Whistleblower News From The Inside - December 31, 2014
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
UN whistleblower says international community has failed Darfur — Listen to the interview of Aicha El Basri here. NPR
CSC pays $190M to settle SEC accounting probe — Computer Sciences Corp. reached a proposed settlement with the SEC over an accounting probe, agreeing to pay a penalty of $190 million and adjust its financial statements for three fiscal years. Bloomberg
80% of whistleblower retaliation claims ignored in biased, ‘Trojan horse’ system — New report finds the number of whistleblowers being retaliated against is increasing every year as former federal workers warn it’s almost impossible to raise grievances through official avenues within the government. RT
Whistleblower awards lure wrongdoers looking to score — Opinion piece by Steven Davidoff Solomon, a professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley. NYT
Verizon pays $1.3M to resolve MA whistleblower suit – The whistleblower claimed that between September 2006 and October 2012, Verizon invoiced some of its state contract customers for items and services at a higher rate than the statewide procurement contract allowed. Boston.com
Court orders Marine Corps to answer charges of whistleblower retaliation — Federal Judge Joseph Bianco ordered the Corps to answer to accusations it tried to discredit former reserve officer Maj. Jason Brezler to cover up his warnings about an Afghan police chief later tied to the fatal shootings of three troops on a base in southern Afghanistan. Washington Times