Whistleblower News From The Inside — January 5, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

US sues Volkswagen over emissions scandal — “The Obama administration stepped up its legal attack against Volkswagen on Monday, filing a lawsuit that accused the German automaker of violating U.S. air-pollution laws with its scheme to install emissions-cheating software in its diesel engines.”  Washington Post

Catholic Church linked to Uganda child labor — “A BBC investigation has uncovered evidence that church land in Uganda is being used for child labour.”  BBC

 What’s your cybersecurity whistleblower strategy? — “The security community has not really considered whistleblower risks, which is somewhat surprising given an ongoing parade of large public breaches, and the common knowledge that many organizations do a poor job of securing their systems and data.”  CSO

 Former owner of 3 LA medical clinics sentenced to 78 months Medicare Fraud — Hovik Simitian admitted paying illegal cash kickbacks to patient recruiters who brought Medicare beneficiaries to his clinics, and billing Medicare for lab tests and other services that were not medically necessary or actually provided.  DOJ

 Takata emails show brash exchanges about data tampering — “Newly obtained internal emails suggest the manipulation was both bold and broad, involving open exchanges among Takata employees in Japan and the United States.”  NYT

Innocent until proven guilty, but is anyone in higher ed standing with Bill Cosby? — “The whistleblower in all this is comedian Hannibal Buress, who revived the story of Cosby as alleged “rapist” in his own standup act.  The video of Buress went viral and other women who had been victimized began speaking out.”  Diverse Education