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VOS Capital to Pay CFTC over $3.5 Million for Unlawful Operation of a Commodity Pool
On June 23, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained a final order resolving their charges against Dominick Vincent Carducci and his company VOS Capital Management, LLC (VOS Capital). The CFTC charged Carducci and VOS Capital with fraud and...
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Whistleblower news round-up: DOD, SEC and all the way to Africa
Securities and Exchange Commission In announcing its first two whistleblower awards of the year, the Securities and Exchange Commission notes: As set forth in the Dodd-Frank Act, the SEC protects the confidentiality of whistleblowers and does not disclose information that...
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African whistleblowers share paper trail to billionaire’s questionable fortune
Corruption persists worldwide and whistleblowers in many countries risk everything. So, two years ago a group of lawyers, anti-corruption activists and investigative journalists founded PPLAAF – French acronym for Plateforme de Protection des Lanceurs d’Alerte en Afrique – Platform to...
Read more2020 may be a big year for white collar crime, but report cites poor oversight of accounting firms
The business writers at The New York Times promise a bump in white-collar crime news in 2020. At the same time, a series of reports raise concerns about oversight of the accounting industry. From The Times: Goldman Sachs is negotiating...
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Why not beef up corporate compliance before you get caught?
Corporate compliance programs aim to make sure a company obeys laws and regulations. One problem with compliance -- companies can sometimes make more breaking the rules than following them. And they are complicated. So, they mount compliance programs for show...
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Can courts proceed with a whistleblower suit after the DOJ seeks dismissal?
Bloomberg Law reports on an upcoming legal battle over the denial of Department of Justice request to dismiss a qui tam suit. Over the past two years, federal district courts have granted 25 DOJ motions to dismiss such suits, compared...
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How many whistleblowers helped the feds uncover fraud this year? Reports are still coming in.
It may be the end of the year for the rest of the world, but the fiscal year ended in October. As we wait for the Department of Justice to crunch its numbers for the year end report on False...
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Public servants, questionable pork and a reading list
A round up of recent news begins with a link to a new piece in The Hill by the founders of the NWC. They ask "(N)ow that the impeachment case is clearly headed to a Senate trial, what will become...
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Whistleblowers head to Capitol Hill today to tell their tales
Two whistleblowers are scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill this morning. Both hearings begin at 10 a.m.and will be broadcast live. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Kimberly Young-McLear will testify about retaliation she faced after complaining about bullying and harassment at...
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Don’t expect changes to SEC whistleblower program until 2020
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) canceled a meeting in October to consider controversial changes to its whistleblower program. Clearly, the agency is reconsidering, but Stephen M. Kohn, chair of the National Whistleblower Center, predicts we won’t see any details...
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