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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.
Monthly Roundup -- December 2014
Posted 12/31/14
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
This month's featured posts and commentary included: Whistleblowers Beware Of What Company Documents You Take To Support Your Qui Tam Case (here); Countrywide Financial Whistleblower Earns $57 Million Reward (here); Unfavorable Ruling for...
Whistleblower News From The Inside - December 31, 2014
Posted 12/31/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
UN whistleblower says international community has failed Darfur -- Listen to the interview of Aicha El Basri here. NPR
CSC pays $190M to settle SEC accounting probe -- Computer Sciences Corp. reached a proposed settlement with the SEC over an accounting probe, agreeing to pay a penalty of $190 million and adjust its financial statements for three fiscal years. Bloomberg
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In Their Own Words - Greenstein
Posted 12/30/14
-- "NO ONE CAN TRUST THE SYSTEM. I TRUSTED IT AND I WAS NAIVE."
Former CIA whistleblower Ilana Greenstein on her efforts to report mismanagement within the agency and the whistleblower retaliation she suffered for speaking out. Click here for more.Whistleblower News From The Inside - December 30, 2014
Posted 12/30/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
US investigating New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver -- Federal authorities are investigating substantial payments made to Silver for roughly a decade by a small law firm that seeks real estate tax reductions for commercial and residential properties in New York City. NYTS
Congressman Michael Grimm to resign -- This comes just a week after pleading guilty to tax...
In Their Own Words - Farrow
Posted 12/24/14
-- “I’m actually proud of the fact I was able to put a stop to it. So often people let things slide and look the other way. If I had just quit, I knew things would just continue the way they were.”
Amy Farrow, the NP Precision whistleblower, on her efforts which led to the guilty plea of the company’s chief regarding his theft of $1.2M in funds the government paid the company under two US Army contracts. ...DOJ Catch of the Week -- Alstom S.A.
Posted 12/24/14
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By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to French power and transportation company Alstom S.A. On Monday, the company pleaded guilty to violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and agreed to pay a whopping $772 million to resolve charges of a widespread international...
Whistleblower News From The Inside - December 24, 2014
Posted 12/24/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
NY Congressman Michael Grimm pleads guilty to federal tax evasion -- The former marine and FBI agent made famous last year for threatening to throw a news reporter over a balcony says he has no plans to resign. Newsday
Inquiry into foreign bribes complicates planned $13B Biomet merger -- The fate of Biomet’s planned merger with rival Zimmer Holdings may depend on the DOJ and...
In Their Own Words - Cole
Posted 12/23/14
-- “It was astounding in its breadth, its brazenness and its worldwide consequences.”
James Cole, DOJ Deputy Attorney General, on French engineering giant Alstom’s global bribery scheme to which it just pleaded guilty and agreed to a $772M criminal fine. Click here for more.Whistleblower News From The Inside - December 23, 2014
Posted 12/23/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Alstom to pay $772M to settle bribery charges -- The French engineering giant pleaded guilty and agreed to pay the fine to resolve criminal charges it paid tens of millions of dollars in a widespread bribery scheme to win energy contracts around the globe. NYT
US sues Omnicare over alleged kickbacks from Abbott Labs -- The government joined two whistleblower suits alleging the...