As banks cut corners, tons of jobs are now being lost to offshore outsourcing. In the financial services industry, that means customer service reps and mortgage underwriters. Banks and mortgage companies have the right to save money, of course. But not when saving money means cutting corners and writing shoddy loans. Many of the mortgage […]
Whistleblower Gets $500,000+ in Medicare Patient Referral Scheme
Ricardo Gonzalez is a happy man today. Last week the U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles announced that Gonzalez would be receiving $534,471 for blowing the whistle on his former employer. According to a federal complaint, Westlake Convalescent Hospital, Dr. Jasvant Modi and his wife, Dr. Meera Modi ran a scheme to recruit patients from “skid […]
NY State First to Enact Tough Bank Cybersecurity Rules
Currently 47 states, the District of Columbia, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico have cybersecurity laws. Most of these laws require companies to notify customers of cybersecurity breaches. These are considered notice laws. If a company like Target suffers a cyberhacking event, the company must give notice to those effected. Usually that notice must be given […]
Defense, Bank Cybersecurity Whistleblower Rewards
Just a few hours ago I landed in Washington DC’s Reagan National Airport. I was struck by a billboard inside the terminal… it said, cybersecurity is no longer an IT concern, it is a CEO concern. That’s certainly true. Companies have lost billions of dollars in value overnight when a hacker gets customer information. The […]
Medicare Fraud: Pharmacy Owner Obstructs Audit (Obstructing a Medicare Audit)
When I was a child, I hated to go to the dentist. My parents tell me I was grounded after I hid the car keys hoping that would keep me from the dentist. Not only didn’t it work, I was also grounded. Unfortunately, some healthcare providers think if they try to obstruct a Medicare fraud […]
Oil Patch Whistleblower Opportunities
Paying bribes to foreign officials or cooking the books to hide financial improprieties is obviously illegal. Unfortunately, in many industries it is an everyday occurrence. Lately several big pharmaceutical companies have been fined tens of millions of dollars after being caught paying bribes to foreign healthcare officials. Now it seems that the SEC is setting […]
Counterfeit Parts and Whistleblower Awards
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) spends billions of dollars each year on parts. Aircraft parts, electronics for ship navigation systems, even parts for firearms. When Uncle Sam writes a check for these parts it wants assurances that the parts are genuine. Unfortunately, counterfeit parts are a big problem. Even though the public may not […]
AstraZeneca to Pay $5+ mm to Settle Foreign Bribery Charges
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca PLC agreed to pay $5.5 million to settle foreign bribery charges involving foreign officials in China and Russia. The company appears to have been given a break on fines because of its cooperation in the investigation. The fines were levied by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) pursuant to the Foreign Corrupt […]
Out Your Boss, Get Paid $200k – Whistleblower Post
A South Florida resident will receive $200,000 this week after turning her boss in for Medicare fraud. Lori Moore worked for years at the Clear Vue Eye Center. After awhile she began to realize that something was amiss. The owner of the clinic, Dr. Monique Barbour was living an extremely lavish lifestyle yet the patients […]
Drobot Cooperating, Sentencing Delayed – Healthcare Fraud Post
It has been well over two years since we reported on this story and Michael Drobot remains a free man. He still has not been sentenced for his role in a massive healthcare fraud that involves allegations of performing spinal surgeries using defective hardware. Victims have been waiting for justice for years and will now […]
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