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The S.E.C. has opened an investigation into Activision Blizzard NEW YORK TIMES Activision Blizzard, the video game maker behind Call of Duty and other major franchises, said on Monday that the Securities and Exchange Commission was investigating the company over “disclosures regarding employment matters and related issues.” read more »

Amazon starts probe over bribe to gov’t officials by its lawyers in India, report says TECH CRUNCH

SEC Awards $11.5 Million to Two Whistleblowers SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced awards of approximately $11.5 million to two whistleblowers whose information and assistance contributed to the success of an SEC enforcement action. 

SEC Surpasses $1 Billion in Awards to Whistleblowers with Two Awards Totaling $114 Million SEC

United States Intervenes and Files Complaint in False Claims Act Suit Against Health Insurer for Submitting Unsupported Diagnoses to the Medicare Advantage Program DOJ

Ex-Wells Fargo executives set to face civil trial in scandal over phony accounts REUTERS The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a top U.S. banking regulator, is scheduled to begin a civil trial on Monday for three former Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N) executives over their alleged roles in a scandal involving phony accounts at the San Francisco lender. read more »

Home Health Agency Operator BAYADA to Pay $17 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations for Paying Kickback DOJ

SpineFrontier execs arrested, charged with kickback scheme REUTERS Two executives of Massachusetts spinal implant company SpineFrontier Inc were arrested Tuesday on charges of bribing surgeons to use their products by paying them sham consulting fees, federal prosecutors announced. read more » Fraud trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes set to start REUTERS

United States Obtains $140 Million in False Claims Act Judgments Against South Carolina Pain Management Clinics, Drug Testing Laboratories and a Substance Abuse Counseling Center DOJ

Purdue Pharma Is Dissolved and Sacklers Pay $4.5 Billion to Settle Opioid Claims NEW YORK TIMES

Sutter Health and Affiliates to Pay $90 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations of Mischarging the Medicare Advantage Program DOJ

SEC Issues Whistleblower Awards Totaling $2.6 Million SEC

Connections Community Support Programs Agrees to Judgments of Over $15 Million to Resolve Health Care Fraud and Controlled Substances Allegations DOJ

SEC Obtains Emergency Relief, Charges Investment Adviser and Its Principal with Operating $110 Million Ponzi Scheme SEC

SEC to scrutinize firms' digital-engagement practices as investor worries grow REUTERS The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will seek input on whether digital customer engagement innovations used by financial firms should be governed by existing rules or may need new ones, commission chair Gary Gensler told Reuters. read more »

Cryptocurrencies May Be Reined In Soon — Here's What Regulators Want To Change NPR

U.S. FTC refiles antitrust complaint against Facebook REUTERS The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed an amended complaint against Facebook (FB.O) in federal court on Thursday, accusing it of breaking antitrust law and illegally maintaining monopoly power. read more » Richard Sackler Says Family and Purdue Bear No Responsibility for Opioid Crisis NEW YORK TIMES

Attorney General Tong Announces $75 Million Settlement with Bristol Myers Squibb over Medicaid Charges CT GOV

SEC Issues Nearly $6 Million in Whistleblower Awards SEC

County Medical Center and County Agree to Pay $11.4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Medically Unnecessary Inpatient Admissions DOJ