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.
Department of Education Creates New Student Aid Enforcement Unit to Protect Students and Taxpayers
Posted 02/19/16
By Hamsa Mahendranathan
The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) is creating a Student Aid Enforcement Unit to respond more quickly and efficiently to allegations of illegal actions by higher education institutions. The unit will collaborate with, and incorporate evidence gathered in investigations by, partner state and federal agencies, in building cases against institutions of higher education. The unit will also...
IRS Whistleblower Report to Congress Signals a Brighter Future
Posted 02/19/16
By Marlene Koury (published in AccountingWEB)
The IRS Whistleblower Office recently released its annual report to Congress reflecting a pretty good year, with hope for a better year to come. The IRS reported that in fiscal year 2015, it made 99 awards to whistleblowers totaling more than $103 million – more than double the amount of money it awarded whistleblowers in the previous year. The apparent success...
Whistleblower News From The Inside — February 19, 2016
Posted 02/19/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
VimpelCom Limited and Unitel LLC enter into $795 million foreign bribery resolution -- Amsterdam-based VimpelCom Limited, the world’s sixth-largest telecommunications company and an issuer of publicly traded securities in the United States, and its wholly owned Uzbek subsidiary, Unitel LLC, admitted to a conspiracy to make more than $114 million in bribery payments to a...
Whistleblower News From The Inside — February 18, 2016
Posted 02/18/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Whistleblower warns of possible lead contamination in Detroit suburb – In the wake of recent news of widespread lead contamination in Flint, Michigan, a long-time water and sewer department employee in Westland, Michigan has come forward warning that residents may be drinking lead-tainted water in the Detroit suburb as well. Fox 2 Detroit
Police officers turned...
In Their Own Words — Los Alamos Officer
Posted 02/18/16
-- “Right in the kneecaps, that would be funny.”
According to three whistleblowing police officers in Los Alamos County, one of their fellow officers said he would like to ram a pedestrian with his police car, and on another occasion, said he might kill 20 people and had “demons in his head telling him to kill.” The officers claimed they were retaliated against after reporting their concerns about public...In Their Own Words — Andreu
Posted 02/17/16
-- “My advice: Fight back. And fight back hard."
Frankie Andreu, the whistleblower who testified to Lance Armstrong’s drug use, advising a physician who claimed Peyton Manning sexually assaulted her.Whistleblower News From The Inside — February 17, 2016
Posted 02/17/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Apple fights order to decrypt our phones -- The company’s CEO issued a letter warning of the dangers to our personal security if the government wins on its demand that Apple build a backdoor into the iPhone’s encryption system. Washington Post
Lance Armstrong whistleblower reaches out to Peyton Manning’s alleged sexual assault victim -- Frankie Andreu testified over...
In Their Own Words — Dorsey
Posted 02/16/16
-- "MY HOPE IS THAT ANYONE WHO READS THIS AND FINDS THEMSELVES SIMILARLY SITUATED WILL FIND THE STRENGTH TO HOLD ON; REMAIN DETERMINED. I KNOW THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE NOR AM I THE LAST ONE TO TAKE ON A SUPER POWER (EMPLOYER). I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE OUT THERE WHO IS ALSO EXHAUSTED IN THE STRUGGLE. STAY STRONG."
Cheryl Dorsey, who reported what she saw as major misconduct within Los Angeles School...Whistleblower News From The Inside — February 16, 2016
Posted 02/16/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Ford spent $40M to reshape asbestos science -- "Stung by lawsuits, the automaker hired consultants to change the narrative on the risks of asbestos brakes." Center for Public Integrity
Pfizer to settle Medicaid rebate claims for $785M -- The drugmaker says the amount would settle the long-running whistleblower-prompted U.S. government investigation of allegations that its...