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DOJ Catch Of The Week -- Deutsche Bank

Posted 04/24/15

This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Deutsche Bank AG. Yesterday, the German-based bank and its UK-based subsidiary DB Group Services (UK) Limited agreed to pay more than $2.5 billion to settle US and UK charges relating to their role in manipulating the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). LIBOR is a leading benchmark interest rate used in financial products and transactions around the...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, Fraud in CFTC-Regulated Markets, Market Manipulation and Trading Violations,

Whistleblower News From The Inside — April 24, 2015

Posted 04/24/15

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team David Petraeus sentenced to two years probation – The former CIA director was sentenced to two years probation for leaking highly classified information to a biographer with whom he was having a sexual relationship – exposing what many say is a glaring double standard for whistleblowers prosecuted by the Obama administration. US News and World Report NJ Transit pays...

In Their Own Words – Radack

Posted 04/24/15

-- The U.S. “clearly has a two-tiered justice system when it comes to classified information…if you’re a person in a position of power or you’re politically well connected, you can leak with impunity."

Jesselyn Radack, a Government Accountability Project lawyer who has represented several people prosecuted during the administration's crackdown on leaks by low-level officials. Click here for more.

Tagged in: In Their Own Words,

SEC Awards Compliance Officer Whistleblower Over A Million Dollars

Posted 04/23/15

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team The SEC announced an award of more than a million dollars to a compliance officer who had a reasonable basis to believe that disclosure to the SEC was necessary to prevent imminent misconduct from causing substantial financial harm to the company or investors. This is the second award the SEC has made to an employee with internal audit or compliance responsibilities, after the...

Tagged in: SEC Whistleblower Reward Program, Securities Fraud, Whistleblower Eligibility, Whistleblower Rewards,

Whistleblower News From The Inside — April 23, 2015

Posted 04/23/15

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Deutsche Bank to pay $2.5B to settle LIBOR rate-rigging charges -- The payment will be made to US and British authorities to settle charges the bank helped manipulate the benchmarks used to set interest rates on trillions of dollars in mortgages, student loans, credit cards and other debt. NYT Barry Bonds conviction overturned -- “A federal appeals court Wednesday overturned...

Whistleblower Spotlight -- Deceased VA Whistleblower Christopher Kirkpatrick

Posted 04/23/15

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

This week's "Whistleblower Spotlight" features Christopher Kirkpatrick, the 38-year old clinical psychologist who took his own life after being fired from the Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center for complaining about the treatment of his patients there. Kirkpatrick would appear to be just one of the scores of whistleblowers who have been retaliated against for stepping up to...

Tagged in: Other Government Health Programs, Whistleblower Spotlight and Interviews,

In Their Own Words -- Sparrow

Posted 04/23/15

-- "It shows the incentives provided for whistleblowers are working well, and all the other controls and detection systems are failing miserably."

Malcolm Sparrow, a health care fraud expert at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, on the increasing number of whistleblower actions challenging fraud in the Medicare Advantage healthcare program. Click here for more.

Tagged in: In Their Own Words, Managed Care,

Whistleblower News From The Inside - April 22, 2015

Posted 04/22/15

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Real Housewives of NJ star Jim Marchese scores millions in whistleblower payouts -- The small mortgage firm he owns recently collected $8.5 million for helping spur the DOJ’s record $16.65B mortgage fraud settlement with Bank of America, and in 2007 he received $1.6M million after reporting his former employer, a Seattle pharmaceuticals firm now called CTI BioPharma Corp.,...

In Their Own Words -- Marchese

Posted 04/22/15

-- “I’m trained as an attorney, I’m Sicilian, and I’m from New Jersey. If I see you kick a puppy, I’m going to say something. It’s not within me to not say something.”

Real Housewives of New Jersey star Jim Marchese on the recent $8.5 million whistleblower award his mortgage company received in connection with the government’s record $16.65 billion settlement last summer with Bank of America Corp....

Tagged in: In Their Own Words,

SEC Enforcement Spotlight — BlackRock Advisors

Posted 04/21/15

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

BlackRock Advisors LLC agreed to pay a $12 million penalty to settle SEC charges it breached its fiduciary duty by failing to disclose a conflict of interest created by the outside business activity of a top-performing portfolio manager. The firm also must engage an independent compliance consultant to conduct an internal review. See SEC Press Release According to the...

Tagged in: Regulatory Violations, Securities Fraud,

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DOJ Catch Of The Week -- Deutsche Bank

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In Their Own Words – Radack

-- The U.S. “clearly has a two-tiered justice system when it comes to classified information…if you’re a person in a position of power or you’re politically well connected, you can leak with impunity."

SEC Awards Compliance Officer Whistleblower Over A Million Dollars

Whistleblower News From The Inside — April 23, 2015

Whistleblower Spotlight -- Deceased VA Whistleblower Christopher Kirkpatrick

In Their Own Words -- Sparrow

-- "It shows the incentives provided for whistleblowers are working well, and all the other controls and detection systems are failing miserably."

Whistleblower News From The Inside - April 22, 2015

In Their Own Words -- Marchese

-- “I’m trained as an attorney, I’m Sicilian, and I’m from New Jersey. If I see you kick a puppy, I’m going to say something. It’s not within me to not say something.”

SEC Enforcement Spotlight — BlackRock Advisors

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DOJ Catch Of The Week -- Deutsche Bank

Whistleblower News From The Inside — April 24, 2015

In Their Own Words – Radack

-- The U.S. “clearly has a two-tiered justice system when it comes to classified information…if you’re a person in a position of power or you’re politically well connected, you can leak with impunity."

SEC Awards Compliance Officer Whistleblower Over A Million Dollars

Whistleblower News From The Inside — April 23, 2015

Whistleblower Spotlight -- Deceased VA Whistleblower Christopher Kirkpatrick

In Their Own Words -- Sparrow

-- "It shows the incentives provided for whistleblowers are working well, and all the other controls and detection systems are failing miserably."

Whistleblower News From The Inside - April 22, 2015

In Their Own Words -- Marchese

-- “I’m trained as an attorney, I’m Sicilian, and I’m from New Jersey. If I see you kick a puppy, I’m going to say something. It’s not within me to not say something.”

SEC Enforcement Spotlight — BlackRock Advisors

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