Whistleblower News From The Inside — September 13, 2016
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
How the sugar industry shifted the blame to fat — “The sugar industry paid scientists in the 1960s to play down the link between sugar and heart disease and promote saturated fat as the culprit instead, newly released historical documents show.” NYT
Wall Street whistleblowers reap millions — The SEC has paid out more than $100 million in awards since the Dodd-Frank whistleblower program was launched just a few years ago. Hill
Second Circuit revives JPMorgan whistleblower suit — Former JPMorgan employee Jennifer Sharkey accuses the bank of firing her in retaliation for warning that an Israeli client might be engaged in fraud and money laundering. Reuters
Why this bank whistleblower walked away from more than $8 million — Deutsche Bank risk officer Eric Ben-Artzi explains why he turned down his sizable SEC whistleblower award. Bloomberg
Russia’s anti-corruption boss arrested with $120 million in cash — “Dmitry Zakharchenko, the acting head of an anti-graft agency at the Russian interior ministry, was formally arrested on Saturday for receiving ‘especially large’ bribes after police found banknotes worth more than $120 million in a raid on a Moscow flat.” Telegraph
How the 2016 election is testing the legal standard on corruption — “It is the first election in recent memory in which both sides have accused the other of illegal behavior.” TIME