Whistleblower Insider Blog
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.
Fraudster Of The Week -- Dr. Salomon Melgen, Patron Of Senator Robert Menedez
Posted 03/10/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Yesterday, opening statements took place in the trial of Florida doctor Salomon Melgen, who stands accused of defrauding Medicare of tens of millions of dollars. Melgen has also made headlines for his suspect financial relationship with U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, and is expected to face a separate trial on bribery charges in New Jersey later this year.
According to...
DOJ Catch Of The Week -- ZTE Corporation
Posted 03/10/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to ZTE Corporation. On Tuesday, the Chinese telecom equipment maker agreed to enter a guilty plea and pay a $430 million penalty for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by illegally shipping U.S.-origin items to Iran. ZTE simultaneously reached settlements with the Department of...
Volkswagen Pleads Guilty in Diesel Emissions Scandal
Posted 03/10/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Volkswagen pleaded guilty today to fraud, obstruction of justice and falsifying statements as part of a $4.3 billion settlement reached with the U.S. Justice Department in January over the automaker's diesel emissions scandal. It comes as the automaker strives to put the most expensive ever auto industry scandal behind it.
The September 2015 disclosure that VW intentionally...
Whistleblower News From The Inside -- March 10, 2017
Posted 03/10/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Court removes South Korean president from office over corruption scandal -- South Korea’s Constitutional Court unanimously ruled to remove impeached President Park Geun-hye from office on Friday over a corruption scandal, opening her to possible criminal proceedings. The decision sparked protests, some of them violent, which resulted in two deaths and about 30 injuries. The...
Samsung Heir to Stand Trial for Corruption Charges
Posted 03/9/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Lee Jae-yong, heir to Korea’s vast Samsung group of companies, will stand trial relating to allegations he engaged in bribery and corruption. Lee Jae-yong has been the de facto head of Samsung since his father, Lee Kun-hee, was incapacitated by a heart attack in 2014. Four other executives will also stand trial.
Lee is charged with offering bribes to South Korea’s...
Whistleblower News From The Inside -- March 9, 2017
Posted 03/9/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Ophthalmologist’s Medicare fraud trial starts today – Opening statements are expected this morning in the $105 million Medicare fraud trial of prominent Palm Beach County ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen, who faces charges he submitted false claims based on fabricated medical charts and, in a separate case, charges he bribed U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) in exchange for...
In Their Own Words -- Reich
Posted 03/8/17
-- “We have a president who is either a dangerous paranoid who’s making judgments based on right-wing crackpots, or has in all likelihood committed treason, or is willing to sacrifice public trust in our basic institutions to further his selfish goals.”
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich on Trump’s wiretapping allegationsNSA Whistleblower Backs Trump Up On Wiretap Claims (Sort Of)
Posted 03/8/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week, former National Security Agency official Bill Binney told Fox Business that Donald Trump is “absolutely right” to claim that he was wiretapped and monitored. Binney’s comments followed a recent Trump twitter tantrum, in which the leader of the free world accused then-President Obama of tapping his phones “during the very sacred election process.”
Binney...
Whistleblower News From The Inside -- March 8, 2017
Posted 03/8/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Fake SEC Emails Target Execs for Inside Information – “Cyber scammers are using a new trick to get confidential corporate information: They are sending spoofed emails, purporting to be from the Security and Exchange Commission, and aiming them at lawyers, compliance managers, and other company officials who file documents with the SEC.” Fortune
79-Year-Old Doctor...