During a recent appearance at a health conference, Tyler Shultz, the world famous whistleblower who first brought regulators’ attention to the frauds taking place at…
Why the FDA Ignored Whistleblower Complaints about Abbott Baby Formula
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf said Monday that the agency will investigate why it took so long to dispatch inspectors to the Abbott…
Supreme Court Seeks Guidance on Medicare Whistleblower
The US Supreme Court on Monday invited the US solicitor general to express the government’s views on whether whether a False Claims Act whistleblower adequately…
Whistleblowers Take Tremendous Risks in Coming Forward – Incentives Should Increase
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…