Whistleblower News From The Inside — April 23, 2015
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Deutsche Bank to pay $2.5B to settle LIBOR rate-rigging charges — The payment will be made to US and British authorities to settle charges the bank helped manipulate the benchmarks used to set interest rates on trillions of dollars in mortgages, student loans, credit cards and other debt. NYT
Barry Bonds conviction overturned — “A federal appeals court Wednesday overturned former San Francisco Giant Barry Bonds’ felony conviction for obstructing justice, leaving the federal government without a single conviction after a years-long and multimillion-dollar effort to prosecute the home run king.” LA Times
More whistleblowers say health plans are gouging Medicare — “Federal court records show at least a half dozen whistleblower lawsuits alleging billing abuses in these Medicare Advantage plans have been filed under the False Claims Act since 2010.” NPR
“Flash Crash” whistleblower may see multi-million dollar award — The anonymous whistleblower who claims to have led the US to bring charges against alleged “flash crash” trader Navinder Singh Sarao could potentially reap millions under the CFTC’s Dodd-Frank whistleblower award program. Reuters
China names top 100 fugitives suspected of corruption — Photos of the suspects were splashed across two pages of the official China Daily newspaper, the latest effort in President Xi Jinping’s aggressive campaign to rein in graft. US News
CT dentist pleads guilty to $21M Medicaid fraud scheme — Mehran Zamani served as the front for Landmark Dental which was really being operated by Gary Anusavice who is a convicted felon, former dentist, and excluded Medicaid provider. FBI