In Their Own Words -- Graham
Posted 07/28/17
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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.
Senate Rejects Slimmed-Down Obamacare Repeal as McCain Votes No
Posted 07/28/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
The Senate in the early hours of Friday morning rejected a new, scaled-down Republican plan to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act, derailing the Republicans’ seven-year campaign to dismantle President Barack Obama’s signature health care law and dealing a huge political setback to President Trump. Senator John McCain of Arizona, who just this week returned to the Senate...
Whistleblower News From The Inside -- July 28, 2017
Posted 07/28/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
SEC Announces Whistleblower Award of More Than $1.7 Million -- The SEC announced a whistleblower award of more than $1.7 million to a company insider who provided the agency with critical information to help stop a fraud that would have otherwise been difficult to detect. Millions of dollars were returned to harmed investors as a result of the SEC’s ensuing investigation...
Smuggled King Cobras, Albino Turtles Intercepted by US Authorities
Posted 07/27/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California is handling the prosecution of 34-year-old Rodrigo Franco, who was arrested earlier this week on charges he illegally imported protected and dangerous animals into the United States in violation of federal anti-smuggling laws and the Endangered Species Act. The live animals, shipped from Hong Kong,...
Whistleblower News From The Inside -- July 27, 2017
Posted 07/27/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Vanderbilt Medical Center settles $6.5M FCA case – Vanderbilt University Medical Center will pay $6.5M to settle allegations—brought by a whistleblower in a non-intervened FCA case—that three physicians at Vanderbilt’s surgical center violated Medicare billing rules related to surgery scheduling practices. As part of the settlement, Vanderbilt must hire a third-party...
Celgene to Pay $280M to Resolve Fraud Allegations
Posted 07/26/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Pharmaceutical manufacturer Celgene Corp. agreed to pay $280 million to settle claims that it illegally promoted two cancer drugs, Thalomid and Revlimid, for unapproved uses. The case was filed by a former Celgene sales representative under the False Claims Act, which allows individuals to sue to recover government dollars and share in any recovery.
The New York Times reports...
Whistleblower News From The Inside -- July 26, 2017
Posted 07/26/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
SEC announces $2.5M whistleblower award — The award will go to “an employee of a domestic government agency whose whistleblower tip helped launch an SEC investigation and whose continued assistance enabled the SEC to address a company's misconduct.” SEC
Pharmacist pleads guilty in $192M compounded medication fraud scheme — As part of the plea, the pharmacist...
Senate Dems Call for Investigation into Possible Targeting of Climate Change Whistleblowers
Posted 07/25/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
As reported today in the Washington Post, eight Democrats on the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee have called for an investigation into possible whistleblower retaliation in the Interior Department's recent reassignment of dozens of senior career officials. In a letter yesterday to Interior Department Deputy Inspector General Mary Kendall, the concerned senators...
In Their Own Words -- Heneson
Posted 07/25/17
-- "When the executive branch, in the service of its regressive agenda, marginalizes its most experienced, dedicated employees, we are truly in deep trouble."
Lynne Heneson, in a Washington Post Letter to the Editor, on the "reassignment" of Interior Department climate change whistleblower Joel Clement. Read more.Whistleblower News From The Inside -- July 25, 2017
Posted 07/25/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Owner of Tampa parathyroid practice to pay $4M to resolve False Claims Act whistleblower charges -- The government and whistleblower alleged Dr. James Norman, the owner Norman Parathyroid Center, billed the government for services for which he had already received payment. DOJ (MDFL)
Tennessee Pain Management Group to pay $312K to settle False Claims Act overpayment charges...