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Whistleblower News from the Inside - July 1, 2014

Posted 07/1/14

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team BNP admits guilt and agrees to record $8.9B fine -- Paris-based BNP Paribas agrees to enter a guilty plea and pay $8.9B for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Trading with the Enemy Act by processing billions of dollars of transactions through the U.S. financial system on behalf of Sudanese, Iranian, and Cuban entities subject to U.S....

Monthly Roundup -- June 2014

Posted 07/1/14

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Here is our look-back at the key whistleblower and fraud developments we have written about over the past month: Featured Posts and Commentary

False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Lance Armstrong To Move Forward

Late last week, Circuit Judge Robert Wilkins gave the government and whistleblower Floyd Landis a green light to proceed with their False Claims Act lawsuit against famed...

Whistleblower News from the Inside - June 27, 2014

Posted 06/27/14

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team China commodities fraud widens -- China’s commodities fraud scandal grows as the Chinese government confirms gold contracts have also been faked and as news of a new private lawsuit hits accusing the two main companies under investigation for suspected fraud for acting as guarantor in several contracts to import aluminum. NYT Ask GAP’s Tom Devine anything today on Reddit...

DOJ Catch Of The Week -- Omnicare

Posted 06/27/14

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Ohio-based Omnicare Inc., the country’s largest provider of pharmaceuticals and pharmacy services to nursing homes. On Wednesday, the company agreed to pay $124 million to settle government charges of offering improper financial incentives to skilled nursing facilities in return for their continued selection of...

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False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Lance Armstrong To Move Forward

Posted 06/26/14

By Jason Enzler Late last week, Circuit Judge Robert Wilkins (sitting by designation at the D.C. District Court) gave the government and whistleblower Floyd Landis a green light to proceed with their False Claims Act lawsuit against famed cyclist Lance Armstrong and others. At stake is over $100 million in claimed damages and penalties for an alleged doping scheme involving the U.S. cycling team. Landis, a...

GAO Report Finds Medicaid Managed Care Vulnerable To Fraud

Posted 06/26/14

By Marlene Koury A new study conducted by the US Government Accountability Office ("GAO") shows that the Medicaid managed care program is vulnerable to serious health care fraud. The study found that the weakness is primarily due to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") delegating managed care oversight to the states – but without providing them with clear guidance and resources to combat...

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UK Rejects Whistleblower Rewards; At Least For Now

Posted 06/26/14

By Gordon Schnell The good news is the United Kingdom has spoken loud and clear on the critical role whistleblowers must play in rooting out fraud and misconduct in the workplace. The bad news is it continues to believe whistleblower rewards is a bad idea. This comes out of the response released yesterday by the UK Department for Business Innovation & Skills to the "Call for Evidence" it put out last year...

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Whistleblower News from the Inside - June 24, 2014

Posted 06/24/14

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Home health agency pleads guilty to kickback scheme -- The owner of Nestor’s Health Services in Miami pleaded guilty in a $6.5 million health care fraud scheme involving paying kickbacks to referring physicians and not providing services or providing services that were not medically necessary. DOJ Whistleblower says VA covered up deaths – A new whistleblower in the...

Whistleblower News from the Inside - June 20, 2014

Posted 06/20/14

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team False Claims Act lawsuit against Lance Armstrong can proceed -- A federal judge has rejected Lance Armstrong's attempt to dismiss a $100 million False Claims Act lawsuit filed against him. USA Today NJ arrests owner of Diagnostic Imaging Affiliates for Medicaid Fraud -- Rehan Zuberi and 12 associates are charged with bribing doctors to send patients for MRIs, PET scans and...

DOJ Catch of the Week -- SunTrust

Posted 06/20/14

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to SunTrust Mortgage Inc., the mortgage lending arm of SunTrust Bank. On Tuesday, the Justice Department, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and virtually every state attorney general in the country, reached a $968 million agreement with the bank to resolve...

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