In Their Own Words . . . .

In Their Own Words -- Havian

Posted 07/8/15

-- “It's so hard to justify, that I suspect that some of the judges were looking for a way to get rid of it."

Whistleblower attorney Eric Havian commenting on the Ninth Circuit’s decision to scrap an extra hurdle for whistleblowers to overcome in order to bring cases under the False Claims Act.

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In Their Own Words — Cohen

Posted 07/7/15

-- "WORKING WITH RELATORS AND FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS, WE WILL DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO ACT AGAINST THOSE WHO ILLEGITIMATELY BILL THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS.”

Acting US Attorney Vincent H. Cohen Jr. of the District of Columbia in announcing the DOJ settlement under which LB&B Assoc. agreed to pay $7.8M to settle whistleblower charges of improperly obtaining contracts through the Small Business Administration’s program for...

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In Their Own Words -- Unidentified Disabled Veteran

Posted 07/2/15

-- "I want an apology from the White House….I followed the president's orders…I reported waste, fraud and abuse."

From a disabled veteran, who does not want to be identified, who was fired from her post at the National Council on Disability after blowing the whistle on what she saw as illegal contracts not competitively bid or properly executed. Click here for more.

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In Their Own Words — Riewe

Posted 07/1/15

-- “CHERRY-PICKING SCHEMES CAN BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DETECT WITHOUT AN INVESTOR ASTUTELY NOTICING THAT SOMETHING MAY BE AMISS AND COMING TO US WITH A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE ADVISER.”

Julie M. Riewe, Co-Chief of the SEC Enforcement Division’s Asset Management Unit commenting on the difficulty of identifying complex fraud without insider information. Click here for more.

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In Their Own Words -- Mizer

Posted 06/30/15

-- “Today’s [VMWare and Carahsoft] settlement demonstrates that … government contractors who seek to profit improperly at the expense of taxpayers face serious consequences.”

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer, head of the Department of Justice’s Civil Division, commenting on the $75.5 million VMWare and Carahsoft settlement. Click here for more.

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In Their Own Words -- Hawley and James

Posted 06/29/15

-- “At a time that the Prime Minister is seeking international leadership on corruption, the UK can ill afford to be seen to be slow on the uptake with corruption allegations or indeed less proactive than its international partners in responding to whistleblowers."

Corruption Watch Policy Director Susan Hawley and the Chief Executive of the whistleblower charity Public Concern at Work Cathy James, in a letter to UK...

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In Their Own Words -- Hart

Posted 06/27/15

-- “There has never been a time, however, when the government of the United States was so perversely and systematically dedicated to special interests, earmarks, side deals, log-rolling, vote-trading, and sweetheart deals of one kind or another.”

Former US Senator Gary Hart on this "age of vanity politics and campaigns-for-hire." Click here for more.

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In Their Own Words — Lugembe

Posted 06/26/15

-- “IF THIS LAW HAD BEEN PASSED TWO YEARS AGO, I WOULDN’T BE HERE SELLING CHARCOAL AND MY FAMILY WOULD PROBABLY NOT SUFFER.”

Tanzanian whistleblower John Lugembe, who lost his office job for blowing the whistle on corruption, commenting on Tanzania’s proposed Whistleblower and Witness Protection Act. Click here for more.

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In Their Own Words -- John Horn

Posted 06/25/15

-- “Through personal sacrifice and courage, two whistleblowers exposed knowingly wasteful dosing practices designed simply to increase profits and improperly drain the government’s resources,” said Acting U.S. Attorney John Horn of the Northern District of Georgia. “This settlement returns hundreds of millions of dollars to the treasury that had been improperly obtained by DaVita through these wasteful...

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In Their Own Words -- Leahy

Posted 06/24/15

-- “AS WE PROVIDED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN AID TO THE COLOMBIAN ARMY OVER MANY YEARS, ITS TROOPS SYSTEMATICALLY EXECUTED CIVILIANS. WORSE YET, THE OFFICERS WHO WERE IN CHARGE HAVE ESCAPED JUSTICE, AND SOME REMAIN IN SENIOR POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY.”

Senator Patrick Leahy writing about allegations that the Colombian army killed civilians and then posed their bodies as enemy combatants to boost kill numbers.

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In Their Own Words -- Havian

-- “It's so hard to justify, that I suspect that some of the judges were looking for a way to get rid of it."

In Their Own Words — Cohen

-- "WORKING WITH RELATORS AND FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS, WE WILL DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO ACT AGAINST THOSE WHO ILLEGITIMATELY BILL THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS.”

In Their Own Words -- Unidentified Disabled Veteran

-- "I want an apology from the White House….I followed the president's orders…I reported waste, fraud and abuse."

In Their Own Words — Riewe

-- “CHERRY-PICKING SCHEMES CAN BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DETECT WITHOUT AN INVESTOR ASTUTELY NOTICING THAT SOMETHING MAY BE AMISS AND COMING TO US WITH A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE ADVISER.”

In Their Own Words -- Mizer

-- “Today’s [VMWare and Carahsoft] settlement demonstrates that … government contractors who seek to profit improperly at the expense of taxpayers face serious consequences.”

In Their Own Words -- Hawley and James

-- “At a time that the Prime Minister is seeking international leadership on corruption, the UK can ill afford to be seen to be slow on the uptake with corruption allegations or indeed less proactive than its international partners in responding to whistleblowers."

In Their Own Words -- Hart

-- “There has never been a time, however, when the government of the United States was so perversely and systematically dedicated to special interests, earmarks, side deals, log-rolling, vote-trading, and sweetheart deals of one kind or another.”

In Their Own Words — Lugembe

-- “IF THIS LAW HAD BEEN PASSED TWO YEARS AGO, I WOULDN’T BE HERE SELLING CHARCOAL AND MY FAMILY WOULD PROBABLY NOT SUFFER.”

In Their Own Words -- John Horn

In Their Own Words -- Leahy

-- “AS WE PROVIDED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN AID TO THE COLOMBIAN ARMY OVER MANY YEARS, ITS TROOPS SYSTEMATICALLY EXECUTED CIVILIANS. WORSE YET, THE OFFICERS WHO WERE IN CHARGE HAVE ESCAPED JUSTICE, AND SOME REMAIN IN SENIOR POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY.”

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