Whistleblower Insider Blog

In Their Own Words -- Marchese

-- “I’m trained as an attorney, I’m Sicilian, and I’m from New Jersey.  If I see you kick a puppy, I’m going to say something.  It’s not within me to not say something.”

Real Housewives of New Jersey star Jim Marchese on the recent $8.5 million whistleblower award his mortgage company received in connection with the government’s record $16.65 billion settlement last summer with Bank of America Corp....

SEC Enforcement Spotlight — BlackRock Advisors

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team BlackRock Advisors LLC agreed to pay a $12 million penalty to settle SEC charges it breached its fiduciary duty by failing to disclose a conflict of interest created by the outside business activity of a top-performing portfolio manager.  The firm also must engage an independent compliance consultant to conduct an internal review.  See SEC Press Release According to the...

Whistleblower News From The Inside — April 21, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team  Whistleblower talks about $100M lawsuit against IU Health -- Dr. Judith Robinson, a former medical director within the system, brought a whistleblower lawsuit against Indiana's largest health network alleging it defrauded taxpayers of $100M while risking the health of low-income mothers and their babies.  Greensburg Daily News Teva to pay $512M to settle suit over delay of...

In Their Own Words -- Eisinger

-- "IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY WHISTLEBLOWERS CAN SEEM A LITTLE CRAZY, IT'S BECAUSE ANYBODY WHO IS NOT A LITTLE BIT CRAZY WOULD BACK AWAY FROM THE ORDEAL OF CONFRONTING A CORPORATE BEHEMOTH OR GRINDING GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY."

Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica reporter, on his story of Halliburton whistleblower Tony Menendez whom Eisinger reports "there’s nothing crazy about . . . beyond an optimism that persists even when...

In Their Own Words -- Illingworth

-- "It was one of those moments, I think, that you can sort of -- if you’re plotting it on a graph, the whole game changed from that point on, because, I guess, I had the balls to stand up and I told it how it was."

Simon Illingworth, former Melbourne, Australia police sergeant who helped expose police corruption and is now enjoying life as a farmer in rural Victoria, growing garlic and raising cattle, who recently...

In Their Own Words -- Weber

-- “[I] told them everything: 'This is wrong, this is unethical, you’re going to get sued.' . . . It wasn’t about the money, and it still isn’t.”

Heidi Weber, a former Dean of Minnesota-based for-profit Globe University who won nearly $400,000 against the school which she accused of firing her for complaining about unethical practices. Click here for more.

In Their Own Words -- Urvoas

-- “The Snowden case has demonstrated the need to create conditions so that agents can denounce abuses by the intelligence services.”

Jean-Jacques Urvoas, member of the French National Assembly, on his proposed amendment that would legalize the leak of information by intelligence employees if they want to expose an abuse of power by their own authorities. Click here for more.

Whistleblower News From The Inside — April 17, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team  Former JPMorgan Chase Broker Charged in $20 Million Fraud – According to a federal criminal complaint, former JPMorgan Chase broker Michael J. Oppenheim treated accounts maintained by his clients as his own personal piggy bank — using about $20 million in client money to make unprofitable options trades and even paying down the mortgage on his New Jersey home, all while...

In Their Own Words -- Drucker

-- “ZURICH HAS COME TO RESEMBLE AN OVERSIZE COLLEGE DORM FOR INDICTED SWISS FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS.”

Bloomberg reporter Jesse Drucker, commenting on the 21 financial advisers in Switzerland under U.S. indictment who remain at large. Click here for more.

International Olympic Committee Launches Whistleblower Hotline

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team The International Olympic Committee ("IOC") this week launched its new Integrity and Compliance Hotline for whistleblowers to report competition manipulation and other ethical issues that threaten the integrity of sport.  Through the hotline, the IOC is looking to protect "clean athletes" by ferreting out any financial misconduct, such as match-fixing, and other legal,...