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November 13, 2014

California joined a whistle-blower lawsuit against BP alleging the company overcharged the state by as much as $300M for natural gas for almost a decade. The case was unsealed today in San Francisco state court. The state and two of its university systems are pursuing the case along with a whistleblower, former BP employee Christopher Schroen. Bloomberg

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November 13, 2014

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Office and the Federal Trade Commission obtained a permanent injunction against an Orlando-based operation that used pre-recorded telephone calls, known as robocalls, to pitch purportedly free medical alert devices to senior citizens by falsely representing that the devices had been purchased for them by a relative or friend, violating the FTC Act, the Commission’s Telemarketing Sales Rule and Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. The defendants also allegedly misled consumers to believe that the devices were endorsed by various health organizations and that they would not be charged anything before the devices were activated. The defendants include Worldwide Info Services, Inc., Elite Information Solutions Inc., Absolute Solutions Group Inc., Global Interactive Technologies, Inc., Global Service Providers, Inc., Arcagen Inc., American Innovative Concepts, Inc., Unique Information Services Inc. and National Life Network Inc. FL

November 13, 2014

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane announced a consumer protection lawsuit against Texas-based companies Think Finance Inc. (formerly ThinkCash), TC Loan Services LLC, Elevate Credit Inc., Financial U LLC and former CEO Kenneth E. Rees for allegedly engineering an illegal payday loan scheme over the Internet. According to the lawsuit, Think Finance targets consumers in Pennsylvania using three Native American tribes, who function as the apparent lender, as a cover. In turn, Think Finance earns significant revenues from various services it charges to the tribes.

Whistleblower Spotlight -- Census Bureau Whistleblower Ivan Irizarry

Posted  11/13/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's "Whistleblower Spotlight" features Ivan Irizarry, the lead scientist at the Census Bureau’s Demographic Statistical Methods Division.  He is the whistleblower who recently outed himself and his concerns over what he sees as the government's failure to take any action to address his reports of potential fraud at the Bureau.  In an interview reported in the New...

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In Their Own Words - MacLean

Posted  11/13/14

– “IT GOT SO BAD THAT THE AGENCY WAS DISPATCHING SUPERVISORS TO THE AIRPORTS, NOT TO DO INVESTIGATIONS OR TRY TO FIND IEDS OR LOOK FOR SUSPICIOUS PASSENGERS, BUT TO FIND AIR MARSHALS NOT WEARING SUITS AND TIES TO DISCIPLINE THEM.”

From Whistleblower Insider interview with former US Air Marshal whistleblower Robert MacLean.

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Part One of Our Interview with Robert MacLean, Whistleblower and Former U.S. Air Marshal

Posted  11/13/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Last week, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Department of Homeland Security v MacLean.  It involves the appeal by the government of a circuit court decision finding that Robert MacLean, a former Air Marshal, may qualify as a whistleblower protected under the Whistleblower Protection Act. In 2003, Mr. MacLean and other Air Marshals received...

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In Their Own Words - Medical Director for England’s National Health Service

Posted  11/12/14

--“We continue to offer support for this individual and thank them for bringing these matters to the attention of us all.”

Statement by a medical director for England’s National Health Service regarding a whistleblower who exposed medical practices putting thousands of UK patients at risk.

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Whistleblower News from the Inside - November 12, 2014

Posted  11/12/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Regulators hit five banks with $3.4 billion penalty – The fines, levied against UBS, HSBC, Citigroup, Royal Bank of Scotland, and JP Morgan, are for manipulation of the foreign exchange market.  Reuters 22,000 dental patients in U.K. health scare --  The patients have been urged to check for HIV and hepatitis infections after a whistleblower raised alarms that a dentist was...
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November 12, 2014

The CFTC reached settlements with 5 banks for over $1.4 billion on charges that Citibank, HSBC, JPMorgan, RBS, and UBS attempted to manipulate foreign exchange benchmark rates.  CFTC

Whistleblower News from the Inside - November 11, 2014

Posted  11/11/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Lawsuit accuses major banks of role in financing terror attacks in Iraq -- Dozens of veterans and family members of soldiers killed in Iraq are claiming HSBC, Barclays, Standard Chartered, the Royal Bank of Scotland and Credit Suisse helped finance terror attacks in Iraq through the banks’ financial dealings with Iran.  NYT New whistleblower claims fraud at Census Bureau --...
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