Scientists Predict Volkswagen Emissions Fraud will have Life and Death Consequences
Posted 03/7/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
According to a report in the New York Times, scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology estimate that 1,200 people in Europe will die prematurely -- each losing as much as a decade of life -- because of excess emissions resulting from the Volkswagen emissions scandal. And that is just from the 2.6 million affected cars sold in Germany alone. The full range of...
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Settlement in Trump University fraud case questioned -- "President Trump’s postelection agreement to pay $25 million appeared to settle the fraud claims arising from his defunct for-profit education venture, Trump University. But a former student is now asking to opt out of the settlement, a move that, if permitted, could put the deal in jeopardy." 
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Consulate Health Care Clobbered With $347M Fraud Judgment – Judge Steven D. Merryday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida entered judgment against nursing home chain Consulate Healthcare for various upcoding violations against Medicare and Medicaid. The verdict was reached in February and the final judgment requires Consulate to pay $331 million of the...
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Last week, Atlanta-based SunTrust revealed that the Securities and Exchange Commission is considering bringing fraud charges against it. The disclosure, which SunTrust made in its annual SEC filing, explains that the SEC’s enforcement division “made a preliminary determination to recommend that the SEC bring an enforcement action” against SunTrust Investment Services, the...
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently disclosed that he had contacts with the Russian ambassador to the United States and recused himself from any investigation into charges that Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election.
His announcement came after a day of rapid-fire developments in a murky affair that has shadowed President Trump, jeopardized his closest aides and...
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SEC Charges Mexico-Based Homebuilder in $3.3 Billion Accounting Fraud -- The SEC today announced that Mexico-based homebuilding company Desarrolladora Homex S.A.B. de C.V. has agreed to settle charges that it reported fake sales of more than 100,000 homes to boost revenues in its financial statements during a three-year period. The SEC used satellite imagery to help uncover the...