Whistleblower News From The Inside -- June 6, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Panama Papers show law firm did more than create offshore accounts for clients -- “For many of its American clients, Mossack Fonseca offered a how-to guide of sorts on skirting or evading United States tax and financial disclosure laws.” NY Times More guilty pleas in $600 million spinal surgery fraud – Three additional defendants pleaded guilty to participating in a kickback scheme that illegally...

Whistleblower News From The Inside -- May 25, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team New organization opens doors to protect 1st Amendment – The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University will focus on protecting one of the Constitutional protections whistleblowers rely upon most.  Miami Herald Former NBA All-Star indicted for charity fraud – Kermit Washington, remembered most for nearly killing another player on-court with a punch to the face, has been charged with conspiracy to commit wire...

Whistleblower News From The Inside — April 29, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Byram Healthcare and Hollister, Inc. Will Pay $20.9 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations – Hollister Inc., a manufacturer of disposable health care products, and Byram Healthcare Centers Inc., a supplier of medical products, have agreed to pay $11.44 million and $9.37 million, respectively, to resolve allegations regarding  Byram’s receipt of unlawful kickbacks to conduct promotional campaigns referring patients to certain medical products.  Hollister was...

Whistleblower News From The Inside — April 5, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team CFTC pays out first major whistleblower award -- The agency announced an award of more than $10 million to a whistleblower who provided key original information that led to a successful enforcement action for violations of the Commodity Exchange Act.  It is the third but by far the largest award to date.  CFTC Whistleblower site decries Emirates Airline -- "Speaking on condition of anonymity,...

Whistleblower News From The Inside — March 28, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team DOJ demands Novartis provide backup for 80,000 “doctor-education events” -- The Manhattan Office of the US Attorney and the whistleblower in the suit allege that Novartis provided illegal kickbacks to health-care providers through bogus educational programs at high-end restaurants and sports bars where the company’s drugs were barely discussed. Fierce Pharma DOJ and SEC charge securities professional with defrauding institutional investors -- In parallel civil and...

Whistleblower News From The Inside — February 10, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Is it Time to Reconsider the CFTC Whistleblower Program? -- Taxpayers Against Fraud commentary on how the CFTC whistleblower program is doing.  TAF Monsanto pays $80M penalty for accounting violations -- The St. Louis-based agribusiness agreed to make the payment to settle charges it violated accounting rules and misstated company earnings as it pertained to its flagship product Roundup.  SEC Taming drug prices by...

Whistleblower News From The Inside — February 8, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team HSBC to Pay $470 Million to Settle State and Federal Claims of Mortgage Origination, Servicing, and Foreclosure Abuses -- HSBC will provide relief to consumers and payments to federal and state parties, and agrees to be bound to mortgage servicing standards and subject to independent monitoring of its compliance with the agreement.   DOJ Commodity Futures Trading Commission has spent more on administrative costs of its...

Whistleblower News From The Inside — January 22, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team CenterLight Healthcare pays $46.7m to settle Medicaid fraud claims -- CenterLight has admitted it improperly enrolled over 1,200 patients in its long term home health care program who attended or were referred by social adult day care centers and whose needs did not meet the billing criteria of the managed care plan.  SDNY DOJ CFTC launches whistleblower website -- The CFTC launched its Whistleblower...

Whistleblower News From The Inside — December 21, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Theranos faces investigations by CMS and FDA. Former employees have filed complaints with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Food & Drug Administration. The complaints allege continued use of devices despite indications of major problems and submission of faulty studies. WSJ J.P. Morgan’s conflicts of interest – again. In addition to the CFTC penalty reported here on Friday, J.P. Morgan faces...

Whistleblower News from the Inside -- December 18, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Drug C.E.O. Martin Shkreli arrested on fraud charges -- Famous for acquiring a decades-old drug used to treat an infection that can be devastating for babies and people with AIDS and, overnight, raising the price to $750 a pill from $13.50, his criminal charges brought against him actually relate to something else entirely — his time as a hedge fund manager and when he...