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Celebrate National Whistleblower Appreciation Day

Posted 07/30/15

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Today is National Whistleblower Appreciation Day and, to mark the occasion, the Government Accountability Project (GAP) is hosting a panel discussion -- Whistleblower Rights Campaigns in the 114th Congress – as part of a three day Whistleblower Summit for Civil and Human Rights. The GAP panel is set to feature prominent whistleblowers Thomas Drake and Robert MacLean, as...

In Their Own Words -- Novak

Posted 07/29/15

-- (Expletive) the community. . . . Who gives a (expletive)? You own the place, you do what you want with it. (Expletive) them! What are they going to say about it?

Hospital owner Edward Novak, who was secretly recorded in February 2013 just before his arrest on charges of running a massive fraud scheme.

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Whistleblower News from the Inside -- July 29, 2015

Posted 07/29/15

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team U.S. program for disabled workers under investigation for massive corruption and fraud -- The DOJ and several inspectors general are investigating AbilityOne, the government agency responsible for overseeing over $2 billion a year in government contracts, and its nonprofit partner SourceAmerica, on charges that the program designed to help disabled workers is engaged in illegal...

In Their Own Words -- Lopez

Posted 07/28/15

--“What is happening there is tantamount to torture."

Whistleblower Olivia López, a former social worker at the Texas family detention center, Karnes County Residential Center, speaking out on what she describes as the deplorable conditions there which caused her to quit because "she could no longer work in a facility that asked her to withhold information from federal officials, punished residents who required...

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Whistleblower News From The Inside -- July 28, 2015

Posted 07/28/15

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Whistleblower speaks out against deplorable conditions of family detention center -- Olivia López, a former social worker at the Karnes County Residential Center in Texas, describes "a facility where guards isolated mothers and children in medical units, nurses falsified medical reports, staff members were told to lie to federal officials and a psychologist acted as an...

Whistleblower News from the Inside -- July 27, 2015

Posted 07/27/15

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Owner of Detroit Home Health Care Companies Sentenced to 80 Months in Prison for Role in $12.6 Million Fraud Scheme - A Michigan resident, Mohammed Sadiq, was sentenced to 80 months in prison late yesterday for his leading role in a $12.6 million Medicare fraud and tax fraud scheme. Sadiq, who owned and directed operations at two home health care companies in Detroit,...

In Their Own Words -- Obama

Posted 07/26/15

--“Ordinary people have to stand up and say enough is enough.”

President Barack Obama in a speech to thousands of Kenyans on the challenges their country faces on human rights and corruption. Click here for more.

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In Their Own Words -- Grassley

Posted 07/24/15

--“Violators of antitrust laws put businesses and our economic wellbeing at risk, so whistleblowers who call attention to violators should be praised, not punished.”

Senator Charles Grassley commenting on the Senate's unanimous passage of the Criminal Antitrust Anti-retaliation Act. Click here for more.

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Can Data Bring Reason to Drug Pricing?

Posted 07/24/15

As far as purveyors of all things pharmaceutical go, Walter White isn’t looking so bad these days. Well, at least his prices were competitive. With major pharmaceutical companies putting astronomical and ever-increasing price tags on frequently life-saving medications, patients and insurers, including state and federal government payers, are finding themselves looking for new options and opportunities to...

Tagged in: Drug and DME Pricing, Pharma Fraud,

SEC Pays Whistleblower Award of More than $3 Million

Posted 07/24/15

On July 17^th, the SEC announced its 18^th whistleblower award since the program’s inception – this one for over $3 million, the third highest to date. This puts the award total at over $50 million. Due to the agency’s commitment to whistleblower confidentiality, the SEC’s press release was slim on details of the fraud or the whistleblower. However, the SEC took the award as an opportunity to praise...

Tagged in: SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, Whistleblower Rewards,

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