In Their Own Words — Szubin
Posted 01/26/16
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Whistleblower News From The Inside — January 26, 2016
Posted 01/26/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Whistleblower priest claims Palm Beach Diocese forced him out -- "Father John Gallagher is a priest without a parish — the result, he said, of his decision to tell authorities about a West Palm Beach priest who showed pornographic material to a minor." My Palm Beach Post
US Treasury says Putin is corrupt -- According to Adam Szubin, who oversees US Treasury sanctions, the...
Whistleblower News From The Inside — January 25, 2016
Posted 01/25/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America to Pay $1.6 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Claims for Federal Grants -- The United States had alleged that Big Brothers commingled grant funds with general operating expenditures, failed to ensure that funds were being used as intended, and failed to maintain appropriate internal controls. DOJ
Deficiencies Found at Theranos...
In Their Own Words — Lampert
Posted 01/25/16
-- “Dorothy Ogundu treated valuable federal grant funds entrusted to her for public services like an ATM machine for her own personal use, which is unacceptable.”
Scott Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, New York Region, discussing a not-for-profit exec who stole money intended to improve health care access for the poor. NY AGDOJ Catch of the Week -- CenterLight Healthcare
Posted 01/22/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to New York-based CenterLight Healthcare, Inc. and CenterLight Health System, Inc. Yesterday, the companies agreed to pay $46.7 million to resolve allegations that they violated the federal and New York State False Claims Acts by enrolling ineligible members in their Medicaid managed long-term care plan. ...
In Their Own Words — Schneiderman
Posted 01/22/16
-- “It’s simple: CenterLight Health Care did not play by the rules…we won’t tolerate companies that seek to exploit the system for profit. My office will continue to be vigilant in protecting Medicaid against fraud.”
Attorney General Schneiderman commenting on CenterLight Healthcare’s $47m fraud settlement.Whistleblower News From The Inside — January 22, 2016
Posted 01/22/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
CenterLight Healthcare pays $46.7m to settle Medicaid fraud claims -- CenterLight has admitted it improperly enrolled over 1,200 patients in its long term home health care program who attended or were referred by social adult day care centers and whose needs did not meet the billing criteria of the managed care plan. SDNY DOJ
CFTC launches whistleblower website -- The CFTC...
Whistleblower News From The Inside — January 21, 2016
Posted 01/21/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Colorado pays prison whistleblower $280,000 ‒ Maureen O'Keefe, a former top statistician who filed a whistleblower complaint accusing Colorado prison officials of skewing figures about mentally ill and violent convicts, will receive more than $280,000. The Denver Post
Whistleblower cleared in Central African Republic sex abuse case – The United Nations’ internal justice...
SEC’s 23rd Whistleblower Award Goes to a “Company Outsider”
Posted 01/20/16
On Friday, January 15th, the SEC made an award of more than $700,000 to a whistleblower the agency described as a “company outsider who conducted a detailed analysis that led to a successful SEC enforcement action.”
The SEC’s whistleblower program explicitly provides for financial rewards to company outsiders by allowing “independent analysis” — even when based on publicly available information — to...