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.
By Gordon Schnell
We read about them all the time. The latest major breakthrough in taming one disease or another. If not an ultimate cure-all, then at least a novel treatment to ease the condition or its associated symptoms. In some cases, these reported advances really do result in groundbreaking remedies that improve the lives of many. But in just as many cases it seems, after the initial hype has...
Too much screen time for kids – With the average child spending 8 hours a day in front of a TV, cell phone or computer, the American Academy of Pediatrics calls for parents to significantly reduce their kids’ screen time. Chicago Tribune
Infosys pays $34M for visa fraud – The payment is to settle DOJ charges stemming from a whistleblower who alleged that the Indian software company illegally brought Indian...
Whistleblower enforcement provides 20-to-1 return – A report by Taxpayers Against Fraud finds the government recovers $20 for every $1 it spends prosecuting healthcare fraud under the False Claims Act whistleblower statute. TAF
Top executive rushed security clearances – Employees at USIS, which performed checks on whistleblower Edward Snowden and alleged Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis (and millions of...
More bad news on antibiotics overuse – A new Johns Hopkins report finds that feeding antibiotics to livestock is posing major public health risks but the farm and pharmaceutical lobbies have blocked efforts to stop it. Washington Post
A-Rod pinning hopes on MLB whistleblower – Adding potential fuel to allegations of a MLB witch hunt against him, Rodriguez claims to have an MLB insider to support to his...
Wall Street Journal prohibited from disclosing LIBOR culprits – A UK court grants a request from the UK Serious Fraud Office preventing the paper from identifying individuals the UK plans to implicate in the LIBOR rate-fixing scheme, a press restriction unheard of in the U.S. WSJ
Snowden denies disclosing secrets to Russia – The NSA whistleblower says he dumped all his classified documents before fleeing to...
By Gordon Schnell
Just when it seemed like America's global standing could not get any worse, here is a new finding that sinks us even lower. We are a country of overweight, highly stressed and generally unhealthy people. That is the ultimate pronouncement from the Human Capital Report just released by the World Economic Forum. It ranks the 122 major countries of the world according to how healthy,...
New vehicle for whistleblowers to report anonymously to press – Freedom of the Press Foundation introduces SecureDrop, an open-source system that permits whistleblowers to send reporters information and documents incognito. Time
More revelations on NSA snooping – The latest news on the NSA surveillance front is that the spy agency is collecting hundreds of millions of contact lists from personal email and...
NY proposes new whistleblower law – It would provide bounties and protections for reporting to the NY Department of Financial Services possible violations of the state’s banking, insurance and financial services laws. Forbes
UK considers US-styled whistleblower program – With the introduction of its new FBI-like National Crime Agency, the British government says it will also consider implementing a...
By Gordon Schnell
Cheaters never prosper. At least that is what we are told at an early age by parents and teachers to keep us on the right side of the great moral divide. The truth is, cheaters do pretty well. And not just financially. They thrive emotionally too, feeling quite pleased with themselves and their wayward wanderings.
That is the unexpected finding from a new study just published in the...
Pharma firms fund FDA advisory panel on painkillers – Internal FDA emails show that major pharmaceutical companies paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to participate on a scientific panel set up to advise the FDA on painkiller safety and effectiveness. Washington Post
NSA’s new billion dollar spying center is not working – There have been 10 electrical meltdowns in the past 13 months preventing the...