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New York Goes After Owner and Office Manager of Medical Transport Company for Alleged Medicaid Fraud and Money Laundering

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Two weeks ago (October 24), the New York State Comptroller announced it was charging the owner and office manager of Angel Medical Transportation  in connection with an alleged Medicaid fraud scheme.¹ The State charged Angel Medical owner Mohammad Chaudhry with stealing more than $1.8 million from Medicaid, and office manager Noah Shook with paying kickbacks to...

Fourth-Place Winner of Constantine Cannon’s Fifth Whistleblower Essay Contest: Victoria Wiggin

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team The Constantine Cannon whistleblower team is pleased to announce the Fourth-Place Winner of the firm’s Fifth Law School Scholarship Essay Contest. That award (and the $300 prize) goes to Victoria Wiggin.

About Victoria

Victoria was born and raised in Virginia Beach, VA. She has been a cardiac ICU nurse since 2018 and worked in ICUs all over the...

Despite Government Shutdown, SEC Files Securities Fraud Complaint Against Startup’s Founder and CEO

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team On October 20, 2025, the SEC filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Shiloh Luckey, the founder and CEO of ComplYant App Inc., a startup that provided tax software. According to the SEC, Luckey allegedly misled investors by making inflated and deceptive claims about ComplYant’s commercial success, as well as her...

Constantine Cannon Partner Gordon Schnell Published in The Hill on the SEC's Mixed Messaging Towards Whistleblowers

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Today, The Hill published an article by Constantine Cannon whistleblower partner Gordon Schnell on how the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is sending a mixed message to whistleblowers with its recent spate of awards under the SEC Whistleblower Program.

Low-Dollar SEC Awards

Schnell points to the ten whistleblower awards the SEC has issued since Labor Day --

Constantine Cannon Announces Winners of Fifth Whistleblower Essay Contest

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team We thoroughly enjoyed learning from this talented group of law school students and hearing their thoughts on the valuable role whistleblowers play in society. Although every essay was reflective and well-written, we could only choose five winners. This decision was far from easy, given how many excellent submissions we received. Cheers to the following five winners...

Sixth Constantine Cannon Law School Scholarship Essay Contest on the Importance of Whistleblowers

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team The Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team is pleased to announce our Sixth Law School Scholarship Essay Contest focused on the importance of whistleblowers. If you are a current or prospective law school student, we invite you to submit an essay tackling one of the prompts below. We are particularly interested in hearing about your personal experience speaking out or...

Constantine Cannon Partner Gordon Schnell Quoted in Bloomberg Law on Recent Wave of False Claims Act Cybersecurity Fraud Settlements

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team On Monday (October 20), Bloomberg Law quoted Constantine Cannon whistleblower partner Gordon Schnell in its piece on the slew of False Claims Act settlements the Department of Justice (DOJ) has secured this year involving cybersecurity fraud.¹ We have posted frequently on this topic, most recently in early October in And Yet Another Whistleblower-Originated False...

Report: JPMorgan Paid $115M in Legal Fees for Former Frank CEO Charlie Javice and Co-Defendant Olivier Amar

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team We have been reporting on the high-profile securities fraud case involving Charlie Javice, the former CEO and founder of Frank, a startup that helped students with financial aid, and her former colleague Olivier Amar.  (More about the case here.) It was recently reported that JPMorgan, which acquired Frank for $175 million and was a victim of the fraud that led to...

Whistleblower Question of the Week: What Drives Whistleblowers to Speak Out?

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Whistleblowers are often driven by a strong sense of integrity and ethical responsibility. When they witness fraud, corruption, misconduct, or threats to the public or government, they feel obligated to speak up. Their moral compass pushes them forward, especially when silence would allow harm to continue unchecked. When institutions turn a blind eye to misconduct,

Florida Broker Fined $650K by FINRA For AML Compliance Lapses

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) fined Miami-based brokerage firm EFG Capital International $650,000 for alleged deficiencies in the firm's anti-money laundering (AML) compliance program. FINRA found that EFG failed to maintain effective automated systems to detect and review suspicious transactions. ¹

EFG Capital Agreed to Pay Without Admitting...