Whistleblower News from the Inside - December 10, 2014
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
The only one jailed for CIA torture was the whistleblower who tried to expose it — Former CIA officer John Kiriakou is currently serving a 30-month prison sentence for his efforts to expose the existence of the CIA’s torture program. Huffington Post
Japanese protest new anti-whistleblower secrecy law — Demonstrators flooded Tokyo’s streets over a new secrecy law limiting disclosure of government misconduct by imposing on anyone leaking state secrets, and on journalists helping them, up to 10 years in prison. RT
How to be a “safe” whistleblower – Transparency International published a guide and online video to bring awareness to the risks involved in speaking out against wrongdoing and the ways in which whistleblowers can minimize those risks so they can “speak up safely.” Irish Times
Whistleblower claiming retaliation must arbitrate — A TD Ameritrade Holding Corp employee who said the firm retaliated against him for complaining about potential securities law violations must arbitrate the claim instead of suing in court after a federal court ruled that Dodd-Frank did not invalidate an earlier employment agreement that required arbitration. Reuters
IRS Inspector General says billions lost to potential child tax credit fraud — “The inspector general took the IRS to task for not taking the potential fraud seriously,” which according to the IG amounted to at least $5.9B or almost one-third of total payments of the tax credit in 2013. Politico
How forensic accountants use Benford’s Law to detect fraud — Watch the informative video here. Business Insider