Tag Archives: whistleblowers
FAA Receives at Least 4 Whistleblower Calls Regarding Boeing 737 Max
A recent report from CBS News revealed that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has received at least four calls from whistleblowers who work for aviation company Boeing about various issues related to its 737 Max jetliner, one of the company’s newest planes. Whistleblowers began making these disclosures after Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, which crashed last […]
Report Highlights Steps Congress Could Take to Better Protect Whistleblowers
A Government Accountability Office report issued May 7 contains some recommendations on the steps Congress could take to better protect American whistleblowers from retaliation. According to the document, federal whistleblowers frequently go to members of Congress to report fraud, waste and agency-related abuse. This points to how crucial it is for Congressional staff to know […]
Los Angeles Jury Awards Whistleblower With $1.5 Million Verdict
A jury in Los Angeles issued a $1.5 million verdict to a former employee who alleged his company retaliated against him for reporting misconduct that violated the False Claims Act (FCA), the Defense Contractor Whistleblower Protection Act (DCWPA) and California’s whistleblower statute. The plaintiff is a former NASA Mars mission engineer who worked with ManTech […]
IRS Reports a New Record $312 Million in Whistleblower Awards
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a report in February providing an overview of its whistleblower program in what was a record-breaking year. Whistleblowers provided information during 2018 that aided in the agency’s recovery of more than $1.44 billion throughout the year, resulting in a total of $312 million awarded to those whistleblowers. This number […]
Study Indicates Whistleblowers Indicate a Healthy Company Culture
The Harvard Business Review recently published research about whistleblowers in the United States. It led to the conclusion that whistleblowers, while they may often herald corporate disaster, are actually indicative of healthy companies. The researchers had access to more than 1.2 million records of internal reports made by employees of U.S. public companies. It found […]
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 […]
