Whistleblower News From The Inside — August 26, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Whistleblower leaks report showing design flaws in nuclear waste treatment plant – An anonymous engineer working at the Hanford nuclear waste plant has released an internal report that cites serious problems with the plant’s proposal to clean up and store nuclear waste left over from the production of nuclear weapons during the Cold War.  Washington Post

Former owner of New York City HIV/AIDS clinics sentenced to prison for Medicare fraud – Oscar Huachillo, the former owner and operator of several clinics in the city, was hit with a sentence of over 10 years in prison for billing Medicare for drugs that were administered to patients at highly diluted levels and tax evasion.  USAO-SDNY

Quest Diagnostics pays $1.8 million to settle False Claims Act lawsuit – A whistleblower had filed the lawsuit alleging that the company had double-billed Medicare for clinical testing services provided to patients.  Sacramento Bee

SEC charges former JP Morgan banker with insider trading – The agency alleges that Ashish Aggarwal passed along insider information to two others that were also subject to charges; the DOJ has filed a parallel criminal proceeding.  SEC

Can I get frequent flier miles for this? – Doctor indicted twice for Medicare fraud – Dr. Eduardo Carrillo was originally indicted for running a patient referral kickback scheme, but authorities have re-indicted him for also billing Medicare for treating patients who in fact were deceased.  USAO-SDTX