International Whistleblowers
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Constantine Cannon partner Eric Havian moderates panel with The Big Three -- heads of the whistleblower offices at the SEC, CFTC and IRS -- at the 16th Annual Offshore Alert Conference
Posted 05/30/18
Constantine Cannon Partner Eric Havian recently joined Jane Norberg, Christopher Ehrman and Lee Martin, the heads of the whistleblower offices for the SEC, CFTC and IRS (otherwise known as The Big Three), to moderate a panel entitled ‘Enriching Domestic & Foreign Whistleblowers: The Growth & Spreading Reach Of US Programs,’ which explored, among other things, the growing number of submissions from whistleblowers...
Question of the Week -- Can Authorities Stop the Mob from Laundering Money Through Online Gambling Sites?
Posted 05/30/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
The Italian mafia has entered the 21st century. According to multiple news accounts and criminal investigations, many of the major Italian mafia families are using online gambling websites-both real and fake-to launder their ill-gotten proceeds. Favoring online sites set up in Malta hidden behind layers of shell companies, Mafiosos have been running betting websites that allow...
Constantine Cannon Partner Mary Inman To Speak On The Rise Of UK And EU Whistleblowers
Posted 05/29/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Mary Inman, a partner in Constantine Cannon’s London office, will be presenting on behalf of the Institute of Business Ethics on June 14th about the rise in UK and EU whistleblowers making submissions under the American and Canadian whistleblower reward programs. There is currently much debate in the EU about rewarding those who speak up. On the one hand, some believe that...
Barclays CEO fined over whistleblower retaliation; Constantine Cannon partner weighs in
Posted 05/14/18
Jes Staley, the CEO of the world’s 15th largest bank, has been fined over £640k by Britain’s financial regulators for trying to uncover the identity of an anonymous whistleblower. The fine represents under 15% of Staley’s 2016 compensation. The bank also retroactively decreased Staley’s 2016 bonus by £500k. The total £1.14M represents about a quarter of Staley’s 2016 compensation. Additionally, regulators...
Whistleblower Developments in the US and EU: New Statutes, the Cross-Border Whistleblower Phenomenon and Challenges of Cross-Border Investigation
Posted 05/8/18
Panelist; American Bar Association (May 8, 2018)
British Whistleblowers can Make “Millions” under US Laws if they “Shop” UK Companies, American Lawyers Say
Posted 04/30/18
The Telegraph reported this weekend on Andrew Patrick, the first British whistleblower to expose a UK company for evading U.S. import duties and only the second British whistleblower to receive an award under the False Claims Act. Mr. Patrick brought a qui tam lawsuit in 2016 against Pure Collection Ltd (“Pure”). The U.S. government intervened in the lawsuit and it ultimately resulted in a settlement of over...
April 3, 2018
Norwegian NGO Norwegian People’s Aid, which receives funding from the US Agency for International Development, agreed to pay $2 million to settle claims it violated the False Claims Act by providing material support to Iran, Hamas, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (“PFLP”), and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (“DFLP”), contrary to federal funding requirements. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. DOJ (SDNY)February 13, 2018
British Knitwear Retailer Pure Collection Ltd. and its CEO Samantha Harrison agreed to pay $908,100 to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by avoiding U.S. customs duties owed on merchandise shipped from the United Kingdom to U.S. customers, including many customers in Maine. According to the government, they did so by breaking up single shipments into multiple shipments of lesser value in order to avoid the applicable duties. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Andrew Patrick. He will receive a yet-to-be determined award from the proceeds of the government’s recovery. DOJ (D. ME)April 21, 2018
Partner Mary Inman is quoted in the following articles concerning FCA's decision to fine Barclays CEO Jes Staley after his attempts to identify a whistleblower within Barclays:- Regulators' censure over whistleblowing scandal, The Sunday Times;
- For Critics, FCA Fails Test by Giving Barclays CEO Staley a Pass, Bloomberg Quint;
- HBOS whistleblower says Barclays case tells others 'don't bother', Reuters;
- Barclays boss Jes Staley fined by City watchdogs over whistleblowing scandal, Telegraph;
- For Critics, FCA Fails Test by Giving Barclays CEO Staley a Pass, Bloomberg; and
- UK regulators criticised for fine on Barclays chief, Financial Times.