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Whistleblowers call out pharma sales tactics that can add up to Medicare fraud
Two whistleblower cases unsealed this week reveal how aggressive pharmaceutical marketing programs can cross the line into Medicare fraud and kickbacks. Trips to the Kentucky Derby for doctors and huge bonuses for sales reps can lead to bribes, conflicts of...
For Federal Bureau of Investigation whistleblowers, recommended changes come slowly
Four years after the Department of Justice (DOJ) agreed take steps to streamline the FBI whistleblower program, the agency has not taken action, according to a program review. The Government Accountability Office issued recommendations in 2015 to make improvements like...
Doctors and PA blow the whistle over sham urine tests at pain clinics
The Department of Justice announced Thursday that two pain management clinics in northern Virginia have agreed to pay approximately $3.3 million to settle Medicare fraud allegation brought by a qui tam whistleblower. The settlement resolves allegations that National Spine and...
Lifesavers or liars? News this week on tech, aviation, and war crimes whistleblowers
A selection of this week's whistleblower news, including a harrowing tale of a group of war crimes whistleblowers. NAVY Some of details of the case against Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, as reported in The New York Times Tuesday, may sound familiar...
Pollution from ships law leads to charges of cover-up, witness tampering
A Greek shipping company and its chief engineer were indicted Tuesday for witness tampering and falsifying records to hide the illegal discharge of waste oil into the sea. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the six-count indictment against Chartworld Shipping...
Federal employee whistleblower protections: Two tales of dysfunction
The General Office of Special Reviews of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of the Inspector General is looking into activities at the VA Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection (OAWP). The Government Executive news site helps sort all...
From cruise ships to tankers, big boats dump waste into the ocean. Whistleblowers can stop them.
The New York Times was blunt in its series on crime at sea: “Few places on the planet are as lawless as the high seas, where egregious crimes are routinely committed with impunity.” Whistleblowers are key to exposing those crimes,...
The European Union approves whistleblower protection rules, 591 to 29
The European Union approved EU whistleblower protection rules Tuesday. Virginie Rozière / Wikimedia Commons "This is a good step toward protecting whistleblowers and toward protecting European democracy," Virginie Rozière, a member the European Parliament (MEP) said in French at a press conference...
Unprofessional leadership cited in Air National Guard whistleblower case. Now those leaders are out.
4/23 update:The LA Times has dug into the California Air National Guard scandal. Allegations of retaliation against whistleblowers in the California National Guard are more widespread than the complaints made at a Fresno air base that led to a dramatic leadership shakeup of...
Don’t die waiting for an IRS whistleblower award. Get better service on Capitol Hill?
More whistleblowing in the halls of Congress and other news of the week. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, issued a statement this week in honor of the 30th anniversary of the Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA)....
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