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: whistleblowers
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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Amazing facts revealed by whistleblowers over the years
By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq. MBA with help from ai.
A man learns a thing he was never meant to learn. He carries it awhile. It is heavy. Then he sets it down where all the world can see it. This is the oldest and simplest act of conscience there is, and...
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A man learns a thing he was never meant to learn. He carries it awhile. It is heavy. Then he sets it down where all the world can see it. This is the oldest and simplest act of conscience there is, and...
Blowing the whistle on tax evaders what the IRS program rewards and what it takes to win
*By Jeffrey Newman, Esq. MBA (with ai help on research)
Most people envision tax enforcement as an auditor with a green eyeshade poring over returns. But some of the biggest tax-fraud cases the government has ever cracked did not start with an audit. They started with a person...
Government contractors and execs pay $21.3 M to settle fraud scheme about service disabled veteran owned small business contracts
By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq. MBA
Broadway Electric Inc. (Broadway), Cornerstone Contracting Inc. (Cornerstone), Chief Executive Officer John Oehler, and President Christian Blake agreed to pay $21.3 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they improperly obtained federal contracts reserved for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and...
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U.S. adds to list of Chinese tech companies it says are helping China’s military
By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq. MBA
The U.S. has now identified Chinese businesses as aiding Beijing’s military and has designated around two dozen including tech giants Alibaba Group and Baidu, limiting their operations in America. The additions include Chinese consumer and tech companies,...
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