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Whistleblower News From The Inside - January 30, 2015

Posted 01/30/15

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Senators push auto whistleblower bill -- A bipartisan group of U.S. senators reintroduced the Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act – initially introduced in November -- to allow auto industry employee whistleblowers to potentially be paid millions if they reveal hidden dangers. Detroit News VA admits to 'unauthorized' wait list at Denver hospital -- A day after the VA...

January 30, 2015

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced Neighborhood Diabetes, Inc. will pay more than $1.5M to settle allegations it improperly billed and received payments from the state’s Medicaid program when it automatically refilled prescription medications that were not specifically requested by MassHealth patients or caregivers. The settlement is the second case in the Commonwealth to address a pharmacy’s operation of an improper automatic refill program with MassHealth members. In September 2013, AllCare Pharmacy agreed to pay $1.6M to settle similar allegations. MA

Tagged in: FCA State, Medicaid, Pharma Fraud,

Two Former Student Athletes Sue UNC and NCAA over Academic Scandal

Posted 01/29/15

By Marlene Koury The UNC academic scandal was first brought to light by one of Whistleblower Insider's nominees for Whistleblower of the Year, Mary Willingham, and was confirmed in the UNC-commissioned Wainstein report released last October. The report found that, during an 18 year period, more than 3,100 students enrolled in sham classes and nearly half of those students were student athletes, many of whom were...

Tagged in: Education Fraud,

With Jeffrey Sterling Conviction, The Great Whistleblower/Leaker Divide Endures

Posted 01/29/15

By Gordon Schnell There has been no slowdown in the government's crackdown on intelligence whistleblowers. This despite the storm of support for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and his revelations on the spy agency's largely renounced, and according to one federal court, "almost Orwellian," secret phone tapping program. See The Redemption of Edward Snowden. After Monday's jury conviction of former CIA officer...

Tagged in: Importance of Whistleblowers,

January 28, 2015

TracFone, the largest prepaid mobile provider in the U.S., has agreed to pay $40 million to the FTC to settle charges that it deceived millions of consumers with hollow promises of “unlimited” data service. The FTC’s complaint alleges TracFone advertised prepaid monthly mobile plans for about $45 per month with “unlimited” data under various brands, including Straight Talk, Net10, Simple Mobile, and Telcel America. But despite emphasizing unlimited data in its advertisements, TracFone drastically slowed or cut off consumers’ mobile data after they used more than certain fixed limits in a 30-day period. FTC

Tagged in: Antitrust Enforcement,

Whistleblower News From The Inside - January 28, 2015

Posted 01/28/15

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team The Fraud of the “Student-Athlete” Claim -- “That rhetoric sounds nice, but the NCAA has historically stood in the way of reform by perpetuating the myth that being a ‘student’ is always compatible with being an ‘athlete.’” NYT 5 things America's top whistleblower site is doing right (and wrong) -- A 5-point analysis of the Whistleblower Protection...

In Their Own Words - New York Times Editorial Board

Posted 01/28/15

--“UNTIL THE NCAA RECOGNIZES THAT SOME PLAYERS ARE ESSENTIALLY PROFESSIONALS, UNIVERSITIES WILL CONTINUE TO TREAT THEIR EDUCATION LIKE THE FIG LEAF IT IS.”

New York Times Editorial Board on the recently filed lawsuit by two former University of North Carolina athletes challenging the school with academic fraud for how it educates its top athletes. Click here for more.

Tagged in: Education Fraud, In Their Own Words,

Whistleblower News From The Inside - January 27, 2015

Posted 01/27/15

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling convicted of espionage – Sterling, who was involved in a highly secretive operation to give faulty nuclear plans to Iran, is convicted of providing classified information about his work to a New York Times reporter. Washington Post DuPont wins whistleblower suit in Louisiana -- A Baton Rouge jury rules against Jeffrey Simoneaux, a former...

In Their Own Words - RT

Posted 01/27/15

-- “DESPITE PROMISES TO BE ‘THE MOST TRANSPARENT ADMINISTRATION EVER,’ THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH HAS LED AN UNPRECEDENTED CRACKDOWN ON WHISTLEBLOWERS AND THOSE WHO LEAK INFORMATION ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY MATTERS TO JOURNALISTS WITHOUT GOVERNMENT APPROVAL.”

RT report on the conviction of CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling for violating the Espionage Act. Click here for more.

Tagged in: In Their Own Words,

January 26, 2015

Lindsey Duncan, Pure Health LLC, and Genesis Today, Inc. have agreed to settle FTC charges that they deceptively touted the supposed weight-loss benefits of green coffee bean extract through a campaign that included appearances on The Dr. Oz Show, The View, and other television programs. Under the settlement, the defendants are barred from making deceptive claims about the health benefits or efficacy of any dietary supplement or drug product, and will pay $9 million for consumer redress. “Lindsey Duncan and his companies made millions by falsely claiming that green coffee bean supplements cause significant and rapid weight loss,” said Jessica Rich, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “This case shows that the Federal Trade Commission will continue to fight deceptive marketers’ attempts to prey on consumers trying to improve their health.” FTC

Tagged in: Antitrust Enforcement,

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Whistleblower News From The Inside - January 30, 2015

January 30, 2015

Two Former Student Athletes Sue UNC and NCAA over Academic Scandal

With Jeffrey Sterling Conviction, The Great Whistleblower/Leaker Divide Endures

January 28, 2015

Whistleblower News From The Inside - January 28, 2015

In Their Own Words - New York Times Editorial Board

--“UNTIL THE NCAA RECOGNIZES THAT SOME PLAYERS ARE ESSENTIALLY PROFESSIONALS, UNIVERSITIES WILL CONTINUE TO TREAT THEIR EDUCATION LIKE THE FIG LEAF IT IS.”

Whistleblower News From The Inside - January 27, 2015

In Their Own Words - RT

-- “DESPITE PROMISES TO BE ‘THE MOST TRANSPARENT ADMINISTRATION EVER,’ THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH HAS LED AN UNPRECEDENTED CRACKDOWN ON WHISTLEBLOWERS AND THOSE WHO LEAK INFORMATION ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY MATTERS TO JOURNALISTS WITHOUT GOVERNMENT APPROVAL.”

January 26, 2015

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