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Whistleblower News From The Inside -- November 23, 2016

Posted  November 23, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Computer scientists urge Clinton campaign to challenge election results — Hillary Clinton’s campaign is being urged by a number of top computer scientists to call for a recount of vote totals in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. The computer scientists believe they have found evidence that vote totals in the three states could have been manipulated or hacked and presented their findings to top Clinton aides on a call last Thursday.  CNN

Gov. Cuomo’s ex-aide indicted in federal fraud case — A criminal complaint from September alleges Cuomo’s ex-aide, Joseph Percoco, took more than $315,000 in bribes from 2012 through 2016 from Syracuse-based COR Development and Competitive Power Ventures, an energy company looking to build a power plant in the Hudson ValleyNBC

Fired D.C. official wins $1.7 million whistleblower suit after lottery contract complaint — A federal jury ordered the D.C. government to pay a former senior city contracting official $1.7 million in damages after finding he was wrongfully demoted and fired in January 2009 for objecting to what he deemed political meddling in the awarding of city contracts.  Washington Post

Dozens of Wells Fargo employees filed whistleblower complaints with OSHA — Dozens of Wells Fargo employees filed whistleblower complaints with the federal government, alleging the company retaliated against them for raising red flags about corporate and consumer financial fraud. The new data, provided by OSHA, reveals that as early as 2010, both Wells Fargo and the government knew about widespread concerns involving the nation’s third largest bank.  NBC

U.S. Steel Corporation pays $2.2 million penalty related to steel pollution – U.S. Steel Corp. has agreed to resolve Clean Air Act litigation by undertaking measures to reduce pollution at its three Midwest iron and steel manufacturing plants and by performing seven supplemental environmental projects to protect human health and the environment in the communities affected by U. S. Steel’s pollution.   DOJ