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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.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
3M to Pay $6.5 Million for Foreign Bribery Charges

				
Posted  08/29/23
								

				 
				
Businessman Examining Books and Records
				 				On Friday (August 25), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Minnesota-based global manufacturer 3M Company agreed to pay $6.5 million to settle SEC charges of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).  According to the SEC Order finalizing the settlement, the SEC found that employees of 3M's wholly-owned Chinese subsidiary provided improper consideration to Chinese officials of...				 
				 					 

						
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SEC Awards $18 Million Whistleblower Award

				
Posted  08/25/23
								

				 
				
Anonymous Person Wearing Hoodie
				 				The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today (August 25) a whistleblower award of $18 million "to a whistleblower whose information and assistance led to a successful SEC enforcement action."  Due to the agency's commitment to keeping the identity of its whistleblowers strictly confidential, it did not disclose who the whistleblower is, or the enforcement action to which the reward is tied.

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DOJ Smackdown of COVID-19 Fraud

				
Posted  08/25/23
								

				 
				
Virus with COVID-19 Lettering Over
				 				On Wednesday (August 23), the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced significant progress in its ongoing effort to combat COVID-19 fraud.  The agency reported a nationwide, coordinated three-month sweep resulting in more than 700 enforcement actions involving hundreds of defendants, covering more than $800 million in alleged COVID-19 fraud.

According to the government, these actions largely involved going after...				 
				 					 

						
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													  Contract Non-Compliance, 
													  COVID-19, 
													  FCA Federal, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
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In Their Own Words. . . .Deputy Attorney General Monaco

				
Posted  08/25/23
								

				 
								 				"Combating all types of fraud is a top Justice Department priority.  That is especially true when the fraud involves exploitation of the suffering of others."

Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco in announcing the results of DOJ's latest nationwide COVID-19 fraud enforcement sweep, which over the last three months included 700 enforcement actions involving over $830 million in fraud.				 
				 					 

						
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Scoundrel Spotlight - Medicare Fraudster Minal Patel

				
Posted  08/23/23
								

				 
				
Medicare Paper on Hundred Dollar Bills
				 				This week's Scoundrel in the Spotlight is Minal Patel who last week (August 18) was sentenced to 27 years in prison for defrauding Medicare of almost half a billion dollars for genetic testing patients did not need and were procured through bribes and kickbacks.  In announcing the sentencing, the government trumpeted the matter as one of the largest genetic testing fraud cases ever tried to verdict.

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													  Criminal Proceedings, 
													  Healthcare Fraud, 
													  Laboratory and IDTF, 
													  Lack of Medical Necessity, 
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SEC Awards $104 Million to Seven Whistleblowers

				
Posted  08/16/23
								

				 
				
Red Whistle with People
				 				Earlier this month (August 4), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced its award of $104 million to seven whistleblowers "whose information and assistance led to a successful SEC enforcement action and related actions brought by another agency."  It follows a string of blockbuster awards under the SEC Whistleblower Program, which provides whistleblowers who provide information leading to a successful...				 
				 					 

						
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Scoundrel Spotlight - George Thomas Dave (“GT Dave”)

				
Posted  08/8/23
								

				 
				
Kombucha Fermenting in Jar
				 				This week’s Scoundrel in the Spotlight is George Thomas Dave (“GT Dave”), the billionaire king of kombucha. His company GT’s Living Foods has saturated the fermented tea and beverage market with its Synergy branded drinks to the tune of $275 million per year.  GT Dave professes to have a higher purpose.  The company mission statement, according to its website, is to “share the gift of Kombucha in its...				 
				 					 

						
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DOJ and FTC Draft Merger Guidelines Reaffirm the Critical Role of Whistleblowers in Antitrust Enforcement

				
Posted  08/7/23
								

				 
				
Puzzle Piece Hovering Over Final Position
				 				Whistleblowers provide crucial information, bring illegality to light, and right wrongs.  It is true when a nurse brings a False Claims Act case against a healthcare provider that defrauded the government by billing Medicare despite failing to provide the proper services to its patients.  And, as the DOJ and FTC reenforced in their recently released draft merger guidelines, it is just as true when a customer,...				 
				 					 

						
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Donor and Legacy Admissions Policies at Undergraduate Institutions Face Scrutiny

				
Posted  08/2/23
								

				 
				
				 				The U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (DOE-OCR) has opened an investigation of Harvard College’s undergraduate donor and legacy admissions practices for discrimination based on race, under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  Title VI prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in any program that receives federal financial assistance from DOE, and Harvard is a...				 
				 					 

						
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Thomas Jefferson University Pays $2.7 Million to Settle Student Loan Fraud Allegations

				
Posted  07/28/23
								

				 
				
				 				Thomas Jefferson University has agreed to pay $2.7 million to settle allegations concerning the misuse and improper retention of "primary care" student financial aid loans.

Education fraud encompasses traditional financial aid programs as well as specialty loan programs like the Primary Care Loan program at issue here. Congress established the Primary Care Loan program to address the nation’s shortage of primary...				 
				 					 

						
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