October 03, 2024
Oak Street Health Agrees to Pay $60M to Resolve Whistleblower’s Kickback Allegations Involving Medicare Advantage Patient Recruitment
Chicago-based Oak Street Health, a wholly owned subsidiary of CVS Health since 2023, has agreed to pay $60 million to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks to insurance agents in a complex Medicare...
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September 24, 2024
With a $79 Million Award, the IRS Whistleblower Program Picks Up Steam
Three whistleblowers have been awarded $79 million for their help uncovering an offshore tax scheme spanning 15 years that recovered $263.7 million in unpaid taxes, penalties, and interest for the government...
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September 18, 2024
SEC Fines 7 Companies for Whistleblower Violations
Last week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced more than $3 million in collective settlements with seven public companies. The settlements resolve allegations the companies used...
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September 10, 2024
Whistleblowers and Carbon Market Fraud
Last month, the Washington Post released the findings of their six-month investigation into rainforest carbon offset projects located in the Brazilian Amazon. The Post concluded that more than half of...
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August 28, 2024
SEC Awards more than $124 million to whistleblowers in August
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Whistleblower Office has had a busy month, awarding an impressive $124 million to whistleblowers. Last week alone, the federal agency announced two...
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August 20, 2024
CFTC’s $12.7 Billion Judgment Against FTX Shows Agency Serious about Fighting Crypto Fraud
On August 8, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a consent order requiring FTX Trading Ltd. and Alameda...
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August 09, 2024
DOJ Launches New Whistleblower Pilot Program
Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) launched the Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program to help the agency ferret out corporate crime. Under the three-year pilot program, whistleblowers can...
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July 31, 2024
AI Whistleblowers: Reporting Fraud in New Technologies
Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) pervades current discussions in government, business, and academia. While the potential for this rapidly developing technology is both exciting and unnerving, some...
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July 30, 2024
Epic Systems’ AI algorithms scrutinized; concerns highlight need for health tech whistleblowers
A recent investigation into Epic Systems’ proprietary software algorithms underscores the critical importance of whistleblowers to protect patients as the health technology industry develops. STAT News...
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June 27, 2024
CFTC takes its first enforcement action against obstruction of whistleblower communications to the agency
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has taken its first enforcement action to protect whistleblower communications to the CFTC. On June 17, the CFTC announced a $55 million fine against global...
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