According to an investigative report in the Wall Street Journal, the heavy tariffs imposed on Chinese goods has resulted in a large increase in tariff evasion schemes by Chinese companies seeking to sell their goods here. Customs officials, importers and shipping brokers say that the tariff increases are being countered by unscrupulous...
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Category: Whistleblower Cases
AmerisourceBergen drug co pays $625 mill. to settle charges of repackaging cancer drugs and 3 whistleblowers to share $93 million
AmerisourceBergen Corporation and its subsidiaries have agreed to pay $625 million to settle charges that improperly repackaged oncology-supportive injectable drugs into pre-filled syringes and improperly distributed those syringes to physicians treating vulnerable cancer patients. Last year, AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AmerisourceBergen Corporation, pled guilty to illegally distributing misbranded drugs...
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DaVita Holdings Medicare Advantage pays $270 million to settle fraud charges whistleblower rewarded $10.1 million
HealthCare Partners Holdings LLC, d/b/a DaVita Medical Holdings LLC (DaVita), will pay $270 million to settle its False Claims Act liability for providing inaccurate information causing Medicare Advantage Plans to receive increased Medicare payments. DaVita voluntarily disclosed that caused MAOs to submit incorrect diagnosis codes to CMS and obtain...
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Hedge fund Harbinger Capital pays $30 million to settle charges of tax evasion by offshore manager
Hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners Offshore Manager has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the state of New York claiming the hedge fund manager knowingly evaded New York state and city taxes. A statement issued by the New York attorney general's office claims that Harbinger concealed...
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Attorneys for Danske Bank whistleblower who unveiled the $235 Billion money laundering asking for his protection
Attorneys for Howard Wilkinson, the whistleblower who discovered and revealed the 235 plus billion dollars of Russian money laundering scandal at Denmark's Danske Bank are demanding that steps be taken to protect him from retaliation. An Estonian newspaper last week identified him as the whistleblower an act which his lawyer say was...
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The Danske Bank whistleblower who revealed money laundering from Russia is British exec working in the Estonian branch
The whistleblower who revealed the massive $200 Billion money laundering scheme from Russia through the Danish Bank Danske Bank is Howard Wilkinson, head of markets at Danske in Estonia from 2006 to 2014, according to press reports. He apparently warned manages as early as 2013 that the bank had breached numerous regulatory requirements and...
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NY pharmacy owner charged with defrauding Medicare and Medicaid allegedly getting paid for drugs not dispensed
The owner of Superdrugs Inc in New York, Aleah Mohammed aka Aleah Haniff was indicted in federal court charged with submitting millions of dollars in claims to Medicare and Medicaid for reimbursement for prescription drugs that were not dispensed. The claims that were included in the charges were for some prescription drugs for the...
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Newly reported gene, mcr-1 imported from China in shrimp threatens last resort antibiotic colistin
A new gene is known as mcr-1 which can make bacteria resistant to colistin, a last-resort drug for some multidrug resistant infections-was first reported in China in November 2015 and in the United States in May 2016. The mcr-1 gene is on a plasmid, a small piece of DNA that is able to move...
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Precious metals dealer and owner charged with major fraud by Commodities Futures Commission
Royal Metals Group LLC and part owner Chelsea Gless of Iowa were charged with defrauding retail clients for false promises to deliver precious metal in return for funds. The Complaint also alleged that they obtained precious metals by fraud with promises of payment which were not made.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)...
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Brave Czech seaman Whistleblower to receive up to $1 Million for reporting German cargo ship, delivering material to Maine, dumping its oil into the ocean
A Czech seaman working aboard a German cargo ship observed an engineer to leak oil into the ocean using extra pipes configured on the boat. When the vessel came into Portlend Maine, he reported this to the authorities which investigated and eventually the U.S. find the German owners $3.5 million for the...
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