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HHS Whistleblower Says Federal Employees Did Not Follow Safety Protocols When Screening Coronavirus Evacuees
A whistleblower at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) alleges that almost a dozen workers who screened coronavirus evacuees from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the outbreak, lacked the proper training or protective gear to handle infection control...
Mattel Receives Subpoena after Investigation into Whistleblower Letter Reveals Violation of SEC Rules
In its annual 10-K filing, Mattel Inc. recently revealed that it received a subpoena from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding a whistleblower letter the toymaker received last August. The company’s auditor received an anonymous letter, which alleged...
SEC Awards Whistleblower $7 Million for Assisting in Investigation
Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a whistleblower award of $7 million given to an individual who provided information and assisted in an investigation. The whistleblower award came as the result of a successful enforcement action in which...
Opinion: Ukraine Whistleblower’s Attorney Threatened: the Ugly Reality of Retaliation
In November 2019, federal prosecutors in Michigan indicted a man on charges of making death threats against Mark Zaid, the attorney representing the whistleblower at the center of the Trump impeachment proceedings, according to recently unsealed court filings. The message...
Success of New York False Claims Act in Uncovering Tax Fraud Draws Attention from Other States
False Claims Act legislation to cover tax frauds is under consideration in D.C., Michigan, and California, according to Bloomberg Tax. The inspiration for these new proposed laws comes in part to the success of New York’s false claims law, which...
Illicit Cash Act Contains Anti-Money Laundering Provisions for International Whistleblower Rewards
A bipartisan bill pending in Congress, the Illicit Cash Act, is making news for its anti-money laundering provisions. The whistleblower provisions of the Illicit Cash Act follow that of historically successful U.S. whistleblower laws, such as the False Claims Act....
Wyoming Senate Introduces Whistleblower Bill with Unanimous Support
On Thursday, February 13, the Wyoming Senate introduced a whistleblower bill that allows potential whistleblowers across the state to report any unlawful activities. The Bill, SF 70, would require the Wyoming Department of Audit to establish and maintain a reporting...
Railway Ordered to Pay $1.74 Million for Whistleblower Retaliation
The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado recently ordered a Railway to pay damages to a whistleblower who suffered retaliation. The whistleblower received over $1.74 million from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) to cover lost wages,...
Pelosi Names First Director for Office of Whistleblower Ombudsman
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced the first director for the newly established House Office of the Whistleblower Ombudsman. Pelosi appointed Shanna Devine as the first director of the new office. Devine has most recently worked as an advocate for...
New Rates Set for False Claims Act Whistleblower Cases
The U.S. Department of Commerce has published new rates for the civil penalties payable in False Claims Act whistleblower cases. Qui tam whistleblowers who file False Claims Act lawsuits are eligible to receive between 15 and 30 percent of the total recovered from the...
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