Whistleblower News From The Inside — January 12, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

UN says some of its peacekeepers were paying 13-year-olds for sex — “The case is the latest to plague the UN mission in the Central African Republic, whose employees have been accused of 22 other incidents of alleged sexual abuse or sexual exploitation in the past 14 months.”  Washington Post

Despite clear dangers, DuPont kept using a toxic chemical — “The company hid evidence that the chemical had contaminated the local water supply well beyond what the company’s own scientists considered safe and far beyond what independent scientists considered safe.”  NYT

US Attorney finds no crime in Cuomo’s disbanding of Moreland Commission — “Gov. Cuomo’s decision to pull the plug on a state commission involving public corruption was controversial — but it wasn’t criminal,” according to Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara.  Daily News

Can businesses succeed in a world of corruption (without paying bribes)? — “This question is becoming more pressing as the Justice Department beefs up its FCPA unit after a decline in the number of cases filed in 2015 and must resolve long-running investigations of companies like Wal-Mart and JPMorgan that have dragged on for years.”  The Conversation

National Science Foundation reprimands CU-Boulder prof over research practices — “The NSF reprimanded now-retired CU professor Bruce Eaton and current CU chemistry professor Dan Feldheim for misrepresenting data, avoiding protocols and providing poor oversight for less experienced researchers in connection with NSF-supported biochemistry research….”  Daily Camera

Confiscated Snowden bust headed for Brooklyn Museum — “A bust of notorious whistleblower Edward Snowden that briefly graced a pedestal in Fort Greene Park before police confiscated it last year will soon be on display at the Brooklyn Museum, which will install the piece as part of an exhibition showcasing political propaganda.”  Brooklyn Paper