[Updated June 2019] Nothing surprises us anymore. The biggest threat to this country and we taxpayers isn’t ISIS, it isn’t terrorism, it isn’t even politicians. It is fraud. It’s occurring at record levels and much of it is brazen. This post, however, even caught me off guard. Dr Farid Fata was labeled the Dr. Death […]
Lincoln Financial Unit Fined for Cybersecurity Breach
A Lincoln Financial Group subsidiary was fined $650,000 by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for a 2012 cybersecurity breach that allowed hackers to penetrate a cloud based server and access 5,400 customer files. In addition to the fine, the financial services company also agreed to implement tougher security measures. Lincoln Financial is a huge […]
Draining the Swamp – Big Biz and Lobbyists (Whistleblower Post)
We are currently locked into a huge battle with Uber. David versus Goliath. Underpaid Uber drivers against a company worth $66 billion dollars. Despite its huge size, Uber wants to be even bigger and more powerful. With that in mind, it has been spending millions of dollars lobbying state legislatures nationwide to get laws changed […]
Lawyer, Flop House Operators Charged with Medicaid Fraud
Don’t think that people charged with Medicaid fraud only wear white lab coats. Home health aides, billing specialists, pharmacies, hospitals, third party billing companies, patient recruiters and yes, lawyers have all been charged with Medicaid fraud. This post details the prosecution of a New York attorney as well as a husband and wife owner of […]
Accounting Today
In the Blogs: The Season Approaches by Jeff Stimpson | Link to original source (119K) Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week. Like it is TaxMama: Following “a total paradigm shift in our government,” the nuts and bolts of what Trump’s plan means for changes individuals can expect in their […]
Tesco Bank Cyberhacking State Sponsored? FIRREA Post
[Ed. Note: Post updated October 2018.] Tesco Bank is a well known UK bank. Created with the help of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Tesco today enjoys 7 million customer accounts. Confidence in the bank was badly shaken this week when the bank announced that thousands of accounts were the victim of a cyberhacking attack. […]
Customs Duties and Tariffs Whistleblower Claims to Soar under Trump
The jury is out on President -elect Trump. As I write this, the whistleblower bar is in turmoil. Will Trump support big pharma’s efforts to gut the False Claims Act? Will he repeal Dodd Frank (the law that brought us the SEC Whistleblower Program)? His transition team says that he will. Unions, small businesses, minority […]
Brian Mahany Discusses Election And What It Means to Whistleblowers
No sooner were the election results tabulated when we received calls from two whistleblower clients, both anxious about how a Trump presidency effects their case and whistleblowers generally. Both have a right to be concerned but there isn’t much to report yet. Here is what we know. Dodd Frank and the SEC Whistleblower Program The […]
Red State, Blue State – Construction Whistleblowers Can Rejoice
While millions of Americans were glued to their televisions last night waiting to see if Hillary or Donald Trump won the presidential election, there were over $200 billion of transportation referendums on local ballots nationwide. I watched the election from my hotel room in Los Angeles where a $100 billion ballot measure passed with 70% […]
Why Wells Fargo Spawns Greed and Corruption (Whistleblower Post)
Lately we have been posting a tremendous amount of content about America’s third largest bank, Wells Fargo. Certainly there is plenty to write about. Everyday at least one media outlet carries a story of a new investigation, public condemnation, lawsuit or regulatory action. (Today is no different, the Los Angeles Times reports the bank is […]
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