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Joint Whistleblowers Receive Nearly $250,000 SEC Whistleblower Reward
On September 17, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it was awarding nearly $250,000 to joint whistleblowers whose whistleblower tip led the SEC to open an investigation. The SEC specifies that the whistleblowers first reported their concern internally...
SEC Examining Whistleblower Complaint Regarding Rio Tinto’s $6.8 Billion Copper Mining Project
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is looking into claims made by a whistleblower concerning international mining conglomerate Rio Tinto. According to reporting by the Financial Times, the SEC has not announced an investigation. They are examining allegations that Rio Tinto...
Developments in D.C. Housing Authority Whistleblower Complaint Case
On July 29, former D.C. Housing Authority (DCHA) general counsel Chelsea Andrews filed a whistleblower lawsuit against DCHA Director Tyrone Garrett. The lawsuit alleges that she was fired for questioning the procurement and legitimacy of KN95 masks that DCHA purchased...
CFTC Rewards Whistleblower Who Exposed Ongoing Fraud
On September 4, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a whistleblower award issued to an individual whose tip exposed ongoing fraud. The whistleblower’s tip led the CFTC to open an investigation into ongoing fraudulent activity, and the whistleblower’s...
Danske Bank Whistleblower Nominated For Allard Prize for International Integrity
Howard Wilkinson, the whistleblower who reported the largest money laundering operation ever uncovered, has been nominated for the Allard Prize, a prestigious human rights and anti-corruption award. The Allard Prize is given annually to an individual or organization that “has...
International Whistleblower Groups Advise Finland on Whistleblower Laws
On August 28, a group of international whistleblower experts, including whistleblower law firm Kohn, Kohn and Colapinto, the National Whistleblower Center (NWC), Whistleblowing International, and the European Center for Whistleblower Rights, submitted a memorandum to government officials in Finland, providing...
Electronic Health Record Company To Pay $500,000 To Settle False Claims Allegations
A New Jersey medical records company settled a qui tam whistleblower complaint with the U.S. government. Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas Inc. (KMHA) agreed to pay $500,000 to resolve claims that its former subsidiary Viztek LLC (Viztek), misrepresented the capabilities of...
Federal Court Rules IRS Did Not Retaliate Against Former Employee
On September 8, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) did not retaliate against a former employee. The court ruling upholds a decision from the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB)...
VALIC Financial Advisors Pay SEC $40 Million to Settle Charges in Two Separate Actions
On July 28, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged VALIC Financial Advisors Inc. (VFA) in two separate actions that were both related to VFA’s failures to disclose practices that generated millions of dollars in fees and other financial...
SEC Orders Telegram Group To Return $1.2 Billion to Investors Following Unregistered Offering of Digital Tokens
On July 31, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it obtained court approval of settlements with Telegram Group Inc. (Telegram) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, TON Issuer Inc. The SEC charged Telegram with violating federal securities laws in...
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