Whistleblower News From The Inside — August 20, 2015
Posted 08/20/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
USIS/Altegrity will forego $30 million to settle FCA allegations – Background investigation service USIS, responsible for vetting the Navy Yard shooter, will forego claim to $30 million payment to settle FCA allegations that the company provided shoddy background checks. DOJ
Alabama woman pleads guilty in $7.5 million tax fraud scheme – Talashia Hinton pleads guilty to...
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Amgen agrees to pay $71 million to dispose of off-label marketing case – The biotech company settled charges brought by 48 states that came on the heels of a landmark False Claims Act settlement involving the drug Aranesp three years earlier. 
-- “DESPITE THE OFFICIAL RHETORIC, THERE IS VERY LITTLE COMMITMENT AT THE TOP OF THE ORGANIZATION TO PROTECT WHISTLEBLOWERS AND A STRONG TENDENCY TO POLITICIZE EVERY ISSUE NO MATTER HOW URGENT.”
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Call on stronger whistleblower protections at UN -- “Despite the moves toward establishing accountability, advocates say the UN’s continued harsh treatment of whistleblowers discourages staff members from bringing abuses to light.” 
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Red Cross exposed for seeking quiet end to government inquiry — In the midst of an active GAO inquiry into disaster-relief mismanagement, the Red Cross, having previously touted transparency and accountability, seeks to end the investigation quietly in a private letter to ranking member of House Committee on Homeland Security. 
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to PC Specialists Inc., doing business as Technology Integration Group (TIG). On Tuesday, the San-Diego-based computer supply company agreed to pay $5.9 million to settle charges it inflated the price of computers sold through another company to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) for use at Sandia...