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Whistleblower News From The Inside — September 1, 2016

Posted 09/1/16

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Florida physicians group settles $7.4M FCA suit – Florida-based Coastal Spine and Pain agreed to pay $7.4M to the federal government to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by performing medically unnecessary drug screen procedures. News 4 Jacksonville Report details new fraud, theft in Detroit schools – The Office of the Inspector General for the Detroit...

In Their Own Words -- Ceresney

Posted 08/31/16

-- “The SEC whistleblower program has had a transformative impact on the agency, enabling us to bring high quality enforcement cases quicker using fewer resources.”

Andrew Ceresney, Director of the SEC Division of Enforcement, commenting on the agency’s awarding over $100 million to whistleblowers.

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SEC’s $22M Whistleblower Award Brings Total Awards to over $100M

Posted 08/31/16

By Rosie Dawn Griffin In a watershed moment for the SEC whistleblower program, a recently announced whistleblower reward of more than $22 million brings the SEC’s total awards to whistleblowers past the $100 million mark. The SEC has been tight-lipped about the whistleblower’s identity, as well as that of the wrongdoer, revealing only that the award goes to a corporate insider whose detailed tip and extensive...

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Whistleblower News From The Insider -- August 31, 2016

Posted 08/31/16

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Baltimore retailers charged with $16 million food stamp trafficking scheme – 14 retailers allegedly engaged in a scheme to defraud the government by paying customers cash for food stamp cards at a discount and pocketing the excess value of the cards. Baltimore Sun Mother and child reunion . . . in prison? – Niurka Fernandez and her son, Roberto Alvarez, pleaded guilty...

In Their Own Words — Henning

Posted 08/30/16

-- "THE LACK OF CASES IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS FOR ANY MISCONDUCT RELATED TO THE FINANCIAL CRISIS HAS BECOME AN ALL-TOO COMMON COMPLAINT. . . . [E]VEN THOSE FEW CASES THAT WERE BROUGHT HAVE NOW ENDED UP LARGELY AS DEFEATS FOR THE GOVERNMENT."

New York Times "White Collar Watch" writer Peter J. Henning from his column Prosecution of Financial Crisis Fraud Ends With a Whimper. Click here for more.

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Whistleblower News From The Inside — August 30, 2016

Posted 08/30/16

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Europe hits Apple with $14.6 billion tax bill -- The European Commission "said the Irish government had granted illegal state aid to Apple by helping the tech giant to artificially lower its tax bill for more than 20 years." CNN Prosecution of financial crisis fraud ends with a whimper -- "I offer Aug. 22, 2016, as the day on which efforts to pursue cases related to...

In Their Own Words — Wilkie

Posted 08/29/16

--"Greater whistleblower protection is one of the building blocks of a healthy democracy and...of a healthy corporate culture."

Andrew Wilkie, Member of Parliament, Tasmania, Australia. Click here for more.

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Whistleblower News From The Inside — August 29, 2016

Posted 08/29/16

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team SEC payment to Australian whistleblower highlights differences between U.S. and Australian laws – An award of $3.75 million was paid to an Australian employee of BHP Billiton who revealed that the company violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act at the Beijing Olympics. The announcement that the whistleblower was an Australian citizen comes as the Federal Parliament is being...

In Their Own Words — Peterson

Posted 08/26/16

-- “A PREOCCUPATION WITH MOSTLY PHANTOM ELECTION FRAUD LEADS TO REAL INCIDENTS OF DISENFRANCHISEMENT, WHICH UNDERMINE RATHER THAN ENHANCE CONFIDENCE IN ELECTIONS, PARTICULARLY IN MINORITY COMMUNITIES."

U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson, in an opinion striking down parts of Wisconsin's strict voter ID law. Click here for more.

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Whistleblower News From The Inside — August 26, 2016

Posted 08/26/16

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team From nightmare drug to Celgene blockbuster, Thalidomide is back -- Recently unsealed documents in a lawsuit by a company saleswoman-turned-whistleblower allege that the recent success of Thalomid (which is Thalidomine, renamed) is due to an aggressive campaign to encourage doctors to prescribe it and successor drugs to treat maladies beyond those the FDA authorized. Read More

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