Category Archives: Graft and Corruption
SEC Accused of Mishandling Whistleblower Claim Regarding Financial Misconduct at Deutsche Bank
The economy has come a long way since the financial crisis of the late 2000s. However, the fallout for the big banks and discussions of how the federal government should regulate them continues. One whistleblower accused a senior Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official during the financial crisis of mishandling a tip he sent in […]
Trump: Pharmaceutical Companies are ‘Getting Away with Murder’
One of the big takeaways from President Donald Trump’s first press conference since being elected was his claim that the pharmaceutical company is “getting away with murder” in terms of drug prices and spending. He has promised to change the way the United States bids on drugs and lower expenses for medication. Currently, federal law […]
NLESD the Subject of Two Different Fraud Investigations
The CEO of the Newfoundland and Labrador English School District (NLESD) in Canada recently divulged that the district is currently the subject of two separate investigations for fraud. CEO Darrin Pike informed Canadian media that two different employees, one of whom is no longer employed with the district, were the subjects of the investigations. He […]
US Marshals Whistleblowers Claim Officials Use Freedom of Information Act for Retaliation
Multiple whistleblowers have come forward from the U.S. Marshals Service, claiming that leadership within the agency uses requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to retaliate against individuals because they sought to report various abuses of power. Among the claims made by the whistleblowers is that the U.S. Marshals Service has a major problem […]
Whistleblower Compliance Officer Receives $1.4 Million Award from SEC
On April 22, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an award of between $1.4 million and $1.6 million given to a compliance officer who alerted authorities to wrongdoing within a large company. Because of confidentiality laws, the SEC was not able to reveal the name of either the whistleblower or the business. However, […]
Department of Justice Takes Active Role in Lawsuit Against Nursing Home Chain
For the past six years, the Ohio-based nursing home chain HCR ManorCare has been embroiled in a whistleblower lawsuit featuring allegations that the company systematically overbilled Medicare and often put its residents through overly rigorous rehabilitation schedules in efforts to increase revenue. Now the U.S. Department of Justice is stepping in, which means an end […]
Rutgers Pays Nearly $2 Million to Settle Whistleblower Claims Against UMDNJ
Rutgers University recently merged with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, but as a result it also inherited a pair of ongoing whistleblower claims against that school. Those cases were recently settled for a combined award of nearly $2 million. In one of the lawsuits, the former chief financial officer of UMDNJ’s […]
Whistleblower Claims San Antonio VA Still Guilty of Altering Wait Time Information
Over the past year, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has been a fixture in national news for the controversies surrounding the extremely long wait times veterans have experienced for benefits and treatment, and the efforts VA officials took to cover up those issues. Although the federal government has put numerous programs in place since […]
New Jersey Transit Pays $700,000 in Whistleblower Suit Settlement
New Jersey Transit paid nearly $700,000 to settle a federal whistleblower complaint filed by one of its conductors. The conductor claimed he was the victim of retaliation from the agency after he saw a worker electrocuted and decided to take the next day off work. The worker suffered fatal burns in the accident, which reportedly […]
EPA Criticized for Persecution of 9/11 Dust Whistleblower
A judge from the U.S. Department of Labor rebuked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its concealment of evidence in a case from several years ago against a senior chemist who was wrongfully terminated. The chemist, Cate Jenkins, had worked as an environmental scientist with the agency for 31 years before she lost her job […]
