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December 17, 2015
The CFPB ordered CarHop, one of the country’s biggest “buy-here, pay-here” auto dealers, and its affiliated financing company, Universal Acceptance Corporation, to cease their illegal activities and pay a $6,465,000 civil penalty for providing damaging, inaccurate consumer information to credit reporting companies. CFPBIn Their Own Words — Lampert
Posted 12/17/15
-- “It is shocking that a pharmaceutical company would knowingly distribute diluted fluoride meant to provide preventative dental benefits to children as if it were full strength. We remain committed to investigating companies that put greed over their professional obligations to serve their customers and honestly bill for their products.”
Scott J. Lampert, HHS-OIG Special Agent in Charge, discussing the...Whistleblower News From The Inside — December 17, 2015
Posted 12/17/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Qualitest Pharmaceuticals pays $39 million to federal government and 47 states to resolve 2013 whistleblower lawsuit over half-strength fluoride supplements — “A generic drug maker owned by Endo International Plc has reached a $39 million settlement with the U.S. government and 47 states stemming from the unlawful labeling of multivitamins that contained fluoride.”
December 17, 2015
Connecticut and other states have joined a global settlement with Novartis Pharmaceuticals to resolve allegations that Novartis provided kickbacks to certain specialty pharmacies in exchange for recommending the drug Exjade to Medicaid and Medicare patients. Novartis has paid the states and the federal government $390 million to resolve these allegations. CT, IL, NY, MI, WADecember 17, 2015
LifeLock will pay $100 million to settle FTC contempt charges that it violated the terms of a 2010 federal court order that requires the company to secure consumers’ personal information and prohibits the company from deceptive advertising. This is the largest monetary award obtained by the Commission in an order enforcement action. FTCDecember 16, 2015
The CFPB ordered EZCORP, Inc., a small-dollar lender, to refund $7.5 million to 93,000 consumers, pay $3 million in penalties, and stop collection of remaining payday and installment loan debts owed by roughly 130,000 consumers for illegal debt collection practices. The CFPB found that EZCORP collected debts from consumers through unlawful in-person collection visits at their homes or workplaces, risked exposing consumers’ debts to third parties, falsely threatened consumers with litigation for non-payment of debts, and unfairly made multiple electronic withdrawal attempts from consumer accounts, causing mounting bank fees. CFPBIn Their Own Words — Burns
Posted 12/16/15
-- "This is a report, commissioned by foxes, on how to guard the chicken house."
Patrick Burns, Co-Executive Director of prominent whistleblower group Taxpayers Against Fraud, on the flaws in the draft report funded by the Chamber of Commerce Institute on ethics and compliance programs which was prepared by "a panel almost entirely dominated by people who are being paid to defend and apologize for companies facing...Whistleblower News From The Inside — December 16, 2015
Posted 12/16/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Prominent whistleblower group heavily criticizes draft report on ethics and compliance programs -- Taxpayers Against Fraud said the Chamber of Commerce Institute-funded draft report defining the principles and practices of high-quality ethics and compliance programs lacked substance and an unbiased perspective. Corporate Crime Reporter
Animal welfare groups slam Idaho's...