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Whistleblower Insider is written by the Constantine Cannon law firm team of experienced qui tam and whistleblower lawyers. It is updated regularly to provide the latest whistleblower and fraud news and developments.

Constantine Cannon Celebrates a Record-Shattering Year of Whistleblower Rewards

Posted 10/8/20

This has been a big year for the whistleblower clients of Constantine Cannon. Our whistleblower team represented the whistleblowers in four blockbuster settlements in just the past twelve months. In two of those cases, the government declined to pursue the matter so we had to litigate on our own. More importantly for our clients, in all four cases Constantine Cannon secured some of the highest whistleblower...

Tagged in: CC Lawyers, FCA Federal, FCA State, Government Procurement Fraud, Healthcare Fraud, Importance of Whistleblowers, Whistleblower Rewards,

Catch of the Week: Private Equity Firm and Former Executives of a Mental Health Center Reach $25 Million Medicaid Settlement

Posted 10/15/21

dollar bill with Medicaid text ripped through

In recent years there has been a proliferation of private equity firms taking oversight of healthcare entities. These private equity firms have increased their exposure to False Claims Act liability by playing active roles in the operation of healthcare entities, and multiple settlements have been reached over the last two years (on kickbacks and promotion of unapproved use of drug-device systems on pediatric...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, Defendants, FCA State, Healthcare Fraud, Improper Medical Personnel, Medicaid, Provider Fraud,

Constantine Cannon Client Gwang-Ho Kim Honored as 2021 Whistleblower of the Year by Taxpayers Against Fraud

Posted 10/14/21

We are pleased to announce that Constantine Cannon client Gwang-Ho Kim has been selected as the Whistleblower of the Year for 2021 by the Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund (TAFEF). TAFEF is a prominent public interest organization that works to protect whistleblowers and strengthen the effective operation of the laws that empower them to expose misconduct and the theft of taxpayer dollars. A safety engineer...

Tagged in: Auto Safety, CC Lawyers, Whistleblower of the Year,

The New ENABLERS Act May Be a Backdoor Way to Expand the Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Program

Posted 10/14/21
By Sarah “Poppy” Alexander

Hundred dollars bills pinned to clothes line

In The Hill this week, I argue that the newly proposed ENABLERS Act is a lot more powerful than even its authors seem to realize. The proposed law would effectively expand the Bank Secrecy Act to apply the same reporting requirements currently imposed on banks to all sorts of actors who enable (get it?) money laundering: lawyers, investment advisers, accountants, art dealers, public relations firms, and the like. ...

Tagged in: Financial and Investment Fraud, Financial Institution Fraud, Legislation and Regulation News, Money Laundering, Tax Fraud, Whistleblower Eligibility,

Catch of the Week: 18 Former N.B.A. Players Charged in Healthcare Fraud Scheme

Posted 10/8/21

Former professional basketball players, including Terence Williams, "Big Baby" Glen Davis, Sebastian Telfair, and Tony Allen, have been indicted for submitting fraudulent claims for reimbursement of medical and dental services not actually rendered. From 2017 through last year, defendants' scheme caused the N.B.A. Players' Health and Welfare Benefit Plan ("the Plan") to pay out nearly $4 million in false claims....

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, Criminal Proceedings, Healthcare Fraud, Private Insurance Whistleblower Reward Programs,

Constantine Cannon Attorneys Mary Inman and Leah Judge Contribute to The Tech Worker Handbook

Posted 10/8/21

This week, Pinterest whistleblower Ifeoma Ozoma launched The Tech Worker Handbook, a collection of resources designed to help workers in the tech industry decide whether to speak out about wrongdoing. The Handbook was created with funding from the Omidyar Network in partnership with the Signals Network, the Whistleblowing International Network, and Lioness Strategies. Constantine Cannon’s own Mary Inman and Leah...

Tagged in: CC Lawyers, Importance of Whistleblowers,

Pandora Papers Show the Value of Financial Transparency, the Critical Role of Whistleblowers – and the Need for Additional Regulation

Posted 10/8/21

This week, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and its partners began publicly reporting on the “Pandora Papers,” a trove of millions of leaked documents from firms around the world that help customers set up “offshore” accounts and shell companies designed to conceal financial truths. The leaked documents, and the extensive reporting on the documents, sheds light on the murky world of...

Tagged in: Abusive Tax Shelters, Financial and Investment Fraud, Financial Institution Fraud, Importance of Whistleblowers, Money Laundering, Tax Fraud,

Attention Whistleblowers: DOJ Announces Cyber Fraud Initiative

Posted 10/7/21

On October 6, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced that the Department of Justice will launch a Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative to combat new cyber threats and hold accountable those “that put U.S. information or systems at risk by knowingly providing deficient cybersecurity products or services, knowingly misrepresenting their cybersecurity practices or protocols, or knowingly violating obligations to monitor...

Tagged in: Cybersecurity and Data Breaches, FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud, Importance of Whistleblowers, Reporting to Government,

Whistleblower Reveals Facebook’s Lies: Will the SEC or Congress Act to Curtail Threats to Democracy and Teens from Social Media?

Posted 10/1/21

For anyone who cares about the future of liberal democracy, improving the mental health and well-being of children, ending the COVID-19 pandemic, or stopping drug cartels and human trafficking, the recent series in The Wall Street Journal titled “The Facebook Files” is a must-read. Based on a trove of internal documents shared by a Facebook whistleblower, as well as interviews with numerous current and former...

Tagged in: Financial and Investment Fraud, Importance of Whistleblowers, Misrepresentations, SEC Whistleblower Reward Program,

A Billion in the Bank and Still No End In Sight For SEC’s Warm Embrace of Whistleblowers

Posted 10/1/21

It has been only two weeks since the SEC passed the billion dollar mark in whistleblower awards under the agency's Whistleblower Program. By all accounts, there will be no end to the cavalcade of awards that brought us to this landmark event. Starting with the whistleblower payout that brought the total awards tally past the 10-figure threshold. It was a blockbuster $110 million award, the second largest to...

Tagged in: Anonymity, Financial and Investment Fraud, Importance of Whistleblowers, SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, Securities Fraud, Whistleblower Rewards,

Shining a Light on Fraud in the Energy Industry

Posted 10/1/21

This week brought not one but two newly announced False Claims Act (FCA) settlements with companies in the energy sector: (1) An Oklahoma-based energy company settled claims it underpaid royalties for natural resources, and (2) a utility company in New York settled claims it falsified reports to a local power authority to cover up mismanagement and wasted State electricity. The two settlements illustrate federal and...

Tagged in: Contract Non-Compliance, Environmental Fraud, FCA Federal, FCA State, Government Procurement Fraud,

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Constantine Cannon Celebrates a Record-Shattering Year of Whistleblower Rewards

Catch of the Week: Private Equity Firm and Former Executives of a Mental Health Center Reach $25 Million Medicaid Settlement

Constantine Cannon Client Gwang-Ho Kim Honored as 2021 Whistleblower of the Year by Taxpayers Against Fraud

The New ENABLERS Act May Be a Backdoor Way to Expand the Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Program

Catch of the Week: 18 Former N.B.A. Players Charged in Healthcare Fraud Scheme

Constantine Cannon Attorneys Mary Inman and Leah Judge Contribute to The Tech Worker Handbook

Pandora Papers Show the Value of Financial Transparency, the Critical Role of Whistleblowers – and the Need for Additional Regulation

Attention Whistleblowers: DOJ Announces Cyber Fraud Initiative

Whistleblower Reveals Facebook’s Lies: Will the SEC or Congress Act to Curtail Threats to Democracy and Teens from Social Media?

A Billion in the Bank and Still No End In Sight For SEC’s Warm Embrace of Whistleblowers

Shining a Light on Fraud in the Energy Industry

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Constantine Cannon Celebrates a Record-Shattering Year of Whistleblower Rewards

Catch of the Week: Private Equity Firm and Former Executives of a Mental Health Center Reach $25 Million Medicaid Settlement

Constantine Cannon Client Gwang-Ho Kim Honored as 2021 Whistleblower of the Year by Taxpayers Against Fraud

The New ENABLERS Act May Be a Backdoor Way to Expand the Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Program

Catch of the Week: 18 Former N.B.A. Players Charged in Healthcare Fraud Scheme

Constantine Cannon Attorneys Mary Inman and Leah Judge Contribute to The Tech Worker Handbook

Pandora Papers Show the Value of Financial Transparency, the Critical Role of Whistleblowers – and the Need for Additional Regulation

Attention Whistleblowers: DOJ Announces Cyber Fraud Initiative

Whistleblower Reveals Facebook’s Lies: Will the SEC or Congress Act to Curtail Threats to Democracy and Teens from Social Media?

A Billion in the Bank and Still No End In Sight For SEC’s Warm Embrace of Whistleblowers

Shining a Light on Fraud in the Energy Industry

Learn about Whistleblower Rewards Programs

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