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Bank To Pay Hundreds Of Millions To Settle Claims Of Reckless Lending

Reuters | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Deutsche Bank, Federal Housing Administration, Allied Home Mortgage Corp, Foreclosure Crisis, Video, Mortgage Settlement, False Claims Act, Reuters, Mortgage Crisis, Department of Justice, Foreclosure, Mortgageit, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Citigroup, Business News

* One of biggest US lawsuits over risky home loans * HUD incurred losses when some of the loans defaulted * Damages to b...

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States Missing Out On Revenue From Whistle-Blower Law

Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Corruption, Whistleblowers, Video, Education Management Corp, Quest Diagnostics Inc, President Abraham Lincoln, False Claims Act, Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, u.s. Department of Education, Union Army, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, Bottom Line, Federal Anti-Corruption Law, Business News

(Andrew Longstreth) - For many states, a law intended to root out corruption also has been good for the bottom line. Over the last decade, more...

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Catherine Pearson

Whistleblower Suit Alleges Lab Company Cheats Medicare, Costs Billions

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Labcorp, Quest, Laboratory Corporation of America, Whistleblower, Quest Suit, False Claims Act, LabCorp Suit, Andrew Baker, Pull-Through, Huntingdon Life Services, Medicare, Medicare Fraud, Healthy Living News

President Obama recently announced plans to cut $320 billion in Medicare and Medicaid costs, but one whistleblower says to cut costs, the government s...

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Chris Kirkham

Justice Department, Four States Say For-Profit College Corporation Violated Federal Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Bush Administration, Department of Education, Education Management Corp., College, False Claims Act, University of Phoenix, Federal Student Aid, Higher Education, Justice Department, Student Aid, For-Profit Colleges, Video, Business News

The U.S. Justice Department and four states sued the nation’s second-largest for-profit college corporation on Monday, alleging in a wide-ranging co...

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Supreme Court Makes it Harder to Hold Contractors Accountable for Fraud

Project On Government Oversight | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Whistleblowers, Government Contracting, Whistleblower, False Claims Act, Freedom of Information Act, Clarence Thomas, Politics News
Project On Government Oversight

We urge Congress to reject draft legislation that would silence potential whistleblowers, weaken SEC enforcement actions and allow law-breaking companies to evade accountability.

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WATCH: Shahien Nasiripour Says, 'The Government's Here To Play Ball'

Huff TV | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: HUD IG, Shahien Nasiripour, Citigroup, Amy Goodman Shahien Nasiripour, False Claims Act, Wells Fargo, Ally Financial, Bank of America, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Foreclosure Fraud, JPMorgan Chase, Foreclosure Investigation, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Nasiripour Democracy Now, Foreclosures, Democracy Now, Video, Business News
Huff TV

Shahien Nasiripour, Senior Business Reporter for The Huffington Post, appeared on "Democracy Now!" to discuss his recent report, "Confidential Federal...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Confidential Federal Audits Accuse Five Biggest Mortgage Firms Of Defrauding Taxpayers

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Federal Housing Administration, HUD IG, JPMorgan Chase, State Attorneys General, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, False Claims Act, Wells Fargo, Ally Financial, Bank of America, Foreclosure News, Foreclosure Fraud, Foreclosure Investigation, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Exclusive, Citigroup, Business News

WASHINGTON -- A set of confidential federal audits accuse the nation’s five largest mortgage companies of defrauding taxpayers in their handling of ...

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ABC J'accuse MEP: There is no there there

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Private Military Contractor, False Claims Act, Afghanistan, Mission Essential Personnel, Business News
David Isenberg

Last week ABC News Investigative Team, including its chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross, ran a story that seemingly confirmed much of the ne...

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Rush University Medical Center Pays $1.5M To Settle Medicare Charges

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stark Law, Rush University Medical Center, Illinois, Medicare, False Medicare Claims, Medicare Fraud, False-Claims-Act, Chicago, Chicago News

Rush University Medical Center will pay a $1.5 million fine to settle federal charges it filed false Medicare claims. The center is accused of violat...

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UBS Whistleblower Sentenced to 40-Month Prison Term Puts Chill on Whistleblowing

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gold Banc, Fraud, Ubs, Whistleblowers, Irs, False Claims Act, Fca, Swiss Bank Accounts, Bradley Birkenfeld, Farmers, Abraham Lincoln, Swiss Numbered Bank Accounts, National Whistleblowers Center, U. S. Treasury, Qui Tam, Politics News
Gary S. Chafetz

Bradley Birkenfeld may be one of the most effective whistleblowers in the nation's history. His reward? A 40-month prison sentence.

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