Whistleblower News From The Inside - January 16, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Whistleblower says VA destroyed records, retaliated — Whistleblower alleges staff at the VA’s Cleveland medical center destroyed records regarding the death of a patient to avoid unwanted publicity, then punished her and put her under surveillance after she revealed lapses in the patient’s care. Washington Times

Defense contractor pleads guilty to bribery and fraud– The owner and CEO of Glenn Defense Marine Asia, a company providing services to the U.S. Navy, pleaded guilty to bribery and fraud charges, admitting that he presided over a decade-long conspiracy involving “scores” of U.S. Navy officials, tens of millions of dollars in fraud and millions of dollars in bribes and gifts. DOJ

SEC Charges UBS subsidiary over “dark pool” — SEC says the firm failed to properly disclose to all subscribers the existence of an order type that it pitched almost exclusively to market makers and high-frequency trading firms that enabled certain subscribers to buy and sell securities by placing orders priced in increments of less than one cent. SEC

Office Depot settles whistleblower case for $68.5M — The complaint alleged Office Depot violated the CA False Claims Act by overcharging public agencies for office and classroom supplies by failing to give the agencies the “best price” as the contract provided. PR Newswire

Snowden to speak at ACLU Hawaii conference — Snowden will speak via a video link from Moscow during the February 14 Davis Levin First Amendment Conference following a screening of the award-winning documentary “Citizenfour.” CivilBeat

Scapegoating CIA whistleblower? — Op-ed on the Jeffrey Sterling case about how, for the first time in 30 years, a case has gone to trial in a civilian court under the Espionage Act with charges that the defendant gave classified information to news media. HuffPo