Whistleblower News From The Inside — September 18, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team 

2001 Paxil study questioned – “A reanalysis of data from a controversial study published in 2001 that opened the doors for doctors to write millions of prescriptions of an antidepressant to children and teens shows that the drug is not only ineffective but potentially unsafe.”  Washington Post

Report backs VA whistleblower claims – “The Department of Veterans Affairs has not listened to whistleblowers or protected them, and it also has not punished employees who tried to stop or interfere with whistleblowers, according to a letter the U.S. Office of Special Counsel sent to the White House and Congress on Thursday.”  CNN

 GM to pay $900 million for failure to disclose deadly safety defect – GM enters deferred prosecution agreement and will forfeit $900 million to settle charges of concealing a safety defect in some cars’ ignition switches that GM has acknowledged led to 15 deaths.  AP

 Two banks pay $11 million under DOJ Swiss Bank Program – St. Galler Kantonalbank AG and E. Gutzwiller & Cie, Banquiers will pay $11 million to resolve their potential tax-related criminal liability for assisting U.S. clients in concealing assets and income from the IRS.  DOJ

Feds seek additional $15 million in Nigerian bribe suit – DOJ asked the DC Circuit to force Moving Water Industries Corp. to cough up $15 million to cover treble damages in an FCA suit in which a jury found Moving Water made false certifications to the Export-Import Bank about bribes in order to secure government financing for pump sales to Nigeria.  Law360