Death by 50m camera clicks: As THREE SeaWorld killer whales die in a year

John Hargove was a SeaWorld trainer for 14 years, quitting his job in 2012

Now he wants to expose the San Diego theme park for its malpractices

The trainer claims the animals are kept in tanks that are too small, become violent and develop diseases they would never get in the wild SeaWorld said claims are a 'miscalculation' and they are committed to welfare. read more » 

Brazil Car Wash graft probe widens to include U.S., Greek firms

Brazilian authorities widened their Car Wash graft probe on Friday to include more international targets, ensnaring U.S. asphalt maker Sargeant Marine, six Greek shipping companies and a former Brazilian congressman.

"These operations leave a clear message: foreign firms will not be spared by Car Wash," Prosecutor Athayde Ribeiro Costa said in a statement.

Former lawmaker Candido Vaccarezza, who had been a Workers Party government leader in the lower house, was arrested over allegations he received bribes of nearly $500,000 from Sargeant Marine in exchange for helping it win asphalt supply contracts from state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA, the statement said.

Prosecutors have identified hundreds of foreign companies that did business with people under investigation in the massive probe into kickbacks from executives to politicians in return for contracts at state-run enterprises, especially Petrobras. read more » 

DOJ Cleans Out FCPA Docket

A A number of companies in the last few weeks have said U.S. prosecutors dropped their investigations into potential foreign-bribery violations. The U.S. Justice Department also recently has won convictions at trial in two cases of foreign officials for laundering bribe money. A former prosecutor told Risk & Compliance Journal that the Justice Department’s work amounts to a clean-out of old cases, and the effort to fully prosecute wrongdoers in bribery cases. read more » 

Pharmacy and medical practice accused of using San Diego Marines in $67 million healthcare fraud

small pharmacy in Utah and a doctor’s office in Tennessee have been implicated in an alleged kickback scheme that used San Diego County Marines to defraud the military’s health insurance provider out of at least $67 million, according to court records filed in San Diego by federal authorities.

The allegations add to a growing number of investigations into fraudulent prescriptions of compound medications – high-priced drugs custom-made by pharmacists to tailor to a patient’s specific needs. The investigations have led to arrests in similar cases across the country and a change in how TRICARE — which serves 9.4 million active, retired and reserve military and their families — bills for such drugs. read more »