Whistleblower News From The Inside -- April 21, 2017

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Federal bank regulator sat on 700 Wells Fargo whistleblower complaints — The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency “says it failed to supervise Wells Fargo even after regulators identified significant problems with the bank’s sales practices” identified in hundreds of whistleblower complaints. NBC

CA dermatologist pays $2.7M to settle whistleblower charges of Medicare fraud — The lawsuit alleged that Dr. Norman A. Brooks violated the False Claims Act by falsely diagnosing skin cancer in some of his patients so he could perform and bill Medicare for unnecessary surgeries. DOJ (CDCA)

Liberia making progress on whistleblower protections — “Integrity institutions, government agencies and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) yesterday validated the draft Whistleblower and Witness Protection Bills. The bills are expected to be submitted to the National Legislature for enactment into law.” All Africa