record settlements under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Siemens AG pleaded guilty in 2008 to violating the FCPA, charges against Barclays Bank, bank's hiring of relatives of influential Chinese officials was tantamount to paying a bribe, nation's highest Medicare prescriber of opioid painkillers, $3 billion lawsuit by investors
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employees are "encouraged to raise their hands" , raising the bar on world-wide enforcement efforts, Cornhill misconstrued the purpose for which sanctions were imposed, was a big part of some $1 billion in fictitious losses the IRS had discovered, mismanagement helped destroy nearly $200 billion of shareholder value
Forty-two California government entities joined a whistleblower suit in December in California state court alleging that Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile USA overcharged government customers by more than $100 million.
civil monetary penalty as a result of their unlawful conduct., whistleblower whose original information alerted the agency to a fraud. cozy relationships between audit partners and clients are off the table, millions of dollars in federal government contracts, Should Dodd-Frank's anti-retaliation provisions be read broadly or narrowly?
EcoWatch learned that the recently unsealed whistleblower lawsuit was served on the chemical companies on Wednesday. The lawsuit was originally filed under seal in federal court in Northern California.
to settle claims it missold mortgage-backed securities, valuation of Exxon's assets from a global crack down on carbon pollution,False Claims Act settlement with UnitedHealth Group Inc, sectors where gift-giving is customary particularly worried.
Preventing flash traders from wreaking havoc is easier said than done., U.S. authorities are targeting what prosecutors believe are the spoils of alleged corrupt practice overseas, permanently enjoined it from engaging in any activity related to commodity trading,
conflicts of interest in its funds that it failed to disclose to investors
Enforcement Chief speaks at Taxpayers against fraud conference, "The more we pay awards, the more we encourage those high-quality tips to come in the door.", city liable on two counts of violating the federal Securities Act, fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions
orchestrating $500 million transaction to inflate the insurer's reserves and a $200 million transaction to hide underwriting losses. arranged for pharmacists to dispense its own versions of drugs, Loans did not meet applicable requirements, falsely misrepresented the pool's assets, primacy in any corporate case of holding individual wrongdoers accountable
Abbott is trying to get out of its $5.8 billion deal to acquire Alere, alleged violation of anti-bribery law, after spending months warning about possible illegal activity, traders manipulated the next-day, fixed-price gas market, company failed to properly accrue for a $60.9 million False Claims Act settlement
India investigate Brazilian aircraft manufacturer following US FCPA investigation, concealed numerous problems and red flags from investors, contractors providing U.S. Department of State security in Afghanistan, billed Medicare based on the false and fraudulent claims
The federal government's statement supporting a whistleblower's $40 billion False Claims Act suit against Celgene Corp. over the off-label promotion of cancer drugs Thalomid and Revlimid doesn't dismantle the company's arguments for dismissal because there's still no evidence of wrongdoing, Celgene told a California federal court Tuesday.
Lockheed Martin Corp. has been slapped with a whistleblower lawsuit in New Jersey state court by a former employee who claims she was treated unfairly and ultimately fired after reporting her supervisor's alleged unethical practices and taking disability leave due to the ensuing stress.
In a whistleblower lawsuit brought under the False Claims Act, a former Duke employee says Duke faculty and administrators ignored and hid allegations of scientific misconduct, allegedly resulting in $200 million of funding based on fraudulent data.
A California federal judge took a would-be whistleblower to task Thursday for accusing Verizon, Sprint and AT&T of filing $2.56 billion in fraudulent bills with the government without the needed specifics to keep his False Claims Act suits alive, leaving room only for the government to file another complaint.
impropriety poses 'systemic risks', awarded $15.4 million after investing, The SEC wants to know, offers potential reward, performing medically unnecessary drug screen procedures, whistleblower retaliation suit against the megabank, $421 million False Claims Act suit
decades in prison for role, federal and state securities regulators rely more on firm insiders, last year won a $1.66 million verdict, CFTC Seeks Public Comment, billed Medicare for services in nursing homes that were not necessary
whistleblower program has proven to be a game changer, The Crash of 2:45, billed Medicare for many prescription medications that they never even dispensed, tipped off the regulator to improper accounting, foreign bribery probe
Apple could effectively lower its tax rate on European profit to just 0.005 percent, 20 counts, including bribery, conspiracy, extortion and fraud, hid losses by shuffling money,
bribery of Asian and African officials, deceptively marketing and selling, seven substantiated investigations from several state agencies, baseless financial projections and other misleading statements to defraud investors,
