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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.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
CFTC Awards $15 Million to Two Whistleblowers

				
Posted  09/20/23
								

				 
				
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				 				Yesterday (September 19), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced its award of $15 million to two whistleblowers.  Keeping to its commitment of protecting the identity of its whistleblowers, we do not know who the whistleblowers are or the enforcement actions to which the rewards relate.  All we know is the whistleblowers "provided significant information and assistance that led the CFTC to bring...				 
				 					 

						
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SEC Takes a Stand Against Companies Trying to Silence Whistleblowers - AGAIN!

				
Posted  09/19/23
								

				 
				
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				 				Last Friday (September 8), Monolith Resources agreed to pay $225,000 to settle Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charges of using employee separation agreements that violated the SEC’s whistleblower protection rules.  It is just the latest in a continuous stream of SEC enforcement actions against companies trying to silence whistleblowers.  Monolith is a clean technology company headquartered in Lincoln,...				 
				 					 

						
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GAO Highlights Massive Fraud of Government Funds for Unemployment Insurance During COVID Pandemic

				
Posted  09/14/23
								

				 
				
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				 				On September 12, 2023, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report estimating between $100 billion and $135 billion in unemployment insurance fraud during the COVID-19 pandemic (from April 2020 to May 2023).  This represents roughly 11-15% of the total unemployment insurance benefits paid during the pandemic, or as the Washington Post put it, the GAO “found the theft encompassed...				 
				 					 

						
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Catch of the Week: Lincare Holdings

				
Posted  08/31/23
								

				 
				
Medical Oxygen Tanks
				 				This week's Department of Justice (DOJ) Catch of the Week goes to Florida-based Lincare Holdings, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the German chemical corporation Linde plc.  On Monday (August 28), the DOJ announced that the company agreed to pay $29 million to settle charges of violating the False Claims Act by overbilling Medicare and Medicare Advantage Plans for oxygen equipment.

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Military Contractors Get Prison Sentence for Bid Rigging Scheme

				
Posted  08/30/23
								

				 
				
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				 				Two military contractors were recently sentenced to prison time for bid-rigging violations, which the government said involved more than $17 million in government dollars, according to a DOJ press release.  This is the latest in the broader crackdown by the DOJ’s “Procurement Collusion Strike Force,” a joint effort to combat antitrust violations and government fraud.

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In Service of Justice – The Importance of Whistleblowers

				
Posted  08/30/23
								

				 
				
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				 				Whistleblowing takes courage.  Whistleblower matters also require patience to file and wait, often several years, to see if the government will intervene and then pursue a matter.  There is rarely much transparency, so the whistleblower remains somewhat in the dark and can feel a lack of control.  Retaliation for speaking up in the workplace is a significant concern. Yet the interests of justice are served by those...				 
				 					 

						
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In Their Own Words. . . .Booz Allen Whistleblower Sarah Feinberg

				
Posted  08/29/23
								

				 
								 				"I’ve got three kids, and I tell them, 'Doing the right thing is the right thing, no matter what the outcome is."

From the NBC News article on Sarah Feinberg's False Claims Act lawsuit against Booz Allen Hamilton for allegedly overcharging the government on private consulting contracts, including with foreign governments such as Saudi Arabia.  Booz Allen ultimately settled the action (on July 21) for $377...				 
				 					 

						
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3M to Pay $6.5 Million for Foreign Bribery Charges

				
Posted  08/29/23
								

				 
				
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				 				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
								

				 
				
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				 				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
								

				 
				
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				 				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.

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