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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.

				

			

			
						
					
			

	
		
		

			

				
				
FinCEN Announces $37M Civil Money Penalty Against Brink’s Global Services USA, Inc. for Violating the Bank Secrecy Act

				
Posted  02/7/25
								

				 
				
Hundreds of dollars
				 				On February 6, the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced a $37,000,000 civil money penalty against Brink’s Global Services USA, Inc. (Brink’s) for willful violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the main U.S. anti-money laundering (AML) law that protects the financial system from illegal behavior.

Due to Brink’s failure, high-risk entities sent hundreds of...				 
				 					 

						
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Lockheed Martin Pays More Than $40M to Settle DOJ and Whistleblower Charges of Overcharging for Military Aircraft

				
Posted  02/7/25
								

				 
				
Department of Justice
				 				Yesterday (February 6), the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Maryland-based defense contractor Lockheed Martin agreed to pay roughly $30 million to settle DOJ and whistleblower charges of violating the False Claims Act by overcharging the government on several F-35 military aircraft contracts.  This is on top of the $11.3 million the company previously paid the Department of Defense (DOD) for similar...				 
				 					 

						
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A $1.2B+ Health Care Graft Grift! Arizona Couple Pleads Guilty to Fraud

				
Posted  02/4/25
								

				 
				
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				 				On January 31, 2025, the government announced an update in a case involving a Phoenix, Arizona couple pleading guilty to causing the submission of over $1.2 billion of fraudulent claims to Medicare and other health insurance programs. The couple submitted claims for costly, medically unnecessary wound grafts applied to elderly and terminally ill patients.

Alexandra Gehrke, 39, and her husband, Jeffrey King, 46,...				 
				 					 

						
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California Woman Sentenced in $369M Fraud Scheme Involving Billing for Medically Unnecessary Respiratory Tests

				
Posted  02/3/25
								

				 
				
COVID-19 tests fraudulent claims
				 				On January 28, the government announced that California resident Lourdes Navarro, 66, was sentenced to nine years in prison for her involvement in submitting fraudulent claims to both government and private insurance companies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Navarro and her co-conspirator, Imran Shams, illegally bundled COVID-19 screening tests with expensive and medically unnecessary respiratory pathogen panel (RPP)...				 
				 					 

						
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Top FCPA Recoveries for 2024

				
Posted  01/31/25
								

				 
				
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				 				The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) bars paying foreign officials for any kind of business advantage, such as securing government contracts or other kinds of favorable business treatment.  The statute covers any form of consideration including gifts, meals, travel, and entertainment.  It also imposes strict record-keeping and internal control requirements to prevent falsifying company books and records to...				 
				 					 

						
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Alleged AML failures at Visa and Mastercard: Card Companies Accused of Processing Payments for Child Sexual Abuse Content

				
Posted  01/31/25
								

				 
				
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				 				On January 24, Reuters reported that a whistleblower filed a complaint with the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Unit, or FinCEN, alleging Visa and Mastercard had failed to stop payment networks from laundering money from child sexual abuse material and sex trafficking on the porn-centric creator platform, OnlyFans.

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Top 5 CFTC Recoveries for 2024

				
Posted  01/28/25
								

				 
				
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				 				From our recent survey of top SEC fraud recoveries this past year, we found it was not an especially standout year for the securities regulator in terms of big-dollar hauls.  It was not necessarily a banner year for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) either in terms of its fraud recoveries.  Only five of them brought in 9-digit amounts or higher.

But the Number 1 hit -- the eye-popping $12.7 billion...				 
				 					 

						
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Top 10 Most Notable Whistleblower Stories and Government Enforcement Actions of 2024

				
Posted  01/28/25
								

				 
				
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				 				We don’t often like to pick favorites, but when the moment strikes, we glance back at the previous year’s news to reflect. This January, as we unveiled our series of Top-10 lists, we reviewed 2024’s robust archive of Whistleblower Insider Blog posts to revisit a wide range of compelling topics, government enforcements, settlements, and extraordinary whistleblower stories.

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Pfizer to Pay $60M to Settle DOJ and Whistleblower Kickback Charges

				
Posted  01/27/25
								

				 
				
				 				Last Friday (January 24), the Department of Justice announced that Pfizer Inc. subsidiary Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company agreed to pay roughly $60 million to settle DOJ and whistleblower charges of violating the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute by paying kickbacks to induce prescriptions of Biohaven’s migraine medication Nurtec ODT.  The alleged misconduct occurred prior to Pfizer’s acquisition...				 
				 					 

						
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CFTC Promotes Whistleblower Chief Brian Young to Acting Head of Enforcement

				
Posted  01/27/25
								

				 
				
Cast metal seal of CFTC on brick wall
				 				Last week (January 22), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Acting Chair Caroline Pham announced a slew of leadership changes at the commodities regulator.  Key among them was elevating current head of the CFTC Whistleblower Office Brian Young to Acting Director of the CFTC's Division of Enforcement.

It is a big move for Young who has been with the agency for less than a year.  He joined last February...				 
				 					 

						
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