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Whistleblower News From The Inside — July 21, 2015

Posted  July 21, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

 NYAG accuses Brooklyn children’s cancer charity of fraud – Donors have given millions of dollars to the National Children’s Leukemia Foundation, perhaps motivated by brochures or telemarketing pitches describing the charity’s bone marrow registry or its cancer research building – but the NYAG says neither of those things even existed. NYT

Clinton vows to protect and expand Dodd-Frank – Yesterday, one the eve of Dodd-Frank’s fifth anniversary, she detailed her plans on boosting the financial rewards for whistleblowers and by creating a mechanism to cut into executives’ compensation when their companies are fined for running afoul of financial regulations.  Bloomberg

Jackson hospital reaches $500k settlement for unnecessary billing — According to the allegations, from January 2004 to May 2012, Regional Hospital in Jackson FL defrauded Medicare and Medicaid in connection with the placement of unnecessary cardiac stents and other needless cardiac procedures.  DOJ

 Malaysia blocks UK-based whistleblower website — Malaysian authorities say they have blocked a UK-based website that had published corruption allegations against prime minister Najib Razak. ABC

Happy Birthday Dodd-Frank – Celebrating five years of one of the most celebrated (and maligned) pieces of legislation in recent times.  WI