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Whistleblower News From The Inside -- July 24, 2015

Posted 07/24/15

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team DOJ starts criminal probe into Sikorsky Navy contract -- Sikorsky parent company United Technologies announces DOJ is seeking $148M in claims relating to allegations the helicopter maker overbilled the US Navy. Reuters Toshiba case points to shortcomings in Japan's whistleblower law’s -- "One of the more intriguing questions stemming from the Toshiba accounting scandal is...

In Their Own Words -- Dreyfus

Posted 07/23/15

-- "COUNTRIES LIKE BOSNIA, LONG THOUGHT OF AS MORE ECONOMICALLY BACKWARD, ARE NOW MOVING FORWARD MORE SERIOUSLY ON WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION THAN WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. IF WESTERN EUROPE DOESN'T LIFT ITS GAME, IT WILL END UP BEING LEFT BEHIND IN THE DUST."

Suelette Dreyfus, Executive Director of international NGO Blueprint for Free Speech at a conference in downtown Sarajevo with legislators, government...

Tagged in: In Their Own Words,

The UK's 2010 Bribery Act -- More Businesses Need To Take Note

Posted 07/23/15

By Richard Pike and Natalia Mikolajczyk At the beginning of this month the UK Ministry of Justice and the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills released a survey on how many UK small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) know about the UK’s Bribery Act 2010. It turns out that two-thirds of the SMEs surveyed either had heard of or were aware of the corporate liability for failure to prevent bribery. Of those...

Tagged in: Bribery and Bid-Rigging,

Whistleblower News From The Inside — July 23, 2015

Posted 07/23/15

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team The Balkans' new zeal for protecting whistleblowers -- "Balkan countries vying to join the EU have passed, or are in the middle of passing, better whistleblower protection laws than most EU member states have." DW Pentagon and CIA ordered re-investigate whistleblower retaliation cases -- "The action by the intelligence community inspector general is the first public...

July 22, 2015

Attorney Jay Bruce Grossman, who practices law in Fort Lauderdale, Florida will pay close to $1 million in penalties and restitution for aiding and abetting multiple clients in their operation of illegal and fraudulent precious metals schemes. CFTC

Tagged in: Fraud in CFTC-Regulated Markets,

Whistleblower News From The Inside — July 22, 2015

Posted 07/22/15

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Toshiba CEO resigns over cooked books – Toshiba’s President and Vice Chairman resign after an independent panel finds the firm overstated its profits by $1.22 billion. BBC Dad, daughter, and husband indicted in “factoring” fraud – DOJ indicts three family members for “factoring” fraud against Miami-area lenders and the U.S. Export-Import bank. Read More

In Their Own Words — Memeger

Posted 07/22/15

-- “This civil complaint reflects our focus on pursuing individuals who defraud Medicaid and Medicare, especially after they have previously defrauded those programs and been barred from participating in them.”

U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger commenting on his office’s pursuit of charges against Melchor Martinez, who allegedly owned and operated institutional mental health clinics that billed Medicare and...

Tagged in: In Their Own Words,

In Their Own Words -- Schneiderman

Posted 07/21/15

-- “NOTHING IS MORE SHAMEFUL THAN POCKETING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DONATED BY GOOD-HEARTED PEOPLE WHO JUST WANTED TO HELP CHILDREN AFFLICTED WITH A TERMINAL ILLNESS. ”

New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman commenting on NYAG charges against Brooklyn children’s leukemia charity. Click here for more.

Tagged in: In Their Own Words,

Whistleblower News From The Inside — July 21, 2015

Posted 07/21/15

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team NYAG accuses Brooklyn children’s cancer charity of fraud – Donors have given millions of dollars to the National Children’s Leukemia Foundation, perhaps motivated by brochures or telemarketing pitches describing the charity’s bone marrow registry or its cancer research building – but the NYAG says neither of those things even existed. NYT Clinton vows to protect...

July 20, 2015

Following a jury trial, Humphrey Udeh was convicted of defrauding New York’s Medicaid program of over $1 million. Udeh billed the state for over three thousand units of a highly-specialized and expensive liquid pediatric nutritional formula, when he actually dispensed over-the-counter nutritional supplement formulas. In order to perpetuate the scam, Udeh utilized generic prescriptions of pediatric formula and false letters of medical necessity, obtained by employees of his company, Advanced Medical Supply, from unsuspecting physician and medical facilities. He then used the generic prescriptions and false letters to support his fraudulent claims. Udeh was sentenced to serve 7 to 21 years in state prison and pay a $1.7 million fine. NY

Tagged in: Medicaid,

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Whistleblower News From The Inside -- July 24, 2015

In Their Own Words -- Dreyfus

-- "COUNTRIES LIKE BOSNIA, LONG THOUGHT OF AS MORE ECONOMICALLY BACKWARD, ARE NOW MOVING FORWARD MORE SERIOUSLY ON WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION THAN WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. IF WESTERN EUROPE DOESN'T LIFT ITS GAME, IT WILL END UP BEING LEFT BEHIND IN THE DUST."

The UK's 2010 Bribery Act -- More Businesses Need To Take Note

Whistleblower News From The Inside — July 23, 2015

July 22, 2015

Whistleblower News From The Inside — July 22, 2015

In Their Own Words — Memeger

-- “This civil complaint reflects our focus on pursuing individuals who defraud Medicaid and Medicare, especially after they have previously defrauded those programs and been barred from participating in them.”

In Their Own Words -- Schneiderman

-- “NOTHING IS MORE SHAMEFUL THAN POCKETING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DONATED BY GOOD-HEARTED PEOPLE WHO JUST WANTED TO HELP CHILDREN AFFLICTED WITH A TERMINAL ILLNESS. ”

Whistleblower News From The Inside — July 21, 2015

July 20, 2015

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