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DOJ Catch Of The Week — Medtronic

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to medical device maker Medtronic plc and affiliated Medtronic companies, Medtronic Inc., Medtronic USA Inc., and Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA Inc.  Yesterday, the companies agreed to pay $4.4 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by making false statements to the Department of Veterans...

Whistleblower News From The Inside – April 3, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Ex-TPG executive files whistleblower suit alleging TPG threatened his life – Whistleblower alleges TPG partner said he wanted to “'smack” him against a wall and “gut him like a carp” over raising  concerns that the private equity giant may have violated securities regulations and defrauded investors out of millions of dollars as a result.  Reuters Snowden says UK...

In Their Own Words — McKessy

-- “EMPLOYERS SHOULD…REVIEW AND AMEND EXISTING AND HISTORICAL [CONFIDENTIALITY] AGREEMENTS THAT IN WORD OR EFFECT STOP THEIR EMPLOYEES FROM REPORTING POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS TO THE SEC.”

Sean McKessy, Chief of the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower, discussing settlement with KBR.  Click here for more.

SEC Charges KBR with Violating Whistleblower Protection Rule

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team The SEC yesterday announced its first enforcement action against a company for including improperly restrictive language in confidentiality agreements that had the potential to stifle whistleblowers.  According to the SEC, Houston-based global technology and engineering firm KBR Inc. violated Dodd-Frank Rule 21F-17 whistleblower protections by requiring witnesses in internal...

Monthly Roundup - March 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Here is our look-back at the key whistleblower and fraud developments we have written about over the past month: FEATURED POSTS AND COMMENTARY This month's featured posts and commentary included: First Circuit Joins Growing Number Of Courts Taking More Reasoned View Of What Constitutes Fraud Under The False Claims Act (here); NYAG Report Details How Money Given To Charities Is...

In Their Own Words – Thompson

– “At the heart of this health care fraud scheme was the exploitation of poor people…this was a Medicaid mill.”

Brooklyn district attorney Kenneth P. Thompson on the Medicaid scheme involving the homeless.  Click here for more.

Whistleblower News From The Inside – April 1, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team NY Doctors accused of using homeless people to defraud Medicaid – After a lengthy investigation, nine NY doctors have been accused of defrauding Medicaid in connection with a scheme in which homeless people with valid Medicaid cards were recruited to medical clinics around the city for hours of unnecessary tests and fake diagnoses in exchange for free sneakers.  NY...

Whistleblower News From The Inside - March 31, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team StubHub sues Ticketmaster and Golden State Warriors over alleged anticompetitive ticketing practices -- “In what could prove to be a landmark case in the sports ticket marketplace, StubHub . . . accus[es] the two of conspiring to create an illegal resale market by telling season-ticket holders to only resell through their platform.”  ESPN Ex-Israeli leader found guilty of...

In Their Own Words

-- “MEDICAL FRAUD IS HAPPENING, AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE LOOKING FOR IT.”

Seattle Times Editorial Board in urging the “easy decision” of reauthorizing the Washington Medicaid False Claims Act and its qui tam provisions allowing for whistleblowers to share in any government recovery.  Click here for more.

DOJ Catch Of The Week -- Schlumberger Oilfield Holdings

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Schlumberger Oilfield Holdings Ltd. (SOHL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Schlumberger Ltd.  On Wednesday, the oil services company agreed to enter a guilty plea and pay a $232,708,356 penalty for violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) by willfully facilitating illegal transactions and...