Question of the Week -- Are You Concerned About Whitefish Energy’s Questionable Contract?
Posted 11/1/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Brock Long, the head of FEMA, recently testified to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs that his agency was not aware of Whitefish Energy’s $300 million no-bid contract to rebuild Puerto Rico’s electrical grid until after it was awarded. Long told committee members, “there’s no lawyer inside FEMA that would have ever agreed to the language...
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Utah Financial Advisor Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion, Securities Fraud, and Wire Fraud - The defendant marketed and sold a fraudulent tax scheme, called “IRA Exit Strategy,” that promised a way for investors to avoid paying taxes on IRA withdrawals. To effectuate his scheme, the defendant caused his clients to file income tax returns with approximately $3.8 million in...
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Chemed, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Vitas, have agreed to pay $75 million to resolve a government lawsuit brought under the False Claims Act (FCA). According to the 
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Victims say VA whistleblower retaliation is growing under Trump, despite rhetoric – When President Trump talked about the importance of protecting “our great, great people, our veterans,” during a White House meeting in March, he said, “No more games going to be played at the VA.” At a White House briefing on Trump’s executive order to improve whistleblower...
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Paramedics Plus unable to shake kickback accusations in Texas case – A federal judge in Texas this week refused to dismiss accusations that Sioux Falls’ hired ambulance service participated in a kickback scheme for a contract the company held in Oklahoma. A whistleblower’s lawsuit against Paramedics Plus alleges the ambulance service was created by a Texas hospital after...
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A story by the Associated Press and carried by 
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
The founder and majority owner of Insys Therapeutics Inc., was arrested and charged with leading a nationwide conspiracy to profit by using bribes and fraud to cause the illegal distribution of a Fentanyl spray intended for cancer patients experiencing breakthrough pain.
"More than 20,000 Americans died of synthetic opioid overdoses last year, and millions are addicted to...