Whistleblower News From The Inside — August 2, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Since Ancient Greece, the Olympics and Bribery Have Gone Hand In Hand — “There’s one ‘tradition’ that’s a strong holdover from ancient Greece: allegations of bribery, some of which were documented more than 2,000 years ago.”  New Republic

 St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center to pay $3.2M to settle whistleblower charges —  The upstate NY hospital allegedly violated the federal and NY False Claims Acts by presenting false claims to Medicaid for mental health services by unqualified staff.  DOJ (NDNY)

Petition asks for Russian whistleblower’s ban to be lifted — “A petition asking IOC President Thomas Bach to lift the ban for Russian [doping] whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova has received huge support and over 100,000 signatures just five days after it was created.  Yahoo Sports

Whistleblower accuses biotech giant Celgene Corp. of charities scheme to foster sales — A former Celgene sales rep says the company donated hundreds of millions to charities that help patients afford high-priced drugs “as part of a core business scheme to gain billions.”  Bloomberg

Jacintoport Int’l and Seaboard Marine to pay $1M to settle whistleblower charges — The cargo handling and ocean transport companies allegedly violated the False Claims Act in connection with a warehousing and logistics contract for the storage and redelivery of humanitarian food aid.  DOJ

NHS whistleblower awarded more than £250,000 — Pauline Lewin’s 40-year career came to an end when she accused a hospital chief executive of bullying.  Daily Mail