In Their Own Words - Friedman
Posted 11/19/14
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Whistleblower News from the Inside - November 19, 2014
Posted 11/19/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Annual SEC Whistleblower Report – The SEC released its annual report to Congress, noting among other highlights an increase in the number and amounts of whistleblower awards. SEC
Massive recall for dangerous air bags – The government is now saying that upwards of 30 million vehicles will need to be recalled due to a threat of exploding air bags, and that number will likely...
In Their Own Words - Almajid
Posted 11/18/14
– “When it comes to FIFA, be prepared to be crucified, not once or twice but over and over again.”
From interview of Phaedra Almajid, the whistleblower who first made serious allegations of corruption surrounding Qatar’s bid for the 2022 World Cup.Whistleblower News from the Inside - November 18, 2014
Posted 11/18/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Caltech physics professors brings whistleblower action against university -- Professor Sandra Troian claims the university retaliated against her for raising concerns that an Israeli spy might be working at a campus-controlled research facility. Inside Higher Ed
Call for US-styled whistleblower awards in Australia -- “No one is suggesting $30 million rewards – but...
Whistleblower News from the Inside - November 14, 2014
Posted 11/14/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Varicose vein device maker indicted for illegal sales activity -- DOJ indicts Vascular Solutions Inc. and its CEO with selling medical devices without FDA approval and conspiring to defraud the US by engaging in a sales campaign despite FDA warnings, a whistleblower’s complaint, and a failed clinical trial showing that the device was less safe and less effective than a product...
DOJ Catch of the Week -- CareAll Management
Posted 11/14/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice “catch of the week” goes to CareAll Management LLC. On Wednesday, the home healthcare company agreed to pay $25 million to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false and upcoded home healthcare billings to Medicare and Medicaid. CareAll is based in Nashville, Tennessee, and is one of Tennessee’s largest home...
JPMorgan Whistleblower Breaks Eight-Year Silence on Massive Securities Fraud
Posted 11/13/14
By Marlene Koury
Former securities attorney turned whistleblower Alayne Fleischmann has for eight years kept quiet about what she says is solid evidence of “massive criminal securities fraud” at JPMorgan Chase. She has spoken with and provided her evidence to government investigators on numerous occasions over the years and she paid close attention when -- based partially on her allegations -- the DOJ
Whistleblower Spotlight -- Census Bureau Whistleblower Ivan Irizarry
Posted 11/13/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's "Whistleblower Spotlight" features Ivan Irizarry, the lead scientist at the Census Bureau’s Demographic Statistical Methods Division. He is the whistleblower who recently outed himself and his concerns over what he sees as the government's failure to take any action to address his reports of potential fraud at the Bureau. In an interview reported in the New...
In Their Own Words - MacLean
Posted 11/13/14
– “IT GOT SO BAD THAT THE AGENCY WAS DISPATCHING SUPERVISORS TO THE AIRPORTS, NOT TO DO INVESTIGATIONS OR TRY TO FIND IEDS OR LOOK FOR SUSPICIOUS PASSENGERS, BUT TO FIND AIR MARSHALS NOT WEARING SUITS AND TIES TO DISCIPLINE THEM.”
From Whistleblower Insider interview with former US Air Marshal whistleblower Robert MacLean.Part One of Our Interview with Robert MacLean, Whistleblower and Former U.S. Air Marshal
Posted 11/13/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Last week, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Department of Homeland Security v MacLean. It involves the appeal by the government of a circuit court decision finding that Robert MacLean, a former Air Marshal, may qualify as a whistleblower protected under the Whistleblower Protection Act.
In 2003, Mr. MacLean and other Air Marshals received...