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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.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
Top 10 Most Notable Whistleblower Stories and Government Enforcement Actions of 2024

				
Posted  01/28/25
								

				 
				
Top 10
				 				We don’t often like to pick favorites, but when the moment strikes, we glance back at the previous year’s news to reflect. This January, as we unveiled our series of Top-10 lists, we reviewed 2024’s robust archive of Whistleblower Insider Blog posts to revisit a wide range of compelling topics, government enforcements, settlements, and extraordinary whistleblower stories.

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Pfizer to Pay $60M to Settle DOJ and Whistleblower Kickback Charges

				
Posted  01/27/25
								

				 
				
				 				Last Friday (January 24), the Department of Justice announced that Pfizer Inc. subsidiary Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company agreed to pay roughly $60 million to settle DOJ and whistleblower charges of violating the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute by paying kickbacks to induce prescriptions of Biohaven’s migraine medication Nurtec ODT.  The alleged misconduct occurred prior to Pfizer’s acquisition...				 
				 					 

						
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CFTC Promotes Whistleblower Chief Brian Young to Acting Head of Enforcement

				
Posted  01/27/25
								

				 
				
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				 				Last week (January 22), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Acting Chair Caroline Pham announced a slew of leadership changes at the commodities regulator.  Key among them was elevating current head of the CFTC Whistleblower Office Brian Young to Acting Director of the CFTC's Division of Enforcement.

It is a big move for Young who has been with the agency for less than a year.  He joined last February...				 
				 					 

						
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Top 10 Most Fascinating Whistleblower Stories and Recoveries of 2024

				
Posted  01/24/25
								

				 
				
2024
				 				We’re rolling out our slew of Top-10 lists covering whistleblower cases, government enforcement actions, and recoveries from 2024. Over the past year, we engaged with a vast number of interesting topics, government updates, and fraud settlements originated by whistleblowers, several represented by Constantine Cannon.

As we look back at 2024, we’ve gathered some of the most fascinating whistleblower news and...				 
				 					 

						
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Top 10 SEC Recoveries for 2024

				
Posted  01/24/25
								

				 
				
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				 				It was not necessarily the biggest year for Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) securities fraud recoveries, with only a handful in the hundred-million-dollar range and only one in the billions.  But it was a very active year nonetheless, with the SEC under Gary Gensler pursuing a very aggressive approach to enforcing the securities laws.

With Gensler's recent departure, and Paul Atkins taking the reins, all...				 
				 					 

						
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Top 10 False Claims Act Non-Healthcare Recoveries for 2024

				
Posted  01/23/25
								

				 
				
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				 				As was evident from our recent posts on the 2024 Top 10 False Claims Act Recoveries and Top 10 False Claims Act Recoveries In Healthcare, the majority of False Claims Act recoveries routinely involve healthcare fraud.  In fact, since 1986 -- when the statute was amended to significantly increase the incentives and protections of whistleblowers -- roughly 70% of the recoveries ($54 billion out of $78 billion) of the...				 
				 					 

						
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LPL Financial Resolves SEC’s Charges for Anti-Money Laundering Violations

				
Posted  01/22/25
								

				 
				
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				 				The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) swooped in once again to investigate Anti-Money Laundering violations in companies that think they’re being slick.

On January 17, the SEC announced several charges against the broker-dealer and investment adviser, LPL Financial LLC, for failures associated with its AML program. To resolve the SEC’s charges, LPL agreed to pay a civil penalty of $18 million and to...				 
				 					 

						
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Top 10 False Claims Act Recoveries in Healthcare for 2024

				
Posted  01/22/25
								

				 
				
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				 				By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team

As we noted in our Top 10 False Claims Act Recoveries post, it was another big year of recoveries under the False Claims Act.  As usual, the majority of recoveries occurred in cases involving healthcare fraud.

As the Department of Justice (DOJ) just reported in its annual roundup of False Claims Act successes, of the $2.9 billion the government and whistleblowers...				 
				 					 

						
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Indiana’s Community Health Network To Pay an Additional $135M to Settle Stark Law Case Initiated by Whistleblower

				
Posted  01/22/25
								

				 
				
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				 				The Indiana-based Community Health Network (“Community”) will pay an additional $135 million to resolve a False Claims Act case involving Stark Law violations initiated by a whistleblower Constantine Cannon represented.

The $135 million settlement marks the final resolution of a 2014 False Claims Act case brought by whistleblower Thomas P. Fischer, former Community Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial...				 
				 					 

						
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More Cybercriminals Pay Steep Price for Running Crypto Scams and Laundering Cash

				
Posted  01/21/25
								

				 
				
Cryptocurrencies
				 				The government has already ramped up its efforts in 2025 to tackle cryptocurrency fraud and associated money laundering schemes with several recent enforcement actions.

Cybercriminals exploit digital currency investment hopefuls. Their scams come in myriad forms such as ransomware attacks and virtual currency thefts, and the criminals use complex tactics to conceal their crimes to fuel their stolen profits.

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