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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.

In Their Own Words - Cole

Posted  12/23/14

-- “It was astounding in its breadth, its brazenness and its worldwide consequences.”

James Cole, DOJ Deputy Attorney General, on French engineering giant Alstom’s global bribery scheme to which it just pleaded guilty and agreed to a $772M criminal fine.  Click here for more.

Whistleblower News From The Inside - December 23, 2014

Posted  12/23/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Alstom to pay $772M to settle bribery charges -- The French engineering giant pleaded guilty and agreed to pay the fine to resolve criminal charges it paid tens of millions of dollars in a widespread bribery scheme to win energy contracts around the globe.  NYT US sues Omnicare over alleged kickbacks from Abbott Labs -- The government joined two whistleblower suits alleging the...

In Their Own Words - Branda

Posted  12/22/14

-- “YOU CAN’T ARGUE WITH SUCCESS.  YOU CAN’T ARGUE WITH CLOSE TO $6 BILLION THIS FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS THE LARGEST AMOUNT WE’VE EVER RECOVERED.”

Joyce Branda, head of the DOJ’s Civil Division, in her PBS Newshour panel discussion on whether the False Claims Act, with its heavy reliance on whistleblowers, actually deters fraud.

Whistleblower News From The Inside - December 19, 2014

Posted  12/19/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Second BofA Whistleblower To Get $56M – Whistleblower says he will receive the reward out of the $16.65B the bank agreed to pay to settle claims arising from the investigation into its mortgage lending for providing information to the government showing the bank deliberately used “improper appraisal practices” that overstated the value of the homes by $6.6 billion.  

In Their Own Words - Farrow

Posted  12/19/14

-- “THE REASON I REPORTED IT WAS BECAUSE I COULDN'T LET IT GO ON ANYMORE. I WAS AFRAID FOR MY SAFETY AND CAREER BUT I…DECIDED TO GO AHEAD WITH IT.”

Whistleblower Amy Farrow who reported defense contractor NP Precision Inc. was misusing progress payments on government contracts by failing to pay subcontractors and requesting progress payments under the contracts for costs that NP Precision had not actually...

DOJ Catch of the Week -- Avon Products

Posted  12/19/14
[caption id="attachment_10540" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo Credit: Avon[/caption] By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to New York-based cosmetics company Avon Products. On Wednesday, its wholly owned subsidiary Avon Products (China) Co. Ltd. pleaded guilty to violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by making and concealing illicit...

Whistleblower Spotlight: FIFA Whistleblower Phaedra Almajid

Posted  12/18/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's "Whistleblower Spotlight" shines on FIFA whistleblower Phaedra Almajid. Ms. Almajid worked in a senior communications role for FIFA and blew the whistle on bribery in the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bidding process. She claims she witnessed firsthand bribes made to the African FIFA executives Issa Hayatou, Jacques Anouma and Amos Adamu of $1.5 million each to vote...

Whistleblowers Beware Of What Company Documents You Take To Support Your Qui Tam Case.

Posted  12/18/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team A cautionary note for would-be whistleblowers. When it comes to internal company documents that reveal fraud or misconduct, you may assume you have broad license to take them and use them to support your potential False Claims Act case. You do not. As made clear in last week's Eastern District of Pennsylvania decision Notorfransesco v. Surgical Monitoring Assoc., it all depends...

Countrywide Financial Whistleblower Earns $57 Million Reward

Posted  12/18/14
By Jason Enzler Edward O’Donnell, a former Vice-President of Countrywide Financial, has been awarded a $57 million bounty as part of a settlement of his False Claims Act lawsuit against his former employer.  According to a New York Times report, Mr. O’Donnell filed his lawsuit earlier this year alleging that Countrywide defrauded Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by selling problematic mortgage-related securities. ...

In Their Own Words - Al-Majid

Posted  12/17/14

-- “Woe be to any other person who cares enough to risk personal safety to report FIFA corruption.”

Phaedra Al-Majid commenting on her claim that the world’s governing soccer body mistreated her and another whistleblower.
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