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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.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
Report on UNC Scandal Finds 18 Years of Academic Fraud

				
Posted  10/23/14
								

				 
								 				By Marlene Koury

UNC just released a report on the academic scandal that has plagued its African and Afro-American Studies department since former UNC learning specialist Mary Willingham blew the whistle on the department's sham classes. The report found that, during an 18 year period, more than 3,100 students enrolled in the department's "paper classes" and nearly half of those students were student athletes, many...				 
				 					 

						
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FBI Whistleblower Program Undergoing Overhaul

				
Posted  10/23/14
								

				 
								 				By Jason Enzler

The FBI’s whistleblower rules are set for a significant expansion. According to a letter made public this week from the Department of Justice to Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Wyden, the agency will make changes to eleven areas of its program. Once implemented, the new rules would give FBI whistleblowers protections more similar to those available to other government employees.

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Whistleblower Goes it Alone and Wins Big in Guardrail Case

				
Posted  10/23/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

A federal jury in Texas this past Monday came down hard against highway guardrail maker Trinity Industries in a whistleblower action brought by one of Trinity's competitors, a guardrail installer named Joshua Harman.  He claimed Trinity cut corners on its guardrails, did not come clean with the government, and ultimately put millions of motorists at serious risk.  The jury...				 
				 					 

						
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Whistleblower News from the Inside - October 22, 2014

				
Posted  10/22/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Miami physician assistant sentenced to 15 years for Medicare fraud scheme -- The sentence is for a P.A.'s participation in a Medicare fraud scheme involving approximately $200 million in fraudulent billings by American Therapeutic Corporation, a mental health company headquartered in Miami.  DOJ

New York expands probe of Ocwen Financial -- The mortgage-servicing company is...				 
				 				
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Whistleblower News from the Inside - October 21, 2014

				
Posted  10/21/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Guardrail maker loses hundred million dollar whistleblower suit -- A Texas jury finds highway guardrail maker Trinity Industries violated the False Claims Act by defrauding the government with defective guardrail systems.  The jury awarded $175M, to be tripled, in this case originally filed by whistleblower and Trinity competitor Joshua Harman.  NYT

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Whistleblower News from the Inside - October 17, 2014

				
Posted  10/17/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Whistleblower nurse describes chaos at TX Ebola hospital – A nurse at the hospital said she watched the hospital “violate basic principles of nursing care, of medical care,” saying that materials used to treat suspected Ebola patients were left festering in corridors for days, suspected Ebola patients were wheeled around the hospital without protection, and doctors were told...				 
				 				
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DOJ Catch of the Week -- Sikorsky Aircraft

				
Posted  10/17/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation.  Yesterday, the DOJ joined a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the False Claims Act against the aircraft maker and two of its subsidiaries, Sikorsky Support Services Inc. and Derco Aerospace Inc.  Sikorsky Aircraft is a wholly owned subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, with...				 
				 					 

						
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Court Approves Statistical Sampling in False Claims Act Cases

				
Posted  10/16/14
								

				 
								 				By Jason Enzler

A district court has upheld the use of statistical sampling in a False Claims Act case. As the court discussed in its decision, the use of sampling in False Claims Act litigation is not new. But it generally has been limited to establishing damages or to cases where the use of sampling is not contested. In United States ex rel. Martin v. Life Care Centers of America, Inc., however, the court...				 
				 					 

						
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Snowden Documentary Citizenfour is a Must See

				
Posted  10/16/14
								

				 
								 				By Marlene Koury

Laura Poitras’s Citizenfour is not a documentary about Edward Snowden. It is a gripping film about strategy, surveillance, and high-stakes whistleblowing. The film documents Ms. Poitras and fellow journalist Glenn Greenwald's meeting with "Citizenfour" – the handle Snowden used in his first anonymous emails to her – over an eight-day period in Hong Kong to plot how to expose his proof that...				 
				 				
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Big Week for Whistleblowers -- Three Major False Claims Act Victories

				
Posted  10/16/14
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

In what has shaped up to be one of the more prolific weeks for whistleblowers, the government has settled three major False Claims Act cases originated by whistleblowers under the qui tam provisions of the statute. They involved nursing home operator Extendicare Health Services Inc., aerospace and defense industry giant Boeing Company, and drug maker Organon. All together, the...				 
				 				
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