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Saying Bitcoin is un-hackable is of small comfort to those who've lost money through cracks in its ecosystem of exchanges, intermediaries and money-raising schemes. The latest theft in cryptoland is a reminder that the promise of security and liquidity is only that -- a promise.

Fifa's World Cup debacle isn't just about money - there's horror and death too - Are you feeling it yet? The Fifa corruption fatigue? It has, after all, been seven years in the making, from the oddly homespun excesses of the whistleblower Chuck Blazer, football's own mobility scooter Liberace; to the cold, gangsterish disdain of the Grondona-Teixeira-Leoz axis, the kind of Fifa men who would carve out your liver with an ivory-inlaid oyster knife if it meant getting a step closer to a secret six-figure TV rights access sweetener.

Wal-Mart's new FCPA payout might not be huge, but the massive retailer has still racked up plenty of expenses around fixing its foreign whistleblower bribery problems.

The most common healthcare provider fraud activities drain public payer finances and promote unsafe care conditions for beneficiaries.

A whistleblower's lawsuit against the Verona-based digital health care records giant Epic Systems alleges the company has been overbilling the government for Medicaid and Medicare.

The TIAA practices drawing scrutiny from the New York attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, are also the subject of a whistle-blower complaint filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

James L. Reeves, who worked for Mercer Transport for many years, turned whistleblower, and told federal investigators what was going on with a freight scam, that was costing the government millions, fraudulently, as determined by the Albany Federal Court.

With Lockheed Martin in the crosshairs of a whistleblower who claims its fighter-jet program defrauded the United States of more than $50 million, attorneys for the defense giant urged a Fifth Circuit panel Tuesday to affirm a lower court's dismissal of the case.

Whistleblowers in banking are being gagged and risk ending up broke and unemployed despite reforms introduced since the financial crisis, a senior lawmaker said on Tuesday.

It's called the Paradise Papers: the latest in a series of leaks made public by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists shedding light on the trillions of dollars that move through offshore tax havens.

AmerisourceBergen Corp. said Thursday it has set aside $575 million amid a False Claims Act investigation related to impure drugs and avoidance of U.S. Food and Drug Administration oversight, following the drug distributor's recent criminal plea involving the same allegations.

It will become illegal for Canadian businesses to grease the palms of foreign government officials to speed up or facilitate routine transactions such as permits, Global Affairs Canada announced today. read more »

A concert promoter admitted to his role in fleecing investors of more than $95 million in a Ponzi scheme where investors were told their funds were going to buy and resell blocks of tickets to popular concerts and musicals including the smash Broadway hit "Hamilton."

How a whistleblower escaped Saudi Arabia after uncovering an alleged bribery scheme at Airbus - Retired Army officer Ian Foxley thought he had found his dream job overseeing a &pound1.96 billion ($2.6 billion) contract for upgrading defence telecommunications in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Instead, he uncovered what he believed was evidence of a multi-million-pound bribery scheme, and tried to blow the whistle

UBS AG will pay a $3.5 million civil fine to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission claims that it overcharged customers on mutual funds, the regulator said on Friday.

Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc (RBS.L) agreed to pay more than $44 million and enter a non-prosecution agreement to settle a U.S. Department of Justice criminal probe of traders accused of defrauding customers on bond prices.

The scandal has drawn in several international companies, including KPMG International and McKinsey & Co., which have both launched internal probes to investigate their ties to the Guptas but denied wrongdoing.

Vice President Mike Pence cast the tie-breaking vote Tuesday night to repeal a rule that made it easier for Americans to sue their banks and credit card companies.

A Dallas pharmacy executive has pleaded guilty to taking part in a massive kickback scheme that scammed the military's insurance program out of more than $100 million, authorities said.

Four South Korean banks filed a lawsuit against Newegg, Inc. on Friday alleging that the City of Industry company, which operates the computer parts and accessories retailer Newegg.com, conspired with a South Korean hardware manufacturer to defraud the banks of hundreds of millions of dollars.