Monthly Archives: June 2017
Former JPMorgan VP Sues Company, Claiming Whistleblower Retaliation
A former securities broker with JPMorgan & Co. is accusing the company of terminating his employment after he reported potential violations of the Dodd-Frank Act. According to the former employee’s lawsuit, his supervisors also punished him after he refused to help erase records that showed the company lied to customers about the rates of return […]
Healthcare Professionals Can Receive Large Awards for Uncovering Illegal Practices in Pharmaceutical, Medical Device Industries
Medical doctors, pharmaceutical representatives and other healthcare professionals may be able to collect awards if they report valuable information and proof to regulators that a drug company is knowingly selling ineffective or dangerous medications to the public. According to the Corporate Whistleblower Center, these rewards can be quite large. In fact, in a recent case, […]
New York’s Whistleblower Law Encourages Reports of Possible Tax Fraud
The Corporate Whistleblower Center, a Washington, D.C.-based watchdog group, reports that New York remains the only state in the country that provides meaningful awards to whistleblowers who offer proof of sales tax or income tax fraud to regulatory officials. This gives employees a great incentive to come forward with information if they become aware of […]
A Clear Whistleblower Policy Can Benefit Your Business
If you own or operate a business, you might not have thought much about what would happen if an individual within your organization blows the whistle on potential illegal or unethical activities. Having a whistleblower policy in place can help protect your company and ensure that your employees feel they are protected if they believe […]
SEC Accepts Tips, Even if Investigation is Already Open
After the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opened an investigation into potential wrongdoing, some people make the mistake of believing they would no longer be able to collect a whistleblower award if they were to come forward with information. However, that’s not the case at all. If you have information that can aid […]
Whistleblower Claims UnitedHealth Group Involved in Medicare Overbilling
A whistleblower has made claims that UnitedHealth Group, a Minnesota-based company, has committed Medicare fraud by submitting false information related to patient conditions. If the claim is true, it could mean that the large healthcare provider defrauded the program out of hundreds of millions of dollars over the course of several years. The whistleblower says […]
Whistleblower Receives $545,000 After Enforcement Action Against Bay Sleep Clinic
A sleep technician in California will receive a $545,000 award for serving as a whistleblower in a case involving the Bay Sleep Clinic and several of its affiliates. Bay Sleep Clinic recently settled the case with the U.S. Department of Justice for $2.6 million. The action stemmed from allegations that the company and its affiliates […]
Court Rules Whistleblowers May Disclose Confidential Information to SEC
A federal judge in San Diego has ruled that whistleblowers may receive protection if they release confidential information to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as part of an investigation into potential fraud. In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Cynthia Bashant denied most of a motion for summary judgment from BofI Federal Bank’s attorneys, […]
Infosys Controversy Intensifies with Whistleblower’s Anonymous Letter
A letter from an apparent whistleblower with Infosys, one of India’s leading technology companies, alleges that some members of the company’s management team benefited illegally from a recent acquisition. According to media reports, the anonymous whistleblower says the company Infosys acquired, Israeli automation firm Panaya, had been valued at about $162 million a month before […]
