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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...
Leading Whistleblower Attorney Argues Against Proposed “Soft Cap” to SEC Whistleblower Awards
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) postponed its vote on controversial changes to the highly successful whistleblower program. Whistleblower advocates have warned that some of the proposed changes, including removing protections for internal whistleblowers and instituting a strict requirement...
Insurer Drops Coverage for Attorney Who Represented Ukraine Whistleblower
Whistleblower attorney Mark S. Zaid, who represented the government whistleblower whose complaint led to President Trump’s impeachment proceedings, was dropped by his malpractice insurer last month. The insurer, the Hanover Insurance Group, claims that it did not renew Zaid’s coverage...
Investment Advisory Firm and Former CEO Ordered to Pay SEC Over $2 Million
On July 1, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut entered final judgments against Connecticut investment advisory firm Temenos Advisory, Inc. and its former chief executive officer, George Taylor. ...
Alexander Vindman’s Brother Yevgeny Vindman Files Whistleblower Retaliation Complaint Against White House
Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman, the twin brother of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, launched a whistleblower retaliation complaint against President Trump and senior white house officials. Yevgeny Vindman worked on the National Security Council (NSC) as an ethics official and lawyer...
Leaked USPS Memos Instruct Employees to Not Speak to the Media, Fail to Inform Employees of Their Constitutional Rights
In late August, two internal memos from the United States Postal Service (USPS) were leaked to Motherboard. The memos instruct workers not to speak to the press. However, these memos fail to inform workers of their First Amendment constitutional rights...
Universal Health Services And Subsidiaries To Pay $122 Million to Settle False Claims Act Violations
Universal Health Services, Inc. and Related Entities have agreed to pay $122 million to settle allegations of multiple False Claims Act violations. Universal Health Services, Inc. and UHS of Delaware, Inc. (together, UHS) manage over 200 inpatient psychiatric hospitals and...
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