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In Their Own Words

Posted 07/15/15

-- “EVERYONE SEEMED TO KNOW IT WAS WRONG, BUT NO ONE WAS WILLING TO SPEAK UP.”

Whistleblower who witnessed filming of scene endangering children on set of Divergent movie sequel. Click here for more.

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In Their Own Words - Poitras

Posted 07/14/15

-- “I AM FILING THIS SUIT IN SUPPORT OF THE COUNTLESS OTHER LESS HIGH-PROFILE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALSO BEEN SUBJECTED TO YEARS OF KAFKAESQUE HARASSMENT AT THE BORDERS. WE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW HOW THIS SYSTEM WORKS AND WHY WE ARE TARGETED.”

Citizenfour director Laura Poitras discussing reasons behind her filing a lawsuit against the U.S. government. Click here for more.

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In Their Own Words -- Fata

Posted 07/13/15

-- “I MISUSED MY TALENTS, YES, AND PERMITTED THIS SIN TO ENTER ME BECAUSE OF POWER AND GREED."

Farid Fata, the Detroit area cancer doctor addressing the court before being sentence to 45 years in prison for mistreating over 550 people, including making false diagnoses and administering chemotherapy to patients who did not have cancer.

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In Their Own Words -- Tillipman

Posted 07/10/15

-- “Let’s be clear about one thing: Chuck Blazer is not a whistleblower. And more importantly, the media’s haphazard use of this term to describe Blazer is a disservice to the brave individuals that may legitimately be deemed ‘whistleblowers.’"

-- Jessica Tillipman, Senior Editor of the FCPA Blog and Assistant Dean at The George Washington University Law School. Click here for more.

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In Their Own Words -- McCormack

Posted 07/9/15

-- “[Long term care facility] Administrators should be asking hard questions about any financial incentives the pharmacist or their employer may have to promote one drug over another,” McCormack told McKnight's on Tuesday. “Depending on the long-term care facility's financial and operational relationship with the outside pharmacy, there is some risk that the facility could be exposed to liability under the False...

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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

-- “EVERYONE SEEMED TO KNOW IT WAS WRONG, BUT NO ONE WAS WILLING TO SPEAK UP.”

In Their Own Words - Poitras

-- “I AM FILING THIS SUIT IN SUPPORT OF THE COUNTLESS OTHER LESS HIGH-PROFILE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALSO BEEN SUBJECTED TO YEARS OF KAFKAESQUE HARASSMENT AT THE BORDERS. WE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW HOW THIS SYSTEM WORKS AND WHY WE ARE TARGETED.”

In Their Own Words -- Fata

-- “I MISUSED MY TALENTS, YES, AND PERMITTED THIS SIN TO ENTER ME BECAUSE OF POWER AND GREED."

In Their Own Words -- Tillipman

-- “Let’s be clear about one thing: Chuck Blazer is not a whistleblower. And more importantly, the media’s haphazard use of this term to describe Blazer is a disservice to the brave individuals that may legitimately be deemed ‘whistleblowers.’"

In Their Own Words -- McCormack

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.”

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