Tag Archives: fraudulent activity
DCS Investigations Reveal Improper Donations, Additional Wrongdoing
This spring, NBC 5 in Dallas produced a 30-minute in-depth investigative report surrounding developments in the investigation into Dallas County Schools (DCS), a taxpayer-funded agency that oversees the transportation of more than 75,000 students in North Texas each day. According to the report, DCS was experiencing financial turmoil that led it to sell land owned […]
$1 Billion Lawsuit Against Raytheon Will Proceed
According to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California, a billion-dollar lawsuit against Raytheon Co. will proceed. The defense contractor is accused of fraudulently overbilling the U.S. federal government in a contract to develop weather sensors for environmental satellite systems. The whistleblower is a former engineer for the company, and according to […]
SEC Calls Itself Advocate of the Whistleblower
The U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has continued to prove that it will support the whistleblower bounty program. Since the program’s creation in 2011, the agency’s Office of the Whistleblower has awarded more than $50 million to whistleblowers and continues to protect individuals who come forward to report fraudulent activity. SEC Chair Mary Jo White […]
