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Whistleblower News From The Inside -- November 8, 2016

Posted  November 8, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Voting begins after competing claims of fraud and intimidation — “After weeks of competing claims of fraud and intimidation on Election Day, few voters who headed to the polls early Tuesday encountered problems, though there were some long lines.” ABC

Corruption and the presidency — “[C]orruption scandals and the White House have gone hand in hand almost since the founding of the Republic.” Fortune

Biocompatibles to pay $36M to settle whistleblower charges of misbranding its embolic devices — The medical device maker pleaded guilty to violating the False Claims Act by circumventing the FDA approval process for selling safe and effective drugs and devices. DOJ

Network Services Solutions to get hit with $21M FCC fine — “The Federal Communications Commission has announced it will be fining Network Services Solutions and its CEO for Rural Health Care Program fraud and bribery to influence contract awards among other charges.” Pipeline

Penn State challenges $7.3M award to Sandusky whistleblower Mike McQueary — The university asks a judge to overturn the jury award as “excessive” and “grossly exorbitant” and claimed “McQueary didn’t prove that university officials damaged his reputation after he became the key witness against Sandusky in the child sex abuse scandal.” Sporting News

Owner of Detroit home health care company sentenced to prison for Medicare Fraud — Badar Ahmadani was sentenced to 96 months in prison and to pay $38 million in restitution for his role in a scheme of paying kickbacks to recruiters and physicians for patients. DOJ