Whistleblower News From The Inside — February 18, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Whistleblower warns of possible lead contamination in Detroit suburb – In the wake of recent news of widespread lead contamination in Flint, Michigan, a long-time water and sewer department employee in Westland, Michigan has come forward warning that residents may be drinking lead-tainted water in the Detroit suburb as well.  Fox 2 Detroit

Police officers turned whistleblowers receive $2 million settlement – The three Los Alamos officers claimed they were retaliated against after they attempted to warn others that a fellow officer may be a danger to the public.  Sante Fe New Mexican

51 hospitals agree to settle False Claims Act case – The hospitals agreed to pay $23 million to walk away from a whistleblower’s allegations that they fraudulently billed Medicare for cardiac devices.  South Florida Business Journal

CIA whistleblower’s wife requests pardon for husband – Jeffrey Sterling has served eight months of a 3 ½ year sentence on charges of espionage for leaking classified information.  Courthouse News Service

Olympus Corp. settles case with whistleblower – The medical device manufacturer agreed to pay a little over $100,000 to Masaharu Hamada on allegations that he was retaliated against.  ABC News