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In Their Own Words

-- "I AM NOT A MARTYR. . . . I THOUGHT IT WAS MY DUTY TO STIMULATE PUBLIC DEBATE." Antoine Deltour, the LuxLeaks whistleblower who exposed how companies ranging from Ikea to Pepsi funneled money through Luxembourg to lower their tax bills, and who is now being charged with theft and breaking Luxembourg’s professional secrecy laws. Click here for more.

In Their Own Words - New York Times Editorial Board

-- "THE FOREIGN EXCHANAGE SETTLEMENTS ARE LIKELY TO YIELD MORE FINES, MORE EMPTY PROMISES OF REFORM, AND GUILTY PLEAS THAT LEND AN APPEARANCE OF JUSTICE WITHOUT ACTUALLY DELIVERING THE ACCOUNTABILITY OR DETERRENCE THAT IS THE AIM OF JUSTICE." New York Times Editorial Board on the Department of Justice’s impending settlements with several big banks for alleged price rigging in the multitrillion-dollar market for...

DOJ Catch of the Week -- Compassionate Care Hospice

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Compassionate Care Hospice Group and Compassionate Care Hospice of New York. On Wednesday, the hospice services provider agreed to pay more than $6.5 million to settle charges it violated the federal and New York False Claims Acts by submitting claims to Medicare and Medicaid for hospice nursing services not actually...

In Their Own Words - Winston

-- "I WAS OFFERED A LOT OF MONEY TO MAKE IT ALL GO AWAY, QUIETLY, BUT I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, DO I WANT TO BE THAT PERSON...AND I REALIZED THAT I COULDN'T TAKE IT. I NEEDED TO SEE SOMEONE HELD ACCOUNTABLE." Countrywide whistleblower Michael Winston. Click here for more.

Whistleblower News From The Inside - February 20, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Farmer sues Perdue for violation of whistleblower law -- The Food Integrity Campaign filed a historic whistleblower retaliation complaint under the Food Safety Modernization Act on behalf of its client, Perdue contract farmer Craig Watts, who alleges the poultry company initiated intimidation tactics against him after he publicized animal welfare concerns. GAP A whistleblower’s...

Whistleblower Spotlight – HSBC Whistleblower Hervé Falciani

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week’s “Whistleblower Spotlight” shines on HSBC whistleblower Hervé Falciani. Mr. Falciani blew the whistle in 2006 on HSBC Private Bank in Switzerland allegedly helping its wealthy customers avoid taxes and hide millions of dollars.  He has been on the run from Swiss authorities since 2008, after they accused him of stealing data and violating bank secrecy laws by...

War On Whistleblowers Continues To Sink United States World Press Freedom Ranking

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team The United States continues to fall in how it compares to the rest of the free (and not so free) world in its freedom of the press.  At least that is the view of the international press rights group, Reporters Without Borders (RWB), in its just-released 2015 World Press Freedom Index.  It is the most recent edition of RWB's annual survey of how much freedom journalists and...

In Their Own Words - Kiriakou

-- "I DON'T THINK OUR GOVERNMENT, NO MATTER WHO IS PRESIDENT, WOULD EVER HAVE THE GUTS TO CHARGE SOMEONE AT THE LEVEL OF A DICK CHENEY OR OF A CIA DIRECTOR ... WITH CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY." CIA torture whistleblower John Kiriakou.  Click here for more.

Whistleblower News From The Inside - February 18, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team  Kiriakou says government lacks “guts” to charge leaders with torture --  The human rights abuses revealed in the executive summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee's torture report sparked global outrage, leaving some begging for senior officials from the George W. Bush administration to be held accountable, but CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou is certain the U.S....

In Their Own Words - Faulkner and Chernick

-- "PERJURY MUST NEVER BE PROFITABLE." Richard Faulkner and Richard Chernick, the two arbitrators in the Lance Armstrong/SCA Promotions arbitration, from their decision ordering Armstrong and former team owner Tailwind Sports to pay $10 million in their fraud dispute with the promotions company. Click here for more.