was sentenced to 14 months in prison. Baker was sentenced to...

Tagged in: Customs Fraud, Money Laundering, Tax Fraud,

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Hoodwink in Hartford: Home Health Care Company and Its Owners Settle Medicaid False Claims Act Allegations

Posted  12/10/24
stethoscope on top of hundred dollar bills scattered around
United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, and Connecticut Attorney General, William Tong announced that Home Care VNA LLC and its current and former owners, Shakira Lubega and Constant Ogutt, have agreed to pay $361,520 to resolve allegations that they submitted claims for home health care services that violated Medicaid regulations for plans of care. Home Care VNA is a home...

Tagged in: False Claims Act, Home Health and Hospice, Medicaid fraud,

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Revolution Radio: 10 Green Day Lyrics That Ignite the Whistleblower Spirit

Posted  12/10/24
Green Day at Irving Plaza
They’re the “Minority” and they “don’t need your authority.” But Green Day joins the ranks of countless seminal artists that take a stand, turn a critical lens on the world, and draw audiences in beyond power chords and a punk rock ethos. Green Day’s music is jam-packed with quintessential ideas that whistleblowers often represent - calling out corruption, hypocrisy, injustice, and societal wrongs....

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In Their Own Words... Eliza Lockhart from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

Posted  12/9/24
“Having an insider who can provide the emails and can provide the evidence just changes the game.  But it means that you need to get over the idea that a whistleblower is going to be this kind of moralistic hero that we put on a pedestal.  That perception is not helpful for investigations, and it is not fair on whistleblowers.” RUSI’s Eliza Lockhart, as reported in Financial Times, on the need for a UK...

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