Nothing Was Smuggled
What Belgium's chip espionage case reveals about a blind spot in export control enforcement
By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq. MBA with ai help
On September 7, 2026, Belgian federal prosecutors disclosed that they had been holding a 52-year-old man since...
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Category: Whistleblower Laws
The Stop Stealing Our Chips Act: what it means for whistleblowers
By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq. MBA with ai help
America’s most advanced semiconductors have become one of the most sought-after items on the black market, and Congress is now close to putting a price tag on turning in the people who divert them. In late May 2026, the U.S....
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Dept of State announces new reward of up to $15 million for info disrupting finances of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard
By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq. MBA
The U.S. Department of State announced that it is now offering rewards for information on the sources of revenue for the IRGC, IRGC-QF, its branches or its key financial facilitation mechanisms. Rewards for Justice is offering a reward of up to $15 million...
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Military vehicles maker Navistar Defense pays $50 million to settle whistleblower False Claims Act case for false sales histories
Military vehicles manufacturer, Navistar Defense LLC (Navistar), will pay $50 million to resolve a whistleblower case in which it was revealed that it fraudulently induced the U.S. Marine Corps to enter into a contract modification at inflated prices for a suspension system for armored vehicles known as Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles. During...
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SEC awards whistleblower $28 million in Panasonic Avionics Case
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said it awarded more than $28 million to a whistleblower whose tip helped them and the Justice Department launch investigations that led to bribery charges against a U.S. subsidiary of Japanese electronics company APanasonic Corp. and former executives. Lawyers representing the whistleblower said the award was connected to...
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Securities and Exchange Commission awards $22 million to two whistleblowers for revealing securities violations
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced awards totaling approximately $22 million to two whistleblowers whose information and assistance were of crucial importance to successful SEC enforcement actions brought against a financial services firm.
The first whistleblower received an award of $18 million, while the second whistleblower received a $4 million award. The larger award...
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Physician blows whistle on Dignity Health hospital system and neurosurgical group in surgeries by inexperienced medical students
An anesthesiologist and member of the medical staff at Dignity Health, d/b/a St. Joseph’s Hospital, brought a False Claims Act qui tam lawsuit against the hospital and Neurosurgical Associates, LTD,...
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Marketing firm Publicis sued by Massachusetts AG for fueling pain meds epidemic and getting docs to prescribe more pain meds
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Health sued a global marketing company Publicis for engaging in unfair and deceptive marketing schemes to help a pain medication maker to market and sell certain pain medications that are addictive painkillers. The work included creating sales training materials and emails and other information distributed to prescribers to...
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Tax evaders are costing the U.S. over $1 trillion each year using offshore accounts, cryptocurrency
The IRS Chief announced that tax evasion in the U.S. exceeds $1 trillion a year and is going up. Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Chuck Rettig told a Senate panel that previous tallies of the tax gap -- which came to a cumulative amount of about...
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Large visa fraud scheme results in two companies and nine individuals being indicted including charges for harboring or transporting aliens
An indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Georgia charging two businesses and nine of their officers and managers located across the country for their roles in an alleged conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government and commit various...
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