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UBS Whistleblower Files Clemency Petition
Today, Bradley Birkenfeld, the whistleblower who exposed the $20 billion illegal UBS tax fraud scheme, submitted a direct appeal to President Barack Obama and filed an official petition requesting clemency. Mr. Birkenfeld blew the whistle on a $20 billion program...
Birkenfeld speaks to Wall Street Journal about learning from his experience
UBS bank whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld spoke with the Wall Street Journal's Arden Dale in a story released Friday. The WSJ story, "UBS Whistle-Blower Rues the Tack, Not Tune," appears on page C-2 of today's Money and Investing section. Birkenfeld says...
New ARB rescues SOX whistleblower on equitable estoppel
We waited a year for the Obama Administration's new Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis, to appoint new members to the Administrative Review Board (ARB), but now we finally get to see what a difference these appointments can make. Today the...
BB&T refuses to reinstate Stroupe, but will pay her wages
We reported earlier on the hearing and decision in Amy Stroupe's SOX whistleblower case against BB&T bank in North Carolina. Today, the Winston-Salem Journal is reporting that BB&T is refusing to reinstate Stroupe. BB&T will put Stroupe back on the...
DOJ Demonstrates “Chutzpah”
As NWC Executive Director, Stephen M. Kohn responded, the "DOJ spends much ink describing the importance of the UBS case without finding the space to add two more words - the name of the whistleblower who made it all possible...
Amy Stroupe wins reinstatement to BB&T!
I reported here last September about Amy Stroupe's whistleblower hearing against BB&T bank. While working as an investigator for the bank, she uncovered a $20 million ponzi scheme. A bank official and some developers used a phony land development to...
Birkenfeld Featured in World Policy Journal’s “Crime + Corruption” Issue
An article written by Bradley Birkenfeld appears in the Spring 2010 issue of World Policy Journal. The "Crime + Corruption" issue examines how corruption occurs, its effect on society, and how to stop it. Birkenfeld's article, "Inside the Cartel," is...
Whistleblower complaint prompts DaimlerChrysler to pay $185 million
The Detroit Free Press is reporting that DaimlerChrysler and U.S. government attorneys have reached an agreement in which the company will pay $185 million to settle charges that it paid bribes to foreign officials to obtain at least $50 million...
University of Chicago researcher finds whistleblowers are best detectors of fraud
Two years ago, this blog reported on a study by a University of Chicago researcher that finds employee whistleblowers detect more corporate fraud than any source of detection. Now Dallas News columnist Will Deener has reviewed the same research by...
OSHA orders reinstatement and $2 million for TNCC CFO
George Fort has won over $2 million in damages and an order of reinstatement to his position as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Tennessee Commerce Bank. Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), the reinstatement order has immediate effect and will not...
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