Whistleblower News From The Inside -- March 30, 2017
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Nigerian whistleblower program has yielded thousands of tips – Nigerian’s whistleblower program, active since December 2016, offers up to a 5% reward of any recovery to those who report fraud and illicit transactions by public officials. In its 3.5 months of existence, the program has gotten 2,251 tips. This Day
NC insurance fraud investigation nets $11 million in refunds for elderly – Eighty-one North Carolina seniors scammed by former insurance agents Milton Hooks and James Mangum were refunded more than $11M as the result of a seven-year investigation by the NC Department of Insurance. The News and Observer
Florida “doctor” sentenced to 10 years in prison for enhancing women’s buttocks with cement – Floridian Oneal Ron Morris—who posed as a doctor and injected several women’s buttocks with a formula of cement, caulking, and Fix-a-Flat, then sealed the injection sites with super glue—was sentenced for practicing medicine without a license and manslaughter due to the death of one of her “patients.” Washington Post