Whistleblower News From The Inside - June 10, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Trinity Industries hit with $663 million charge for deathly guard rails – The False Claims Act lawsuit was brought by whistleblower Joshua Harman, who will receive a $199 million reward.  Bloomberg

Homeland Security hunting for whistleblower – The department is looking for the whistleblower who leaked to the public the results of a test in which investigators were able to smuggle weapons and mock explosives past TSA screeners 95% of the time.  Washington Post

GM may face wire fraud charges – The DOJ is considering criminal charges against the company relating to its failure to timely recall millions of vehicles for an ignition switch problem reportedly linked to over 100 fatalities.  Wall Street Journal

Former hospital president to serve 45-year prison term for Medicare fraud –  The sentence was handed down to the former head of a Houston hospital for his role in a $158 million Medicare fraud scheme.  DOJ

Whistleblower alleges cover-up at Denver Sheriff’s department – The former deputy says that supervisors asked him to destroy evidence in internal affairs investigations.  NBC 9 News