Whistleblower News: Chicken Price Fixing, Google Privacy, Disaster Relief False Claims

Pilgrim’s Pride CEO and other chicken industry executives indicted for price fixing

CNBC

Four current and former chicken industry executives, including Pilgrim’s Pride CEO Jayson Penn, have been indicted for price fixing.

Shares of Pilgrim’s Pride plunged as much as 13% in afternoon trading. The stock, which has a market value of $4.46 billion, has fallen 44% so far in 2020. Shares of Tyson Foods, which was not named in the indictment, also fell on the news. read more »  

Google faces $5 billion lawsuit in U.S. for tracking 'private' internet use

REUTERS

Google was sued on Tuesday in a proposed class action accusing the internet search company of illegally invading the privacy of millions of users by pervasively tracking their internet use through browsers set in “private” mode. read more »  

United States Joins Lawsuit against AECOM Alleging False Claims in Connection with Hurricane Disaster Relief

DOJ

The United States has intervened in a whistleblower lawsuit against AECOM, an architecture and engineering firm based in Los Angeles, California, and certain disaster relief applicants, alleging that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the repair or replacement of certain facilities damaged by Hurricane Katrina, the Justice Department announced today.

The lawsuit was originally filed under the qui tam or whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act (FCA). read more »