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Whistleblower News From The Inside -- June 2, 2017

Posted  June 2, 2017

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Can a “whistleblower” help Johnny Depp’s legal case? Depp’s attorneys recently deposed a former employee of Depp’s management company, Janine Rayburn, and subpoenaed notes she took during her employment at the company. Depp’s team dubs her a “whistleblower,” while the Management Group calls her a “serial liar” who is angry about getting fired.  Rayburn said she was fired in 2010 and believes it was because she was “asking too many questions” and was “unwilling to perform certain duties” like “notarize documents,” “alter financial statements” and also because she “questioned a lot of activity that was being done.” E!

Why Whistleblowers Get Paid in the U.S. but Not in Britain Four years ago a group of British regulators flew to Washington to learn about the U.S. initiative. But in 2014 the FCA published a report with the Bank of England rejecting financial incentives for whistleblowers. The study said such a program would be too costly and complex and would create a “moral hazard” by giving rogue employees an incentive to fabricate misdeeds. Bloomberg

Blacksands Pacific chief executive charged with $300 million fraud A dual Nigerian and British national has been charged with defrauding financial institutions out of more than $300 million by falsely representing his company as a thriving international oil and gas venture to obtain loans.  Raheem Brennerman, chief executive officer of Blacksands Pacific Group Inc., was charged with bank fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy in an indictment unsealed Thursday in a federal court in New York. Federal prosecutors said he used ill-gotten loans to pay for a condominium in Las Vegas, travel, jewelry, clothes and spa treatments. Reuters