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US Government Takes on Navy Contractor in Environmental Fraud Case

The federal government is set to prosecute three whistleblower complaints against a contractor for the U.S. Navy accused of large-scale fraud. The action takes place in the middle of a Read More

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 Read More

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 Read More

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 Read More

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, Read More

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 Read More

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 Read More

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 Read More

Ex-Albuquerque Animal Welfare Worker Sues City for Wrongful Termination After Blowing the Whistle

Victoria Murphy, a former employee of Albuquerque Animal Welfare, filed a lawsuit against the city after she was fired for what she says was blowing the whistle to protect public Read More

Proposed SEC Rule Could Damage Whistleblower Program

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) whistleblower program has been an undeniable success since its launch, leading to millions of dollars’ worth of awards to several dozen whistleblowers in that Read More

Springfield Terminal Railway in Massachusetts to Pay $85,000 to Settle Claim Involving Violation of Whistleblower Laws

Springfield Terminal Railway, Inc. was recently ordered by the U.S. Department of Labor to pay $85,000 after it reportedly violated multiple federal whistleblower statutes. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Read More

Massive Medicare Fraud Case Made Possible by Whistleblower Settled to Tune of $270 Million

Healthcare Partners Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of the largest dialysis providers in the nation (DaVita Inc.), agreed to pay $270 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit. The organization was alleged Read More

New Whistleblower Protection Bill Introduced in Congress

U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) recently introduced a bill that would provide greater protections to whistleblowers against suspension, denial or revocation of security clearances as a form of retaliation for Read More

Officer in New Jersey Claims to Have Been Punished for Blowing the Whistle on Wrongdoing

A police officer from Clementon, New Jersey, recently filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the city and top law enforcement officials. The plaintiff claims the police chief, Charles Grover, retaliated against Read More

City of Cleveland to Pay $425,000 to Settle Whistleblower Claim

The City of Cleveland will pay a $425,000 settlement in response to a whistleblower claim filed by an employee at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. According to Abdul Malik-Ali, the whistleblower in Read More

Federal Judge Denies Dismissal of Whistleblower Complaint Involving Lab Technician

A federal judge recently denied a request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a whistleblower who claims an employee of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory was fired because she refused to Read More

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