In Their Own Words — Grassley
Posted 11/20/15
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Whistleblower News From The Inside — November 20, 2015
Posted 11/20/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
VA whistleblower bill introduced -- Charles Grassley, along with several senators, announced the introduction of the bipartisan VA Patient Protection Act (S. 2291) to force the Department of Veterans Affairs to address reports of abuse of veteran patients and to punish VA managers who ignore, intimidate and retaliate against whistleblowers. KIOW
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SEC Enforcement Spotlight – Bob Marley-Linked Jammin’ Java Charged with Massive Pump and Dump Fraud Scheme
Posted 11/19/15
By Tim McCormack
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed fraud charges yesterday against nine people in connection with a classic pump and dump market manipulation scheme involving the stock of Jammin’ Java, also known as Marley Coffee. See SEC Press Release. According to the SEC’s complaint, Jammin Java’s former CEO Shane Whittle orchestrated the fraud, which culminated in 2011 with the collapse...
Whistleblower News From The Inside — November 19, 2015
Posted 11/19/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Wisconsin Home Health Agency to Pay $3.7 Million to Settle Fraud Suit, Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charges -- Deaconess Home Health and its owner agreed to pay $3.7 million to resolve civil fraud liability under the federal False Claims Act and Wisconsin's Medicaid False Claims Act. Deaconess also pleaded guilty to criminal healthcare fraud, while the company's owner entered...
In Their Own Words — Sanders
Posted 11/18/15
-- “There are kids who smoke marijuana who have criminal records, but not CEOs of large corporations. No matter what kind of crimes and illegal activity, these guys [Wall Street CEOs] are too big to jail?”
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders commenting on failures in past enforcement actions to prosecute individuals responsible for corporate fraud. To read the complete Rolling Stone interview, click here.Whistleblower News From The Inside — November 18, 2015
Posted 11/18/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Whistleblower lawsuit against Vanguard dismissed – A New York state judge tossed the lawsuit because the whistleblower, David Danon, was a lawyer employed by Vanguard when he filed his complaint in violation of the state’s legal ethics rules. Philly.com
Veterans Affairs worker suspended after donning whistleblower costume for Halloween – Jeremy Pottle, a VA social...
Constantine Cannon Announces Record Settlement Win in False Claims Act Suit Against Education Management Corporation
Posted 11/17/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Constantine Cannon is pleased to announce that Education Management Corporation (EDMC), a Pittsburgh-based operator of for-profit educational institutions, has agreed to pay more than $80 million to settle an eight-year False Claims Act whistleblower lawsuit. It is the largest settlement ever in an FCA suit involving the U.S. Department of Education.
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In Their Own Words — Litman
Posted 11/17/15
-- “It’s the taxpayers in general who were ripped off. But the most vivid victims here are students who were reeled in with high-pressure tactics and wound up often defaulting with outsized loans that they can’t discharge in bankruptcy. It’s pretty tragic.”
Constantine Cannon attorney Harry Litman, lead counsel for the whistleblowers in the False Claims Act lawsuit against for-profit education company...DOJ Scores Big With Record-Breaking Alstom FCPA Sentence -- Who's Next On The DOJ'S FCPA Hit List?
Posted 11/17/15
By Eric Havian and Gordon Schnell (Published in Offshore Alert)
Late Friday, French power and transportation company Alstom S.A. was sentenced to pay a $772 million fine for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) through its payment of millions of dollars in secret bribes to government officials across the globe. This follows the company's December 2014 guilty plea to the charges. The 9-figure...
Whistleblower News From The Inside — November 17, 2015
Posted 11/17/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Education Management Corp. to pay $95.5M to settle 4 whistleblower lawsuits -- The whistleblowers alleged the for-profit education company violated the False Claims Act by unlawfully recruiting students through a high pressure boiler room where admissions personnel were paid based purely on the number of students they enrolled. DOJ
2015 SEC Whistleblower results are in --...