DOJ Catch of the Week -- Bank of America
Posted 08/22/14
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Whistleblower Insider Blog
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.
A Prosecutor’s Look at the Justice System from the Other Side of the Bars
Posted 08/21/14
By Jason Enzler
A former prosecutor was arrested in New York City in 2012 for spray-painting “NYPD Get Your Hands Off Me” on the entrance to city hall. That fact alone makes for a rather odd story. But in the case of Bobby Constantino, the “vandal” in question, there is much more to the story. And unfortunately, it is as relevant today -- with the ongoing strife in Ferguson, MO over allegations of police...
Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Exposes Cancer Clinic Horror
Posted 08/21/14
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By Marlene Koury
In late 2011, Kristi Beeson was working as a laboratory technician at Rose Cancer Clinic in Mississippi, but had a bad feeling that something was not quite right. In a short time, she had witnessed numerous fraudulent practices at the clinic, including unqualified technicians performing bone...
Anatomy of a Medicare Fraud Scam – Power Wheelchairs
Posted 08/21/14
By Gordon Schnell
It may not be the biggest scam contributing to the estimated $50 billion annual price tag for Medicare fraud and abuse. But according to a recent Washington Post report, it could be one of the simplest and most lucrative ones. It is the power wheelchair scam. According to the Post, "criminals disguised themselves as medical-supply companies. They ginned up bogus bills, saying they’d...
Whistleblower News from the Inside - August 19, 2014
Posted 08/19/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Portrait of an SEC whistleblower -- Former MassMutual Financial Group employee Bill Lloyd, who received a $400,000 reward, tells his story of blowing the whistle on the company’s investment scheme that bilked investors out of retirement funds. NYT
Tucson hospitals pay $35M to settle whistleblower suit -- Nonprofit Carondelet Health Network has agreed to pay $35 million to...
Whistleblower News from the Inside - August 15, 2014
Posted 08/15/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Border Patrol corrupt and covering up shootings? – Whistleblower James Tomsheck, the agency’s former head of Internal Affairs, says at least 7 deaths in the past few years at the hands of border patrol agents have been “highly suspect.” Center for Investigative Reporting
Sikorsky company hit with $50 million qui tam lawsuit – The whistleblower lawsuit, filed by the...
Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Retaliation Protections No Good Outside the U.S.
Posted 08/14/14
By Jason Enzler
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision today holding that the Dodd-Frank whistleblower retaliation protections do not apply abroad. The Court based its holding on the lack of any connection between the U.S. and the improper conduct alleged in the case as well as the absence of any Congressional intent that the whistleblower protections would apply outside of the country.
The...
Grassley and Wyden Push for Release of Overdue FBI Whistleblower Report
Posted 08/14/14
By Marlene Koury
Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) sent a letter to President Obama on Tuesday urging him to release a report from the Attorney General on the state of the country's FBI whistleblower protections. Obama commissioned the report in his October 10, 2012 Presidential Policy Directive ("PPD") 19 entitled "Protecting Whistleblowers with Access to Classified Information." He...
Second Circuit Clarifies Reach of Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Retaliation Protections
Posted 08/14/14
By Gordon Schnell
What it takes to make out a whistleblower retaliation claim under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act just got a little clearer thanks to the Second Circuit decision last Friday in Nielsen v. AECOM Technology Corp. There, the Court wrestled with exactly what kind of complaint a whistleblower needs to make to be protected under the statute enacted in the wake of the mighty Enron debacle. In doing so, the...
Whistleblower News from the Inside - August 12, 2014
Posted 08/12/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
SEC sues Kansas for bond fraud -- Federal regulators claim that the Kansas Development Finance Authority defrauded investors by bringing $273M of bonds to market in 2009 and 2010 without disclosing that its pension system was deeply underwater and investors ran a risk of not being fully repaid. Dealbook
Second Circuit rules against fired whistleblower in SOX case -- The...