Monthly Archives: January 2019
Memo Reveals Several Managers Knew of Medicaid Fraud in New Jersey Case
A state comptroller for New Jersey claimed that one of his employees acted of his own accord by discounting $2.6 million on how much certain fraudsters had to repay taxpayers for Medicaid. However, a new memo obtained by reporters indicates several levels of managers in the comptroller’s office knew about these deals, indicating an organized […]
American Financing Corp. Must Pay Fine After Firing Whistleblowers in Mortgage Fraud Case
American Financing Corp. was ordered by a judge in Arapahoe County District Court to pay out settlements to four former employees of the Colorado-based mortgage company. The employees claimed they were fired after raising concerns about widespread mortgage fraud propagated by the company. In their lawsuit, the four former employees claimed they had attempted to […]
SEC Expected to Get Tougher on Cyber Fraud
A report from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last fall warned that publicly held companies with insufficient internal accounting controls are more likely to cause cyber fraud and could be in violation of federal law and subject to future fines from the SEC. This indicates the agency is looking to crack down even further […]
AmerisourceBergen Will Pay $625 Million to Settle Whistleblower Claim
AmerisourceBergen, America’s largest drug wholesaler, recently agreed to pay $625 million to settle claims that a former subsidiary of the company repackaged millions of containers of cancer drugs to sell overfills, a scheme worth millions of dollars that put cancer patients at risk of using contaminated drugs. The lawsuit also accused the company of providing […]
TSA Whistleblower Alleges Sexual Harassment, Retaliation in Lawsuit Against Federal Government
Mark Livingston, a 21-year Marine Corps veteran and former senior intelligence worker for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), recently filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security. In it, he alleges was retaliated against at the TSA for standing up to superiors who harassed and bullied women. TSA has a history of these types […]
Former Elementary School Administrator Earns $230,000 Settlement in Whistleblower Retaliation Suit
Manny Verdi, a former administrator at an elementary school in the Bronx, earned $230,000 in a settlement from the city after alleging he experienced retaliation for acting as a whistleblower. Verdi was an assistant principal at PS 24 in Riverdale, and filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education in 2016. In the suit, he […]
Alaskan Aviation Company Will Pay $500,000 in Whistleblower Case
Bald Mountain Air Service, an aviation company based in Anchorage, Alaska, will pay out $500,000 in a whistleblower case in accordance with a ruling handed down by an administrative law judge. The company will appeal the ruling, which was issued by Judge Scott R. Morris on October 10. In issuing the ruling, Morris found the […]
Kalispell Pays $24 Million to Department of Justice to Settle Whistleblower Claim
Kalispell Regional Healthcare, a healthcare organization based in Montana, agreed to pay $24 million to the U.S. Department of Justice to settle a whistleblower lawsuit. In the claim, Kalispell was alleged to have 63 physicians taking part in an illegal kickback scheme to earn more money and boost overall revenue, a violation of the Stark […]
