DOJ Catch of the Week -- Bank of America
Posted 08/22/14
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A Prosecutor’s Look at the Justice System from the Other Side of the Bars
Posted 08/21/14
By Jason Enzler
A former prosecutor was arrested in New York City in 2012 for spray-painting “NYPD Get Your Hands Off Me” on the entrance to city hall. That fact alone makes for a rather odd story. But in the case of Bobby Constantino, the “vandal” in question, there is much more to the story. And unfortunately, it is as relevant today -- with the ongoing strife in Ferguson, MO over allegations of police...
Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Exposes Cancer Clinic Horror
Posted 08/21/14
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By Marlene Koury
In late 2011, Kristi Beeson was working as a laboratory technician at Rose Cancer Clinic in Mississippi, but had a bad feeling that something was not quite right. In a short time, she had witnessed numerous fraudulent practices at the clinic, including unqualified technicians performing bone...
August 21, 2014
The CFTC issued an Order filing and settling charges against S.J. Woods, Inc. and its owners, Peter Blanco and Paul Proscia, involving their participation in illegal, off-exchange financed transactions in precious metals with retail customers. The Order requires them to pay restitution totaling $2,971,992.23 to their customers, imposes permanent trading bans against them, and prohibits them from violating the Commodity Exchange Act, as charged. CFTCAnatomy of a Medicare Fraud Scam – Power Wheelchairs
Posted 08/21/14
By Gordon Schnell
It may not be the biggest scam contributing to the estimated $50 billion annual price tag for Medicare fraud and abuse. But according to a recent Washington Post report, it could be one of the simplest and most lucrative ones. It is the power wheelchair scam. According to the Post, "criminals disguised themselves as medical-supply companies. They ginned up bogus bills, saying they’d...
August 20, 2014
New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch announced they have entered into settlement agreements with New Rochelle nursing home Ralex Services, Inc., doing business as Glen Island Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, to resolve allegations the facility and its owner Leah Friedman submitted tens of thousands of inflated claims to the New York State Medicaid Program. According to the government, the 182-bed Glen Island facility submitted more than 62,000 false claims to New York’s Department of Health from April 2002 to November 2006. The false claims used Medicaid reimbursement rates based, in part, on up-coded Patient Review Instruments (PRIs), which falsely represented the degree of care required by many Glen Island residents. Under the settlement, Glen Island Center and Friedman will return $2.2M to Medicaid. NYAGWhistleblower News from the Inside - August 19, 2014
Posted 08/19/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Portrait of an SEC whistleblower -- Former MassMutual Financial Group employee Bill Lloyd, who received a $400,000 reward, tells his story of blowing the whistle on the company’s investment scheme that bilked investors out of retirement funds. NYT
Tucson hospitals pay $35M to settle whistleblower suit -- Nonprofit Carondelet Health Network has agreed to pay $35 million to...
August 18, 2014
Constantine Cannon whistleblower lawyer Marlene Koury quoted in The Clarion-Ledger article titled “Whistleblower exposed Cancer Center fraud.” Click here to read the article.Whistleblower News from the Inside - August 15, 2014
Posted 08/15/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Border Patrol corrupt and covering up shootings? – Whistleblower James Tomsheck, the agency’s former head of Internal Affairs, says at least 7 deaths in the past few years at the hands of border patrol agents have been “highly suspect.” Center for Investigative Reporting
Sikorsky company hit with $50 million qui tam lawsuit – The whistleblower lawsuit, filed by the...
Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Retaliation Protections No Good Outside the U.S.
Posted 08/14/14
By Jason Enzler
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision today holding that the Dodd-Frank whistleblower retaliation protections do not apply abroad. The Court based its holding on the lack of any connection between the U.S. and the improper conduct alleged in the case as well as the absence of any Congressional intent that the whistleblower protections would apply outside of the country.
The...