‘Ground zero’ for whistleblowing? Not D.C., but a hazardous waste site in Washington state.

“Hanford is ground zero for whistleblowing in America,” said Tom Mueller, author of “Crisis of Conscience,” a sweeping new chronicle of the nation’s whistleblowers, the difficulties they have faced and the wrongdoing they have exposed. “It has all the key factors … You have corporate power. You have government. You have huge amounts of money, and secrecy. Time and time again, taxpayer dollars are misspent.” read more »

Jho Low Will Give Up as Much as $900 Million in Assets in 1MDB Scandal

The mysterious Malaysian financier at the center of an international money laundering scandal that toppled a prime minister and rocked Goldman Sachs has given up his claim to hundreds of millions of dollars in luxury apartments, yachts, jets and artwork that prosecutors say were bought with stolen money.

In a deal with federal prosecutors, the fugitive financier, Jho Low, has agreed to stop fighting for assets valued at $650 million to $900 million that were seized starting in 2016, according to court documents and two people familiar with the matter. It is one of the largest civil asset forfeiture recoveries by the United States government. read more »

Two plead guilty in conspiracy involving Uber, LinkedIn, others: U.S. Justice Dept

Two hackers pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday for a conspiracy to extract bounties from Uber Technologies Inc, LinkedIn and other corporations in exchange for promises to delete information stolen from Amazon Web Services, according to the Justice Department.

The men downloaded 57 million Uber user records, including customer and driver data, from Amazon.com Inc’s cloud platform, in November 2016, the Justice Department said. read more » 

Oil Executives Plead Guilty for Roles in Bribery Scheme Involving Foreign Officials

The former CEO and chief operations officer of a Monaco-based intermediary company have pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme to corruptly facilitate millions of dollars in bribe payments to officials in multiple countries. These included Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Libya and Syria. The company’s former business development director also pleaded guilty for his role in paying bribes in Libya. read more »