Whistleblower News From the Inside -- February 16, 2018

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Unpublished data shows India’s fraud problems extend far beyond PNB – Investors may have been shocked when one of India’s biggest banks disclosed a $1.77 billion fraud by a billionaire jeweler, but the central bank has recorded data that shows the problem runs far deeper and wider. Reuters

2 convicted in fraud scheme – A jury convicted two Capital Region men of defrauding investors and lenders in a “complex quid pro quo scheme,” the state Attorney General’s Office said Thursday. Times Union

Tax Fraud Blotter: Model fraud – Preparer Ismael Michael Padilla, 41, has pleaded guilty to engaging in a scheme to defraud the IRS of millions of dollars through the submission of fraudulent income tax returns. Accounting Today