Whistleblowers Receive $500,000 for Alleging Underpayment of Customs Duties
On December 5, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas announced a $2.5 million False Claims Act (FCA)...
Geoff Schweller
Recent SEC Enforcement Put Pressure on Companies to Not Stifle Whistleblowing
In recent months, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has stepped up its enforcement of Rule 21F-17(a), filing a...
2023 Blueprint Whistleblowing Prizes Honor Bravery and Integrity of 11 Whistleblowers
On December 5, Blueprint for Free Speech announced their 2023 Whistleblowing Awards. The awards, “which recognize the bravery and integrity...
False Claims Act Whistleblower Receives $280K for Alleging Customs Fraud
On November 29, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced that a German company, KingKong-Tools GmbH...
Health and Human Services Rule Illegally Stifles Whistleblowing, According to Senator Grassley
According to Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), current practices and a proposed rule by the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office...
IRS Awards $15.1 Million to Whistleblower for Exposing Tax Evasion Scheme
On November 29, whistleblower attorneys Dean Zerbe and Stephen M. Kohn announced that a joint client received an IRS whistleblower award of...
Advocates Seek to Educate AI Employees About Whistleblower Rights
In light of recent developments at OpenAI, whistleblower advocates are highlighting the whistleblower rights afforded to employees of AI technology...
Binance’s Historic $4 Billion Settlement Covered Under Multiple Whistleblower Award Programs
On November 21, U.S. authorities announced that the crypto-exchange Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao pled guilty to federal charges...
CFTC Accepting Whistleblower Award Claims for $20 Million Commodities Ponzi Scheme Case
On November 17, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) posted a Notice of Covered Action (NCA) for a $20...
Advocates Continue to Push for IRS Whistleblower Program Reform
Since it was introduced in March, whistleblower advocates have been calling for the passage of the bipartisan IRS Whistleblower Improvement...
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