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Last month, Bosch agreed to pay nearly $131 million to settle claims from Fiat Chrysler diesel owners and resolve all investigations by 47 U.S. state attorneys general into its involvement with diesel vehicles, including into the Volkswagen emissions cheating.

More than a decade after Lehman collapsed, six women who worked at the bank's subprime-mortgage unit are still accusing a former colleague of sexual harassment -- and still waiting for answers.

About $190m in cryptocurrency has been locked away in a online black hole after the founder of a currency exchange died, apparently taking his encrypted access to their money with him.

The 15 Catholic dioceses of Texas are set to release the names of clergy members "credibly accused" of sexually abusing minors on Thursday.

The allegations stem from three lawsuits that were filed under the qui tam, or whistleblower, provisions of the False Claims Act, which permit private citizens to bring suit on behalf of the United States for false claims and share in any recovery.

The New York State Legislature passed a bill on Monday that will increase the statute of limitations for cases of child sexual abuse.

That sent the recipient "over the moon," according to Angelo Agrizzi, a businessman — and now whistle-blower — who detailed, at a continuing government inquiry into public corruption, extravagant bribes doled out to members of the party, the African National Congress, at the highest levels of government.

Nearly 100 women — from Gwyneth Paltrow to Salma Hayek — have since come forward with their stories of how the burly, brash and bullying co-head of The Weinstein Company (and formerly of Miramax) reportedly engaged in inappropriate behavior against their will. (Weinstein, 66, is currently awaiting trial).

To become a whistle-blower, Darren Sewell had filed what is known as a "qui tam" complaint the term comes from a Latin phrase that translates as "he who brings an action for the king as well as for himself."

The Food and Drug Administration is sacrificing American lives by continuing to approve new high-strength opioid painkillers, and manipulating the process in favor of big pharma, according to the chair of the agency's own opioid advisory committee.

How did the world's youngest self-made female billionaire lose it all in the blink of an eye?

John Varley, the former chief executive of Barclays, is the first bank boss in the world to face a jury trial over alleged crimes during the global financial crisis a decade ago.

Once again, in fiscal year 2018 health care fraud cases represented the overwhelming majority of successful qui tam cases filed under the federal False Claims Act. Nearly 90% of the money recovered under the False Claims Act last year a total of $2.51 billionwas recovered in health care fraud cases.

Mitsubishi Motors has joined Nissan in accusing Carlos Ghosn of financial wrongdoing, saying on Friday that he secretly received compensation of 7.8 million euros, or almost $9 million, from a joint venture of the two automakers.

Goldman Sachs' new CEO is apologizing for the role of a former banker in Malaysia's multi-billion dollar embezzlement scandal.

Even in the age of #MeToo, when many women finally feel empowered to speak out against abuse, sexual assault by gynecologists remains an underreported and little understood problem.

Attorney general nominee William Barr reversed his position on the False Claims Act, a law used to fight fraud against the government that serves as a key tool for whistleblowers.

In November 2018, 20,000 Google employees across the globe walked out in protest to our company's policies around equity and transparency in the workplace.

Pacific Gas and Electric said on Monday that it would seek bankruptcy protection as "the only viable option" as the giant California utility faces billions of dollars in liability claims from two years of deadly wildfires.

Consumers suing Hyundai Motor Co and Kia Motors Co over an engine defect that allegedly caused some of their vehicles to spontaneously catch fire on Thursday filed an amended complaint that included detailed accounts and pictures of the fires that have garnered widespread attention in the media and were scheduled for a hearing before the U.S. Senate.