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In Their Own Words — Pinkusovich
Posted 03/23/16
-- “Why are you doing a fishing expedition?”
Psychiatrist Alexander Pinkusovich, a Brooklyn doctor who threatened to contact the district attorney if a reporter continued to ask about his practice of prescribing a much higher proportion of brand-name drugs than his peers while receiving more than $53,400 from drug companies. Click here to read The Atlantic’s coverage of this story.Whistleblower News From The Inside — March 23, 2016
Posted 03/23/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Study shows tie between prescriptions and doctor payments – Despite longstanding claims by physicians that payments or benefits from drug companies do not influence their decisions on prescribing drugs, a recent study suggests that benefits as small as a free lunch can radically alter how doctors prescribe pharmaceuticals. The Atlantic
Respironics Inc. settles False...
March 23, 2016
JPMorgan Ventures Energy Corp. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. have agreed to pay a $225,000 penalty to resolve charges of failing to comply with their obligations to submit accurate large trader reports for physical commodity swap positions. CFTCMarch 22, 2016
New York announced a $1.1 million dollar settlement of a whistleblower case alleging that real estate developer Asher Roshanzamir wrongfully deferred payment of New York state and New York City income taxes. Federal law allows a seller of real property to defer paying income taxes on certain capital gains when he exchanges it for ‘like-kind’ real property, under certain conditions. An investigation by the Attorney General’s Office found that Mr. Roshanzamir wrongfully deferred payment of New York State and local income taxes by disguising withdraws of approximately $3.5 million from the like-kind exchange and by disguising approximately $5 million in equity contributions as loans. NYMarch 22, 2016
A federal judge for the Southern District of Iowa ordered Alabama resident John David Stroud and his companies to pay over $4.7 million in restitution and penalties for committing commodity pool fraud and misappropriation of funds. CFTCMarch 22, 2016
The CFTC has ordered payment of penalties of $665,000 by Credit Suisse International for violating speculative position limits for wheat futures and by Credit Suisse Securities LLC for submitting false or misleading information to the CFTC. CFTCWhistleblower News From The Inside — March 22, 2016
Posted 03/22/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Miami Man Pleads Guilty to Multimillion-Dollar Scheme to Defraud Commercial Lenders and U.S. Export-Import Bank – The defendant pled guilty to wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering relating to his scheme to create false invoices and sell them to commercial lenders. The defendant also used the fake invoices to get loans that...
In Their Own Words — Grassley
Posted 03/22/16
-- “These are very serious allegations against DOD OIG senior leaders. . . This kind of behavior isn’t just bad for the whistleblower. It’s also bad for the agency. If whistleblowers can’t get a fair shake, then they won’t make disclosures, and wrongdoing will just continue.”
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, commenting on the probe into the Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) conduct during the...Whistleblower News From The Inside — March 21, 2016
Posted 03/21/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Senators Push for Whistleblower Protections for Hill Staff -- A bipartisan trio of senators introduced a bill Friday that would protect congressional staff who alert authorities to wrongdoing. Roll Call
New Orleans Jury Convicts Company Owner and Doctor for Roles in $34 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme – The defendants billed Medicare for home health care services that were...