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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.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
CFTC Makes $1.8M Whistleblower Award -- Second Award Under Trump Administration

				
Posted  01/2/26
								

				 
				
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				 				By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Shortly before the holidays (on December 19), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a $1.8 million award to two whistleblowers “whose information significantly contributed to the successful resolution of enforcement cases involving defrauded investors.”[1]  It is only the second award under the CFTC Whistleblower Program since President...				 
				 					 

						
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And Yet Another Whistleblower-Originated Customs Fraud Case -- Ceratizit Pays $54.4M in Largest-Ever False Claims Act Settlement

				
Posted  12/23/25
								

				 
				
Department of Justice
				 				By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team

Last Thursday (December 18), the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that North Carolina-based Ceratizit USA agreed to pay $54.4 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by failing to pay duties it owed Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on the products it imported from China.[1]  It is just the latest in a string of customs fraud settlements...				 
				 					 

						
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Dana-Farber Pays $15M to Settle False Claims Act Allegations of NIH Grant Fraud

				
Posted  12/22/25
								

				 
				
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				 				By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team

Last Tuesday (December 16), the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute agreed to pay $15 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by fraudulently securing and using National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grants.[1]  It is just the latest in a series of False Claims Act enforcement actions against...				 
				 					 

						
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Lennon + Ono, David Bowie, Coldplay and more: Top 10 Holiday Songs With Whistleblower Themes

				
Posted  12/22/25
								

				 
				
Top 10 Holiday Songs with Whistleblower Themes
				 				By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team

The holiday season is rife with tradition, good food, quality time with friends and family, and of course, the inevitable yearly defrosting of pop’s Christmas queen Mariah Carey and of so many other super-smash songs of yore.

Some holiday tunes have unexpected whistleblower messaging, such as calls for peace, drawing attention to the world’s issues,...				 
				 					 

						
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SEC Files Suit Against and Reaches Settlement with Digital Ad Company

				
Posted  12/22/25
								

				 
				
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				 				By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team

On December 15, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit in federal court against social media and digital advertising company Curastory Inc. and its founder and CEO, Tiffany Kelly, and concurrently moved the court to approve a judgment in accordance with the parties’ settlement.[1]  This is yet another example of the SEC bringing an enforcement...				 
				 					 

						
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Constantine Cannon Partner Gordon Schnell Quoted in Bloomberg and Law360 On Zafirov Appeal of False Claims Act Constitutionality

				
Posted  12/17/25
										

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				 				By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team

Last Friday, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held argument on the Constitutionality of the whistleblower (or qui tam) provisions of the False Claims Act.  These are the provisions of the Civil War era statute that authorizes private parties to bring lawsuits on behalf of the Government against those that defraud the Government.  Over the past few decades, the...				 
				 					 

						
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Canadian Man Charged by SEC for $18M+ Investor Fraud Scheme

				
Posted  12/17/25
								

				 
				
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				 				By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Nathan Gauvin, a Canadian citizen, along with his entities -- Blackridge, LLC, Gray Digital Capital Management USA, LLC, and Gray Digital Technologies, LLC -- with conducting two fraudulent securities offerings that raised over $18 million from investors in the U.S. and internationally. The SEC alleges that Gauvin...				 
				 					 

						
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FinCEN Imposes $3.5M Fine on Paxful for Enabling Illicit Transactions

				
Posted  12/16/25
								

				 
				
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				 				By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team

On December 9, the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced it imposed a $3.5 million civil penalty on Paxful, Inc. and Paxful USA, Inc. for willfully violating the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the key U.S. anti-money laundering law. Paxful, a peer-to-peer convertible virtual currency trading platform, facilitated over $500...				 
				 					 

						
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Owners of Wound Graft Companies Pay Big for False Claims Act and Kickback Violations -- DOJ Reinforces Zero Tolerance for Healthcare Fraud

				
Posted  12/15/25
								

				 
				
Department of Justice
				 				By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team

Last Friday (December 12), the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the major sentencing, forfeitures, and penalties imposed on the owners of several Arizona wound graft companies for a $1.2 billion healthcare fraud scheme.[1]  DOJ described the action -- against Alexandra Gehrke and her husband Jeffrey King -- as “the first prosecution of its kind.”

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Mindpath Pays $1.9M To Settle False Claims Act Allegations of Healthcare Fraud

				
Posted  12/9/25
								

				 
				
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				 				By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team

Last week (December 2), the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that North Carolina’s largest behavioral practice Mindpath Care Centers -- along with its former officers Jeff Williams, Abigail Sheriff, and Sarah Williams -- paid $1.9 million to settle allegations they violated the False Claims Act by fraudulently billing Medicare for Psychotherapy and medication...				 
				 					 

						
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