Whistleblower News From The Inside — June 22, 2015
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Government hits BAE Systems with False Claims Act complaint – The DOJ is charging the company with inflating the price of 20,000 trucks it sold to the military. DOJ
Senator Grassley questions VA head for failing to clean-up the VA – The longtime champion of whistleblowers in Congress is asking the Veterans Affairs head what is being done to address a whistleblower’s allegations that the agency is “lawlessness and chaos.” Washington Post
“Medical fraud is easy . . . but recouping the cash isn’t” – This $18 million fraud case in Texas shows just how much abuse the $24 billion HHS program for updating our health care system takes. Dallas Morning News
Wall Street firm traded insider information for tickets to football games – According to a whistleblower, his former firm, Georgeson, was trading information about how stockholders would vote in exchange for passes to high-priced events. USA Today
Scotland making it easier for NHS whistleblowers – The Scottish government is implementing measures to make it easier for National Health Service whistleblowers to voice concerns. BBC News