Whistleblower News From The Inside — June 28, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Volkswagen set to pay $15B for emissions fraud — Volkswagen, the U.S. government and angry customers “are set to announce a package of measures valued at up to $15 billion to resolve the German car maker’s emissions-cheating scandal in the U.S.”  WSJ

Supreme Court complicates corruption cases — Following the Supreme Court’s reversal of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s corruption conviction, “defense lawyers from Illinois to New York were citing the unanimous ruling as grounds to challenge past and pending criminal corruption cases brought by the Justice Department.”  NYT

John Oliver on how easy it is for Olympic athletes to dope — “It’s a problem that is practically baked in (or intravenously injected) into the culture of international competition.”  Newsweek

Ten Texas taxi companies agree to pay $1.125M to settle whistleblower charges of Medicaid fraud — The whistleblowers alleged the companies failed to comply with rules and regulations governing Medicaid transportation services.  DOJ (EDTX)

Prison whistleblower cleared of wrongdoing — “Department of Corrections whistleblower [Doug Glisson] who was demoted after accusing his bosses of covering up inmate abuse and agency corruption was cleared of wrongdoing [] as a panel of law enforcement officers unanimously ruled he was wrongly targeted.”  Miami Herald

Advocacy groups call on Armed Services Committees to preserve military whistleblower rights — This follows both chambers of Congress passing their respective versions of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2017.  GAP