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.
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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...
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 
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 
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