There are both evil people in this world and ordinary people who make mistakes. Sometimes those people go to jail. Over 99% of those incarcerated are ultimately released. And in Arizona, when they are released they get whatever cash they had at the time of their arrest, commissary money and prison earnings in the form […]
“My Family Thinks I’m a Fraud for Working at Wells” – FIRREA Post
[Post updated] There was an article yesterday in CNN Money titled “Inside Wells Fargo, Workers Say the Mood is Grim.” Thats where I found the title quote above. For years, the “too big to fail” banks have been “too big to touch”. Finally, the tide is turning. Unfortunately, for many homeowners and customers of Wells […]
10 FLA Assisted Living Facility Owners Charged with Medicare Fraud
Ten individuals who own and operate assisted living facilities (ALFs) in the Miami metro area have been criminally charged with federal healthcare fraud. The Department of Justice says the men and women charged are guilty of receiving kickbacks from the owner of a pharmacy. The pharmacy owner was supplying prescription drugs and durable medical equipment […]
Biggest “Boondoggle” in History? Whistleblower Post
Several geothermal power plants connected to Ormat Technologies, Inc. have agreed to pay $5.5 million to settle a fraud complaint brought under the federal False Claims Act. That law allows a whistleblower who reports fraud or wrongdoing involving federal funds or programs to receive an award for their information. In this case, the two whistleblowers […]
Ocean Pollution – APPS MARPOL Oil Pollution Whistleblower Rewards
An estimated 88 million gallons of oil and oily wastewater is intentionally dumped in U.S. waters each year. Globaly, the problem is even more significant. Key to saving our oceans and ending this environmentally destructive practice are whistleblowers. Unlike most fraud, illegal ocean dumping occurs at sea. There are no witnesses. And shipping companies have […]
CFPB to Examine Discriminatory Lending Practices (Whistleblower Post)
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sent warning notices to 44 mortgage companies and lenders warning them that they may be out of compliance with federal mortgage data reporting requirements. The CFPB uses this information to ferret out discriminatory lending practices. According to the notice , the agency already has information that the targeted companies are […]
From Shadow Branches to Shadow Banks… (Whistleblower Post)
One of the biggest banks frauds in recent history was that perpetrated by Allied Home Mortgage. As I type this post, a federal jury trial is underway in Houston to determine whether Allied and its owner Jim Hodge engaged in a greedy scheme to rip off taxpayers for $2.4 billion. Allied claims it was an […]
Feds Investigate BoA, Chase, Citi, Others – Bank Overtime Post
“That didn’t take long!” That is the reaction on Wall Street to the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) announcement that it is looking into the incentive compensation structures of several large and regional lenders. The OCC’s announcement comes on the heals of Department of Labor inquiry into Wells Fargo and possible overtime violations. (This firm […]
Wells Fargo Employee? Denied Overtime? Now Is the Time
Wells Fargo long time CEO John Stumpf is out of a job, and even after giving up tens of millions of dollars in pay and benefits, still has a “golden parachute” that would make anyone envious. The Board of Directors loved Stumpf while he was making money for shareholders but then the shocking truth emerged… […]
Trash Hauling, Politicians & NJ… No, It’s Not an Episode of the Sopranos
A New Jersey politician is in the news today and for once it’s not someone tied to Gov. Chris Christie’s Bridgegate scandal (although our story certainly involves Christie). This time it is the former chief of staff to Mercer County’s County Executive. Convicted in 2005 of steering contracts to a trash hauling firm in which […]
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