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Medicare Advantage Provider to Pay $6.3 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations DOJ Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington, formerly known as Group Health Cooperative (GHC), agreed to pay $6,375,000 to resolve allegations that it submitted invalid diagnoses to Medicare for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries and received inflated payments from Medicare as a result, the Justice Department announced today.

SEC Awards Over $1.1 Million to Whistleblower for Independent Analysis SEC

SEC Charges Investment Advisory Firms and Broker-Dealers in Connection with Sales of Complex Exchange-Traded Products SEC

EU hits Amazon with antitrust charges. A huge fine could follow CNN The European Union has unveiled formal antitrust charges against Amazon for abusing its dominance in online shopping and opened a second investigation into the company's business practices.

SEC Whistleblowers Say 401ks And Pensions Are Cheated Out Of Billions In Mutual Fund Payments FORBES Three SEC whistleblowers say financial intermediaries serving as custodians, recordkeepers and trustees to 401ks and pensions systemically conceal and pocket billions in mutual fund “omnibus” payments which rightfully belong to retirement plans.

U.S. government looking into Pfizer's operations in China YAHOO Pfizer Inc. received informal requests relating to its operations in China from the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in June and August.

SEC Awards More Than $3.6 Million and $750,000 in Separate Whistleblower Awards SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced two separate whistleblower awards for total payments of over $4.3 million.

SEC Awards Over $28 Million to Whistleblower SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of over $28 million to a whistleblower who provided significant information that aided the SEC in bringing a successful enforcement action.  The whistleblower internally reported information that prompted the company to initiate an internal investigation, and saved the staff time and resources by providing testimony and identifying a key witness.

SEC Division of Enforcement Publishes Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2020 SEC

The award, granted to a single individual, is more than a third higher than the previous $83 million record

$114 Million Whistleblower Award

$11.8M settlement against Novartis related to allegations that the company engaged in a kickback scheme

SEC announces an award of more than $10 million to a whistleblower

The settlement announced today stems from a whistleblower complaint filed in 2017

Settlement resolves allegations originally brought in a lawsuit filed under the qui tam, or whistleblower provisions of the FCA

Robinhood is under investigation related to its disclosures around its practice of selling clients' orders to high-frequency traders

CFTC Charges 5 Canadians, 1 American, and 4 Companies in $165 Million Global Binary Options Fraud Scheme

SEC Awards Over $2.5 Million to Joint Whistleblowers for Detailed Analysis

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of over $1.25 million to a whistleblower

Herbalife Will Pay More Than $123 Million to Settle With Government