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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.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
Whistleblower News from the Inside - December 3, 2013

				
Posted  12/3/13
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Air Force allegedly using stealth whistleblower program – The “secret system” of informants is reportedly being used at the Air Force Academy with “FBI-style tactics” to expose wrongdoing, but questions emerge on how the whistleblowers are treated.  Fox

Hospital pricing continues to soar – Costing patients more than $4,000 per day and topping $500 for a single...				 
				 				
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Whistleblower News from the Inside - November 29, 2013

				
Posted  11/29/13
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Citigroup’s latest PR angle: singing – The scandal-plagued bank will have a team participate in the popular UK singing show called “The Choir” to show “we're not a bunch of monsters hiding behind our screens and planning financial apocalypse.”  WSJ

Independent commission calls for greater whistleblower protections in UK – The commission, set up by the charity...				 
				 				
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Attack of the Superbugs -- Time for the Government to Stand Up Against the Antibiotics Feeding Frenzy

				
Posted  11/26/13
								

				 
								 				
By Gordon Schnell

The warnings keep coming.   The studies keep warning.  We are overdoing it on antibiotics.  They are over-prescribed by our doctors.  They are over-supplied to our farm animals.  And we seem to be heading in exactly the wrong direction.

It was only two months ago that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the government watchdog of our long-term health and safety, came out...				 
				 					 

						
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Whistleblower News from the Inside - November 25, 2013

				
Posted  11/25/13
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Match.com sued for RICO fraud – The class action suit charges the online dating service with using fake “profiles” to lure in customers in "one of the biggest conspiracies ever executed on the Internet."  Courthouse News

Whistleblower claims RBS purposely put clients out of business – The charges by the whistleblower, a former legal advisor to the bank, follows an...				 
				 				
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Whistleblower News from the Inside - November 22, 2013

				
Posted  11/22/13
								

				 
								 				

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Caterpillar probed for ocean dumping to hide evidence – The heavy equipment maker is being investigated for possibly dumping train parts in scheme to bill railroad companies for parts not needing to be replaced.  WSJ

SEC says FCPA is “fertile ground” for Dodd-Frank whistleblowers – So says Andrew Ceresney, Co-Director of SEC Enforcement, in his keynote address at...				 
				 				
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A Sunny Report from the SEC Whistleblower Office

				
Posted  11/21/13
								

				 
								 				By Marlene Koury

The 2013 numbers are in for the Dodd-Frank whistleblower program and they are encouraging.  The SEC released its 2013 Annual Report on the program earlier this week which revealed that tips – and rewards – have increased since 2012.   The young whistleblower program is gaining steam and if it stays on course, it will no doubt be hugely successful in the coming years, perhaps even rivaling...				 
				 					 

						
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Whistleblower News from the Inside - November 19, 2013

				
Posted  11/19/13
								

				 
								 				By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

JP Morgan agrees to record $13B settlement – The  historic settlement ends the slew of investigations and lawsuits over the bank’s shady mortgage practices that precipitated the financial crisis. WSJ

SEC scores high marks in its annual whistleblower report – More whistleblower tips, more whistleblower awards, and all indications the SEC Whistleblower Office will only...				 
				 				
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Whistleblower News from the Inside - November 15, 2013

				
Posted  11/15/13
								

				 
								 				Sexual misconduct in the Secret Service – Whistleblowers tell Senate Homeland Security committee of rampant misbehavior within the agency over the past few years.  Washington Post

US investigates alleged currency trade cartel – Barclays, RBS, Citigroup and other major banks are suspected of working together to raise the cost of foreign currencies for the benefit of their own investments.  NYT

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The NFL Bullying Scandal -- Another Wake-Up Call for Whistleblower Reform in Sports

				
Posted  11/14/13
								

				 
								 				By Gordon Schnell

And yet another sports scandal.  This one so inconceivable you have to scratch your head and wonder.  Bullying in the NFL?  You would think this misbehavior would be limited to the playgrounds and schoolyards; to the outcasts, the misfits and the meek unable to stand up for themselves.  That a six-foot, five-inch, three-hundred pounder like Miami Dolphin offensive tackle Jonathan Martin would...				 
				 				
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Whistleblower News from the Inside - November 12, 2013

				
Posted  11/12/13
								

				 
								 				One step closer to paying college athletes – The court in O’Bannon v. NCAA rules that current and former big-time college football and basketball players can proceed as a class to challenge the NCAA’s long-time restrictions on player compensation.  NYT

Sad news this Veterans Day – One in ten veterans (or 1.3M veterans and their families) lack health insurance coverage.  Washington Post

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