In Their Own Words -- Dan Collins
Posted 12/22/15
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2015 Whistleblower of The Year Candidate -- Concussion Whistleblower Dr. Bennet Omalu
Posted 12/22/15
By Tim McCormack
To be a whistleblower is, at its core, to speak truth to power. To shine light on things that those in power would rather remained in the shadows. To stand up and use knowledge, information and openness to challenge fraud, corruption and the abuse of power. It is with these principles in mind that we nominate Dr. Bennet Omalu as one of our candidates for 2015 Whistleblower of the Year.
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Whistleblower News From The Inside — December 22, 2015
Posted 12/22/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
University Furnishings agrees to pay $15M to settle whistleblower charges of avoiding customs duties -- The Texas-based seller of furniture for student housing allegedly misclassified wooden bedroom furniture on documents presented to US Customs and Border Protection to avoid paying antidumping duties on imports from China. DOJ
Southwest Airlines to pay $2.8M to settle...
December 22, 2015
Participants in an alleged credit card “laundering” scheme have agreed to settle FTC charges that they illegally helped provide access to payment networks, thereby enabling scammers to place bogus charges on consumers’ credit cards. According to the FTC’s complaint, PayBasics, Todd Hatch and Jimmy Shin helped the defendants behind the Tax Club fraud to open and maintain merchant accounts used to process credit card payments for sales made by a number of different third-party scammers. The defendants in the Tax Club work at home scheme settled FTC charges last year. FTCA Big Friday for Whistleblowers
Posted 12/21/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
In what might be a first of its kind for whistleblowers and the government, this past Friday there were four significant government fraud recoveries all initiated by whistleblowers. In the midst of what is certainly an ever-expanding parade of whistleblower-prompted fraud settlements by the government, this may be the only time four major settlements were announced in a single...
Whistleblower News From The Inside — December 21, 2015
Posted 12/21/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Theranos faces investigations by CMS and FDA. Former employees have filed complaints with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Food & Drug Administration. The complaints allege continued use of devices despite indications of major problems and submission of faulty studies. WSJ
J.P. Morgan’s conflicts of interest – again. In addition to the CFTC penalty...
In Their Own Words — Collins
Posted 12/21/15
-- "THE FISH ROTS FROM THE HEAD DOWN AND WE KNOW HOW ROTTEN THE HEAD OF FIFA WAS."
British MP and FIFA reform campaigner Damian Collins.December 18, 2015
Constantine Cannon partner Tim McCormack was quoted in the Modern Healthcare article, 32 hospitals will pay $28 million to resolve kyphoplasty probe. Click here to read the article.2015 Whistleblower of the Year Candidate -- Hanford Whistleblower Dr. Walter Tamosaitis
Posted 12/21/15
By Marlene Koury
This "Whistleblower Spotlight" features Hanford whistleblower Dr. Walter Tamosaitis, one of our candidates for 2015 Whistleblower of the Year. Dr. Tamosaitis blew the whistle on shaky clean up plans at Hanford nuclear site in Washington. He was designing a way to immobilize millions of gallons of toxic and radioactive liquid waste when he discovered the Energy Department’s plans to treat the...
2015 Whistleblower of the Year Candidate – The VA Whistleblowers
Posted 12/21/15
By Jason Enzler
This "Whistleblower Spotlight" features the Veterans Affairs whistleblowers, one of our candidates for 2015 Whistleblower of the Year. They are a (continually growing) group of healthcare providers, administrative employees, and other insiders at the VA Department who have come forward to identify the horrendous treatment of our veterans at the hospitals that are supposed to take care of them. ...