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In Their Own Words - Farrow

Posted 12/24/14

-- “I’m actually proud of the fact I was able to put a stop to it. So often people let things slide and look the other way. If I had just quit, I knew things would just continue the way they were.”

Amy Farrow, the NP Precision whistleblower, on her efforts which led to the guilty plea of the company’s chief regarding his theft of $1.2M in funds the government paid the company under two US Army contracts. ...

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In Their Own Words - Cole

Posted 12/23/14

-- “It was astounding in its breadth, its brazenness and its worldwide consequences.”

James Cole, DOJ Deputy Attorney General, on French engineering giant Alstom’s global bribery scheme to which it just pleaded guilty and agreed to a $772M criminal fine. Click here for more.

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In Their Own Words - Branda

Posted 12/22/14

-- “YOU CAN’T ARGUE WITH SUCCESS. YOU CAN’T ARGUE WITH CLOSE TO $6 BILLION THIS FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS THE LARGEST AMOUNT WE’VE EVER RECOVERED.”

Joyce Branda, head of the DOJ’s Civil Division, in her PBS Newshour panel discussion on whether the False Claims Act, with its heavy reliance on whistleblowers, actually deters fraud.

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In Their Own Words - Farrow

Posted 12/19/14

-- “THE REASON I REPORTED IT WAS BECAUSE I COULDN'T LET IT GO ON ANYMORE. I WAS AFRAID FOR MY SAFETY AND CAREER BUT I…DECIDED TO GO AHEAD WITH IT.”

Whistleblower Amy Farrow who reported defense contractor NP Precision Inc. was misusing progress payments on government contracts by failing to pay subcontractors and requesting progress payments under the contracts for costs that NP Precision had not actually...

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In Their Own Words - Al-Majid

Posted 12/17/14

-- “Woe be to any other person who cares enough to risk personal safety to report FIFA corruption.”

Phaedra Al-Majid commenting on her claim that the world’s governing soccer body mistreated her and another whistleblower.

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In Their Own Words - Deltour

Posted 12/16/14

-- “FROM THE BEGINNING, I ACTED OUT OF CONVICTION, FOR MY IDEAS, NOT TO APPEAR IN THE MEDIA.”

Antoine Deltour, the 28-year-old former PricewaterhouseCoopers auditor charged with theft and violating trade secrets in Luxembourg in the wake of the LuxLeaks tax avoidance scandal. Click here for more.

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In Their Own Words - Hiyama

Posted 12/10/14

-- "THIS LAW WILL RESTRICT THE PEOPLES' RIGHT TO KNOW. IT'S FULL OF AMBIGUITY AND WILL TAKE US BACK TO THE 'PUBLIC PEACE AND ORDER' CONTROLS OF WORLD WAR II."

From Tomoki Hiyama, one of approximately 800 people who gathered in front of the Japanese Parliament, protesting Japan’s new anti-whistleblower secrecy law which will limit disclosure of government misconduct by imposing on anyone leaking state secrets (and...

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In Their Own Words - Ross

Posted 12/9/14

-- “Undisclosed conflicts raise questions about the decision-making capacity of the committees and whether the public can have confidence in their recommendations.”

From Joseph Ross, associate professor at Yale School of Medicine, on the Wall Street Journal report that many doctors who sit on Food and Drug Administration panels reviewing medical devices have links to device makers undisclosed by the FDA. Click

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In Their Own Words - Miller

Posted 12/8/14

-- “Keep on blowing those whistles . . . .”

From House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller (R-FL.) who has led the probe of the VA hospital scandal first unearthed by whistleblowers working inside the hospital system. Click here for more.

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In Their Own Words - Willingham

Posted 12/4/14

-- "WE CAN FIX IT. WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS, AND WE CAN STILL ENJOY GAME DAY."

From UNC whistleblower Mary Willingham on her efforts to expose the academic fraud associated with big-time college sports. Click here for more.

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In Their Own Words - Farrow

-- “I’m actually proud of the fact I was able to put a stop to it. So often people let things slide and look the other way. If I had just quit, I knew things would just continue the way they were.”

In Their Own Words - Cole

-- “It was astounding in its breadth, its brazenness and its worldwide consequences.”

In Their Own Words - Branda

-- “YOU CAN’T ARGUE WITH SUCCESS. YOU CAN’T ARGUE WITH CLOSE TO $6 BILLION THIS FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS THE LARGEST AMOUNT WE’VE EVER RECOVERED.”

In Their Own Words - Farrow

-- “THE REASON I REPORTED IT WAS BECAUSE I COULDN'T LET IT GO ON ANYMORE. I WAS AFRAID FOR MY SAFETY AND CAREER BUT I…DECIDED TO GO AHEAD WITH IT.”

In Their Own Words - Al-Majid

-- “Woe be to any other person who cares enough to risk personal safety to report FIFA corruption.”

In Their Own Words - Deltour

-- “FROM THE BEGINNING, I ACTED OUT OF CONVICTION, FOR MY IDEAS, NOT TO APPEAR IN THE MEDIA.”

In Their Own Words - Hiyama

-- "THIS LAW WILL RESTRICT THE PEOPLES' RIGHT TO KNOW. IT'S FULL OF AMBIGUITY AND WILL TAKE US BACK TO THE 'PUBLIC PEACE AND ORDER' CONTROLS OF WORLD WAR II."

In Their Own Words - Ross

-- “Undisclosed conflicts raise questions about the decision-making capacity of the committees and whether the public can have confidence in their recommendations.”

In Their Own Words - Miller

-- “Keep on blowing those whistles . . . .”

In Their Own Words - Willingham

-- "WE CAN FIX IT. WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS, AND WE CAN STILL ENJOY GAME DAY."

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