Whistleblower News From The Inside -- May 23, 2017
Posted 05/23/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
CFTC Strengthens Anti-Retaliation Protections for Whistleblowers and Enhances the Award Claims Review Process -- The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) unanimously approved amendments to the CFTC’s Whistleblower Rules that will, among other things, strengthen the CFTC’s anti-retaliation protections for whistleblowers and enhance the process for reviewing...
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Here is Part II of our interview with Whistleblower Insider’s 2016 Whistleblower of the Year winner — LeeAnne Walters. After seeing her own children poisoned by the lead in Flint’s water, Walters decided she had to take a stand. Since then, Ms. Walters has worked tirelessly to draw attention to the public-health crisis in Flint. Here is how Ms. Walters details...
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The Trump Administration plans to reveal its first major 
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DOJ Brass Says Sessions Has Eye on Health Care Fraud -- U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will keep health care fraud high on the U.S. Department of Justice agenda, the agency's acting criminal head said at a speech Thursday. Criminal Division acting head Kenneth Blanco said the attorney general “feels very strongly” that tackling schemes that divert funds from Medicare...
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On Tuesday, a federal grand jury in San Antonio returned two indictments against state senator Carlos Uresti in connection with two schemes—one involving alleged kickbacks for a medical services contract at a county jail, and a second dealing with an alleged Ponzi scheme that marketed sand used for hydraulic fracking. He now faces more than a dozen criminal charges and,...
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This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to two Southwest Missouri hospitals who yesterday agreed to pay $34 million to settle charges they violated the 
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Former Snapchat employee Anthony Pompliano filed suit against the company for allegedly breaking federal whistleblower protection laws and misleading investors ahead of Snap's initial public offering. Pompliano has previously filed suit in January against the company in L.A. County Superior Court on similar claims but decided to transfer the case to federal court and file for...
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Mercy Springfield to pay $34 million to resolve allegations doctor compensation violated law -- Health system Mercy Springfield Communities has agreed to pay $34 million to settle allegations levied by the federal government that it violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians. According to the DOJ, the health system...
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Roger Ailes, the former head of Fox News