News and commentary about white-collar crime, enforcement, and compliance
Harry Cassin
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Andy Spalding
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Jessica Tillipman
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Bill Steinman
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Richard L. Cassin
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Elizabeth K. Spahn
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Cody Worthington
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Julie DiMauro
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Thomas Fox
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Marc Alain Bohn
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Bill Waite
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Russell A. Stamets
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Richard Bistrong
Contributing Editor
Eric Carlson
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During the fiscal year that ended September 30, the government paid out $435 million to the individuals who exposed fraud and false claims by filing a qui tam complaint, “often at great risk to their careers,” the DOJ said Thursday.… Continue Reading
The Securities and Exchange Commission Monday announced an expected award of more than $30 million to a whistleblower living overseas who provided key original information that led to a successful SEC enforcement action.… Continue Reading
Photo released September 17, 2014 by the Australian Federal PoliceU.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was at NYU law school Wednesday, urging Congress to raise rewards for whistleblowers who report financial crimes.… Continue Reading
The Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday a whistleblower award of more than $300,000 went to a company audit and compliance employee who complained to the SEC after the company didn’t act on the same information.… Continue Reading
The Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday it awarded more than $400,000 to a whistleblower who reported a fraud to the SEC after the company failed to address the issue internally.… Continue Reading
An Ohio pharmacist who complained that his employer was paying kickbacks to nursing homes for the right to supply drugs to elderly patients will collect more than $17 million as part of the DOJ’s settlement of the case.… Continue Reading
Transparency International France has made public its 2013 report on Transparency in Public Life, which, for the first time, produces a full assessment of laws enacted in 2013 in the domain of transparency and the fight against corruption.… Continue Reading
Whistleblower tips and complaints increased to 3,238 in 2013, up from 3,001 in 2012, the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower said in its annual report to Congress. There were 149 FCPA tips in fiscal year 2013, up from 115 in 2012.… Continue Reading
The FBI’s much heralded FCPA Unit had consisted of at least 12 agents working out of the Washington, D.C. field office since around 2008, with a full-time focus on FCPA cases.… Continue Reading
The SEC announced an award of over $150,000 to an unnamed whistleblower whose tips helped the agency stop a scheme that was defrauding investors.
The case didn’t involve violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which are also elegible for whistleblower rewards.… Continue Reading