In Their Own Words — Memeger
Posted 07/22/15
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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.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. NYWhistleblower News From The Inside — July 20, 2015
Posted 07/20/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Construction management company Louis Berger International admits bribing foreign officials to secure government contracts in India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Kuwait, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Company agrees to pay $17.1 million in criminal penalties; two former executives based also plead guilty to conspiracy and FCPA charges. DOJ.
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In Their Own Words -- Pisciotta
Posted 07/20/15
-- “I KNEW THAT IT WAS MORALLY WRONG. THEY WANTED US TO PREPARE STATEMENTS AND NOT SAY ANYTHING. I TOLD THEM I JUST COULDN’T GO ALONG WITH IT.”
Former prison guard John Pisciotta on efforts to cover up a violent extraction of inmate from cell. Click here for more.In Their Own Words -- McKessy
Posted 07/17/15
-- “The award made today is another testament to the [SEC’s] commitment to reward those who provide high-quality information that leads to successful enforcement actions and related actions.”
Sean X. McKessy, Chief of the Office of the Whistleblower, commenting on the SEC’s $3m whistleblower award announced today. Click here for more.Whistleblower News From The Inside -- July 17, 2015
Posted 07/17/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
SEC makes $3m whistleblower award --The SEC today announced a whistleblower award of more than $3 million – the third highest award to date -- to a company insider whose information helped the SEC crack a complex fraud. SEC
Pfizer announces it will shutter India plant, echoing same news from Sandoz -- Pfizer announces it will close a plant in India later this year less...
July 17, 2015
The SEC announced its 18th whistleblower award since the program’s inception – this one for over $3 million, the third highest to date. This puts the award total at over $50 million.Celebrating the first five years of Dodd-Frank
Posted 07/16/15
The Hill (July 16, 2015)
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