Whistleblower News From The Inside — August 16, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane found guilty of perjury and obstruction — “We are a very honorable profession here.  We have rules that we have to abide by and there are no exceptions to that,” said prosecutor Kevin Steele.  CNN

Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort named in Ukraine anti-corruption probe — “More than $12M in undisclosed cash payments were earmarked for Manafort by the party of Ukraine’s former president, Viktor Yanukovych, who fled Ukraine for Moscow after being ousted in 2014.”  Washington Post

Russian whistleblower fears for her safety after account hacked — “What I would like to say is that if something happens to us, all of you should know it is not an accident.”  USA Today

Why doping scandals are good for the Olympics — “We may never have talked so much about cheating, or punishing cheating . . . and that is precisely what the founders of the modern Olympic Games hoped would happen.  FCPA Blog

Fight over proposed legislation giving FDA more power to regulate cosmetics industry — It “has pitted smaller independent players against the giants of the beauty products industry, which back the proposed regulations, seeing them as an avenue toward regaining public trust.”  NYT

Miami man pleads guilty to fraud charges in $4.2M home health care scheme — Ramon Collado Gonzalez admitted to fraudulently representing himself as the owner of Miami-based Golden Home Health Care, hiding the identity of the true owners.  DOJ