Whistleblower News From The Inside — July 5, 2016
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
University of Missouri-Columbia Agrees to Pay United States $2.2 Million to Settle Alleged False Claims Act Violations — The University of Missouri-Columbia is paying $2.2 million to settle allegations that it submitted false claims for radiology services. Certain attending physicians at the hospital certified that they had reviewed the images associated with interpretative reports prepared by resident physicians—as required for payment—when, in fact, they had not. DOJ
Three convicted in Libor rigging trial — Three former Barclays employees—Jay Merchant, Jonathan Mathew, and Alex Pabon (an American)—have been found guilty of rigging the Libor interest rate between 2005 and 2007 by the Southwark Crown Court. BBC
Three Georgia Real Estate Investors Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging and Bank Fraud at Public Home Foreclosure Auctions — Jeffrey Wayne Brock, David Wallace “Chuck” Doughty, and Stanley Ralph Sullivan each admitted that they agreed not to compete for the purchase of selected foreclosed homes so that they could win the auctions for those homes with artificially low bids. As a result of their scheme, the conspirators profited from money that otherwise would have gone to mortgage holders and other secured debt holders, and in some cases, to the owners of foreclosed homes. DOJ
Ukrainian Lawmaker Stripped of Immunity Over $64 Million Fraud — Ukraine’s parliament stripped Oleksandr Onyshchenko, a Ukrainian politician, of his immunity and allowed his arrest on charges of misappropriating more than $60 million. Onyshchenko is charged in a 1.6 billion hryvnia ($64 million) natural gas fraud at state energy company PAT Ukrhazvydobuvannya. Bloomberg
Israeli Businessman Nochi Dankner Convicted of Securities Fraud — Nochi Danker, once one of Israel’s most powerful businessmen, was convicted of stock manipulation by a Tel Aviv court and could face up to five years in prison. Danker was charged with improperly influencing IDB Holding Corp.’s share price days before a planned securities issuance in February 2012. Bloomberg