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Whistleblower Claim Worth $112 Million to Proceed Against Duke and Researchers
A federal judge has ruled that a whistleblower lawsuit filed against Duke University and a pair of researchers can proceed. The lawsuit alleges the university and researchers were able to secure $112 million in federal funding based on fraudulent work. The lawsuit was initially filed under the False Claims Act in 2013. If successful, it […]
Recent SEC Whistleblower Award Worth Nearly $1 Million
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced one of its latest whistleblower awards, worth more than $900,000. In this case, a whistleblower’s tip helped the SEC bring multiple enforcement actions against various parties. Per federal law, the SEC did not release the name of the whistleblower or any information on the case that […]
University of Oregon to Pay Out $1 Million to Police Whistleblower
The University of Oregon settled a lawsuit with a former police officer, agreeing to pay the man $1 million to bring the case to an end. A federal jury found in September that the former police chief at the university, Carolyn McDermed, along with two other university police higher-ups, were guilty of retaliation against officer […]
Illinois Company to Pay Out Nearly $200,000 in Whistleblower Penalties
According to federal safety officials, a company in Illinois must pay $190,547 in damages and back wages to a safety manager as the result of a whistleblower case that stemmed from its facility in Lansing, Illinois. The order came from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). After an investigation, commercial […]
Two People to Share $450,000 Whistleblower Award from SEC
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will hand out a total of $450,000 split between two individuals who tipped off the agency to an incident of corporate wrongdoing and provided valuable assistance in the ensuing investigation. This was the third whistleblower award the SEC handed out within a single week span, with the total […]
Colorado Prison Whistleblower Awarded $280,000
A former employee of the Colorado Department of Corrections was awarded $280,000 in a settlement after filing a whistleblower complaint accusing officials in state prisons of fudging figures about mentally ill and/or violent convicts. The whistleblower is Maureen O’Keefe, the former director of the Colorado DOC’s Office of Planning and Analysis. In her complaint, she […]
Latest SEC Whistleblower Award Goes to 3 People
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues to hand out large financial awards to whistleblowers under its program created by the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010. Any whistleblower tips that lead to enforcement action worth more than $1 million in monetary damages make whistleblowers eligible for a 10 to 30 percent cut of the collected […]
