There are hundreds if not thousands of people working on Wall Street who have witness all sorts of fraud and financial crime, and they have…
Behind the Archegos Fraud Scandal, a Renewed Focus on ‘Total Return Swaps’
The swift downfall of Archegos Capital Management founder Bill Hwang last week by US prosecutors revealed a sprawling scam that was quite a bit more…
Is Switzerland About to Open Up its Banking Secrecy Laws?
Swiss politicians will debate the future of the country’s controversial banking secrecy law this week, as it faces pressure from UN officials to scrap rules…
Deutsche Bank Whistleblower Found Dead in Los Angeles
A reputed federal informant and whistleblower who went missing after he was reported to have turned over a trove of secret files about Deutsche Bank…
Famous Hanford Nuclear Whistleblower Retires, Leaving an Inspiring Legacy
When Tom Carpenter first emerged as a whistleblower on the so-called ‘Hanford Site,’ a government-operated nuclear weapons facility in rural Washington state which later became…
Bill Gates’ Ecolab Accused of Firing Whistleblower Employees
Ecolab, the hygiene company backed by Bill Gates, last year praised the “integrity” of an executive who resigned over an alleged compliance breach and later…
Elizabeth Holmes and Roger Ng Represent DOJ’s Biggest Victories
The DOJ certainly has had a mixed record over the past year. DOJ successes ebb and flow, and it is often interesting to take stock…
SEC Gives $580,000 Award to Whistleblower Despite Culpability
On April 21, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a $580,000 award to a whistleblower who voluntarily provided the agency with original information…
Crackdown on Covid Stimulus Fraud is Ripping Through Healthcare Sector
It should probably come as no surprise that when the US government opened up the taps for an unprecedented economic stimulus in the wake of…
State of California Strengthens Protections for Whistleblowers
A bill that would expand state employee and state agency whistleblower protections for contractors was passed unanimously by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Senate…