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Whistleblower News From The Inside — August 30, 2016

Posted  August 30, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

 Europe hits Apple with $14.6 billion tax bill — The European Commission “said the Irish government had granted illegal state aid to Apple by helping the tech giant to artificially lower its tax bill for more than 20 years.”  CNN

Prosecution of financial crisis fraud ends with a whimper — “I offer Aug. 22, 2016, as the day on which efforts to pursue cases related to subprime mortgages were put to rest with no individuals — save perhaps the unfortunate former Goldman Sachs trader Fabrice Tourre — held accountable.”  NYT

Utah offers big reward to blow the whistle on financial scams — “The Beehive State is one of two in the nation with a ‘whistleblower’ law, allowing the state to pay out rewards to people who help uncover any kind of financial fraud.”  FOX

CMS overpayment rule may bring more whistleblower cases — “CMS’ Medicare overpayments rule, released in February, requires providers to return excessive reimbursement within 60 days of identifying them, as mandated by the Affordable Care Act.”  McKnight’s

Whistleblower sues New Mexico welfare program for alleged retaliation — “Lorraine McCullough is suing SL Start and Associates and related companies . . . claiming she was fired in retaliation for revealing a plan to make the welfare program look more successful than it was.”  Santa Fe/New Mexican

San Diego police sergeant sues city claiming whistleblower retaliation — Sergeant Danny Hollister claims retaliation after he blew the whistle about what he considers dangerous and illegal police motorcades.  ABC