In one week’s time, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) doled out more than $42.35 million in awards to whistleblowers whose tips of securities violations helped the agency make several enforcement actions. This latest round of awards, the most recent of which was announced on Nov. 5, comes just two weeks after the SEC […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Thursday that it awarded more than $114 million to a single whistleblower. In its 10-year history, the agency has never paid an award this large. About $52 million of the award was for their help with the SEC case. The other $62 million was for helping another […]
A West Virginia hospital has agreed to pay the United States $50 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit alleging the hospital engaged in illegal physician self-referral arrangements and kickback schemes for more than a decade. Wheeling Hospital, an acute care hospital in Wheeling, West Virginia, settled the allegations after the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) investigated the whistleblower’s […]
Federal regulators have ordered the railroad company CSX Transportation Inc. to reinstate a whistleblower and pay him more than $197,000 in back wages and other compensation after determining the company fired him for reporting unsafe conditions and an on-the-job injury. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said that CSX violated the whistleblower provisions of the Federal […]
Federal authorities ordered a Florida-based armed security transportation company to pay a whistleblower driver more than $130,000 in back wages and damages after finding the driver had been fired for reporting safety concerns. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) determined that U.S. Corrections Inc. violated the Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA) when it terminated the […]
Joseph Centanni, owner of hundreds of rental units in the Elizabeth, New Jersey, area, was hit with a lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for allegedly sexually harassing tenants and housing applicants, which is in violation of the Fair Housing Act. According to the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District […]
*The name of the plaintiff has been changed to protect their identity. From the moment Paul* was sent to Excelsior Youth Center for substance abuse treatment as part of his probation requirement in November 2016, he says staff member Yessenia Alvardo Cruz began grooming him for sexual abuse. In the months that followed, he says […]
A whistleblower who once led the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Suicide Prevention Office for veterans has won her retaliation case years after filing a complaint alleging she was terminated for calling out fraud, waste and abuse within the program. Jackie Garrick, a professional social worker, former Army officer, and civil servant, had the retirement […]
A whistleblower was instrumental in bringing a Medicare fraud case that ended with a jury verdict of nearly $11 million against a Gulfport, Mississippi, hospital owner. “One of the most egregious cases of Medicare fraud” U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst described the case against Ted Cain, owner of Stone County Hospital, and his wife Julie Cain, as […]
A whistleblower who sued Sanofi-Aventis U.S. for allegedly scheming Medicare out of millions of dollars has helped the U.S. government land an $11.85 million settlement. The whistleblower, a former employee of Sanofi’s predecessor, Genzyme Corporation, filed a False Claims Act lawsuit against Sanofi-Aventis alleging the drugmaker used a non-profit organization to illegally funnel money to […]
Three former executives of a medical marijuana growing operation, Standard Farms, in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains, have lodged a multitude of whistleblower allegations against the company–claiming it broke state laws, violated regulations, and put consumers’ health at risk. Lisa Pabon, the former director of administrative operations at Standard Farms in the Luzerne County community of White […]
A whistleblower lawsuit seeking more than $1 billion in damages from government contractor Navistar Defense LLC has won the support of the U.S. government. Whistleblower Duquoin Burgess, a former government contracts manager for Navistar Defense, filed the False Claims Act lawsuit on behalf of the U.S. government, alleging the company vastly overcharged the U.S. Marine […]
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