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SEC Fines Casino Gaming Company $500K for Whistleblower Retaliation
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced on September 29th that International Game Technology (IGT) has agreed to pay a $500,000 penalty for firing an exemplary employee for reporting issues with the company’s financial statements. “Strong enforcement of the anti-retaliation protections...
Anheuser Busch InBev Settles SEC Claim It Silenced Employee
Washington, D.C. October 5, 2016. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today that Anheuser-Busch InBev has agreed to pay $6 million to settle charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and chilled a whistleblower who reported...
CITES CoP17 to Address Illegal Wildlife Trade
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) 17th Conference of the Parties (CoP17) began this past week in Johannesburg, South Africa. Yury Fedotov, executive director of the UN Office on Drug and Crime,...
Wells Fargo Whistleblower Cases Will Get Second Look
Washington, D.C. September 28, 2016. U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez vowed a “Top-to-Bottom” review of whistleblower complaints filed by Wells Fargo employees over the last six years. Sec. Perez made this promise in response to a request last week...
New Chief of SEC Whistleblower Office Named
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Jane Norberg will now head its whistleblower office. The SEC Office of the Whistleblower reviews whistleblower tips, evaluates whistleblower award claims, and makes recommendations on whether claimants should receive an award for...
Whistleblower Tip Alerts NOAA to Illegally Harvested Atlantic Striped Bass
Yesterday, the Department of Justice announced that Dewey W. Willis Jr. pleaded guilty to federal charges for illegally harvesting Atlantic striped bass from federal waters in 2010. It has been illegal to harvest the Atlantic striped bass, also referred to...
Congress Passes “END Wildlife Trafficking Act”
On September 21, 2016, The House of Representatives voted by unanimous consent to pass H.R. 2494, the Eliminate, Neutralize and Disrupt (END) Wildlife Trafficking Act. The bipartisan legislation, designed to combat the growing wildlife trafficking crisis, passed the Senate unanimously...
Encouraging Whistleblower Legislation in West African States
The Economic Community of West African States’, or ECOWAS, recently held a weeklong anti-corruption meeting in Monrovia, Liberia. Attendees included 13 West African countries, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Arms, and international partners. As Tunde Ajisomo, ECOWAS ambassador...
SEC Enforcement Director Speaks on The Impact of the Whistleblower Program
On September 14, 2016, SEC Enforcement Director Andrew Ceresney spoke at the Sixteenth Annual Taxpayers Against Fraud Conference about the SEC’s whistleblower program. His remarks covered issues from the impact of the whistleblower program on the Agency to the role...
NWC Files Amicus in State Farm Ex Rel. Rigsby
Today, the National Whistleblower Center filed an Amicus (friend of the court) brief in State Farm Fire and Casualty Company v. U.S. ex rel. Rigsby. Having suffered a 758-thousand-dollar jury verdict for defrauding the Government following Hurricane Katrina, State Farm...
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