Our daily pick of the most meaningful, inspiring, or instructive quotes straight from those on the front line — fighting, exposing, or reporting on fraud and injustice, wherever it may lie.
In Their Own Words -- Miracle Mineral Supplement
Posted 10/28/15
--“If you notice diarrhea, or even vomiting, that is not necessarily a bad sign.”
Website of Miracle Mineral Supplement, whose owner was convicted on fraud charges and sentenced to over 4 years in prison for selling industrial bleach as a cure (the website is still up and running as of this post).
-- "[W]histleblowers play a critical role in protecting tax dollars by shining a light on waste, fraud and abuse within the federal government."
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), in a letter she wrote yesterday to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus calling for more information on how the Navy is dealing with Rear Admiral Brian Losey who "despite a recommendation from the Department of Defense Inspector General . . . is not being...
-- “The Division’s hard work, tremendous energy, and efficiency uncovered significant misconduct during the past fiscal year, and helped bring a significant number of high-impact, first-of-their-kind actions.”
Andrew J. Ceresney, Director of the SEC’s Enforcement Division, commenting on the SEC’s 2015 Enforcement Results.
— “We need to use better methods to deter corporate misbehavior. Exclusion needs to be dusted off, modernized and used more frequently. Criminal remedies will never be a realistic option, except in the most egregious cases. The best way to make sure the rank-and-file are turning square corners when dealing with the government is to give them, and their bosses, strong incentives to do the right thing. We no...
Email from a sales representative at Millennium Health, a urine screening company, quoted in the government’s False Claims Act lawsuit that settled earlier this week for $256 million. Millennium Health faced allegations that it billed the government for unnecessary tests.
-- "All of us need to start treating whistleblowers as guardians, not traitors. And if we value what freedoms we have left, we should demand that our government do the same."
John Kiriakou, former CIA analyst and whistleblower and now an associate fellow for the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C.
-- “The deck was definitely stacked against [the government] in this trial, in that the jury was only allowed to see such a narrow sliver of the evidence, and even with that sliver, the fact that they found that the overwhelming majority of claims were false is great.”
Mary Inman, a partner at Constantine Cannon, commenting on the jury’s findings in the AseraCare False Claims Act trial. Click here for more.
— “Republicans have been abusing millions of taxpayer dollars for the illegitimate purpose of damaging Hillary Clinton's bid for president . . . These are extremely serious whistleblower charges by one of Chairman Gowdy's own handpicked investigators."
Representative Elijah Cummings commenting on a former congressional staffer’s allegations that the investigation into the government’s handling of the Benghazi...
-- "THE PROBLEM FOR YOU IS IF YOU JUST TURN THE OTHER WAY, YOU BECOME COMPLICIT, YOU BECOME PART OF THE PROBLEM."
Michael Woodford, former president and CEO of Olympus Corporation, who blew the whistle on what he experienced as widespread company fraud. Click here for more.