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Methane Transportation Act With Whistleblower Provisions Passes Unanimously In Senate
On August 6, the Senate unanimously passed the Pipes Act 2020 with an amendment to strengthen pipeline safety regulations and whistleblower protections. Methane leaks contribute the equivalent of over 200 million metric tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere annually,...
Georgia Rep. Beth Moore Creates Whistleblower Email For Reporting Unsafe School Conditions
Rep. Beth Moore (D-Peachtree Corners) of the Georgia House of Representatives tweeted on August 7 that she has established a whistleblower email “for Georgia students, teachers, & admins to share photos, videos & testimonials of unsafe conditions at school.” Moore...
SEC Charges Blockchain Services Company with Conducting Unregistered Initial Coin Offering
In May, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged blockchain services company BitClave PTE Ltd. (BitClave) for an unregistered initial coin offering of digital asset securities. BitClave will pay nearly $30 million in disgorgement and penalties. The SEC claims...
Investment Adviser to Pay SEC $30 Million as Result of Fraud Charges
On June 5, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced final judgment on its fraud charges against investment adviser Navellier & Associates, Inc. and its founder and chief investment officer, Louis Navellier. Following the ruling of a federal district...
Trump’s War On Whistleblowers Is Trickling Down To Other Parts of Federal And State Government
Although Trump’s negative opinions about high profile whistleblowers are widely known, an August 5 Mother Jones article highlights how the current administration has been eroding whistleblower protections in the federal government and the private sector in less obvious ways. By...
World Acceptance Corporation To Pay $21.7 Million To Resolve SEC’s Claims Of Bribes Paid In Mexico
The World Acceptance Corporation (WAC) has agreed to pay $21.7 million to resolve claims that its former subsidiary, WAC de Mexico S.A. de C.V., paid bribes to officials for over seven years, a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act....
Russian Whistleblower Prompts Revaluation Of Siberian Oil Spill
Environmental whistleblower Vasily Ryabinin risked his career and his family’s future in their city of Norilsk, Russia, to go public about a massive oil spill caused by Russian oil giant Nornickel. Ryabinin defied his employer Rosprirodnadzor, the Russian state environmental...
Families of Victims of Police Violence and Civil Society Organizations Send Letter to High Commissioner of United Nations
On August 3, 2020, 144 families of victims of police violence and more than 360 civil society organizations submitted a letter to Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, regarding a recent UN resolution on “the...
Alexander Vindman Speaks Out About His Testimony, Trump and Retaliation
Alexander Vindman, the retired lieutenant colonel who testified at Trump’s impeachment hearings, recently released a statement explaining his retirement and encouraging others to step forward when they see corruption in the federal government. On August 1, Vindman published an opinion...
Positive Partnership: Officials and Activists Unite to Advance Whistleblowing in Southeast Europe
There’s an expression in the Western Balkans: to build a new democracy, you need all hands on deck. The desire to bring honesty, accountability and transparency to a region still recovering from 40 years of Soviet-style Communist dictatorship is so...
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