Whistleblower News From The Inside -- October 26, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

AT&T secretly selling customer data to the police – Investigative report reveals that the company’s program, known as Hemisphere, involves selling customer data to local authorities for use in a wide spectrum of domestic cases.  The Daily Beast

SEC warns investment advisors about compliance with whistleblower rules – The agency issued a risk alert notifying investment advisors and broker-dealers that investigators will be probing their compliance with whistleblower protection rules.  Wall Street Journal

Whistleblower sues Thomson Reuters for retaliation – Former executive Bennett Smith claims his ex-employer fired him after he objected to including misleading financial information in sales presentations to investors of a deal valued at $3 billion.  Courthouse News

Kansas City home health care company and owner settle whistleblower case for $1.8 million – The whistleblower, Christopher Thomas, brought the False Claims Act case against Best Choice Home Health Agency and its owner, Reginald King, after receiving kickbacks from the defendants for patient referrals.  DOJ

Will CEOs have to make annual certifications that their companies are clear of fraud?  — Christy Romero, the special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (a.k.a. TARP), has asked Congress to require executives to make such a certification in order to hold them accountable for fraud in their organizations.  Wall Street Journal