New Jersey’s Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA) is one of the most far-reaching whistleblower laws in the nation. It was enacted to protect employees from the retaliatory actions of their employers for having disclosed or “blown the whistle” on their employer’s participation in unlawful or harmful activity. Our New Jersey Supreme Court has made clear the overarching goal of CEPA is to “protect and encourage employees to report illegal or unethical workplace activities and to discourage public and private sector employers from engaging in such conduct.” CEPA effectuates important public policies of overcoming the victimization of employees and protecting those who [ Read More ]
Setting up a policy for county employees who suspect fraud in their workplace to report it anonymously is an idea that has been a long time coming. A new policy agreed upon yesterday takes a solid first step in establishing guidelines in the county government structure for a web-based whistleblower hotline. It also establishes guidelines and training on reporting fraud, waste and abuse. Additionally, there will be an expansion of the Controller’s Office software to identify unusual financial activities. The cost is minimal, but the impact will be great whether it’s used or not. Because there will be a way [ Read More ]
I was president and CEO of Olympus Corporation when the financial scandal broke last year, after I had exposed a massive fraud of approaching $2 billion which has subsequently become known as Japan’s Enron. Less than a month after I had been forced to leave the company, Olympus’s share price had dropped by a staggering 81.5% compared to the day before my dismissal. In monetary terms this represented a fall in market value of over $7 billion, and in witnessing the meltdown of this iconic Nikkei listed company the business world was aghast. My new book, “Exposure: Inside the Olympus [ Read More ]
A whistleblower case against Boeing for fraudulent maintenance on Chinook helicopters, a military helicopter, was settled by the payment by Boeing for $4.392M. This type of corporate fraud, had it been publicly known, would have adversely effected the price of Boeing’s shares. The settlement discussed in this link did not address share holder damages for the inflated stock price inherent in Boeing’s fraudulent conduct. The case merely recovered Government funds for the fraudulent maintenance services the Government was unjustifiably charged for. To report corporate securities fraud of this type, or any other please contact our office today for a secure [ Read More ]
by Hannah Johnson on January 11, 2012 ( The Whistleblogger / 2010 ) Ammoniated Beef Whistleblower Vindicated by Fast-Food Industry’s Move Summary: The recent move by fast food giants McDonald’s, Burger King, and Taco Bell to drop a controversial ammoniated beef product – supplied by Beef Products Inc. (BPI) and known as ‘pink slime’ in the industry – vindicates former BPI employee Kit Foshee, the whistleblower who reported the company’s practices. Foshee, a GAP client since 2007, is a former Corporate Quality Assurance Manager at BPI, the nation’s leading producer of “lean boneless beef.” He says he was terminated for refusing to [ Read More ]
Government Fraud Costs Taxpayers Billions of Dollars Each Year. You Can Fight Back! “WHISTLEBLOWERS” HAVE BEEN AWARDED OVER $2.2 BILLION DOLLARS Fraud against the government is a crime that affects every citizen of our country. Those who do it and those who see it, but do not report government fraud, are responsible for billions of wasted dollars, higher costs for goods and services and substantial increases in your taxes. If you have proof of any government fraud including healthcare fraud, Medicare fraud, Medicaid fraud, defense contract fraud, pharmaceutical fraud, construction fraud, medical device manufacturer fraud, education/grant fraud, federal tax fraud [ Read More ]
by LINDSAY PEYTON , CHRONICLE CORRESPONDENT | August 16, 2011 4:10 pm After 30 years of climbing the corporate ladder, Gordon Massie said he risked it all to do the right thing. He said he decided to expose the corruption and accounting fraud he discovered while working at American International Group Inc. As a result, he was shunned and ostracized at work and eventually fired. In his recent book, The Whistleblower’s Dilemma: Confronting Fraud at AIG, Massie describes his journey from the top to the bottom and the steps he took to survive the aftermath. The local author launched his [ Read More ]
The whistleblower’s “ultimate” battle Phil Towle | May 4, 2011 “In tribute to those who sustain our truth under threat of losing their lives for our morality!” Each of us carries our own “whistle…” It’s called “conscience…” Its purpose: to regulate our own morality… Yes, we do know what is right, what is wrong… And, we definitely know the difference… Yet, employing a plethora of worthless excuses, We humans freely compromise our conscience… Sell our integrity, To our basest impulse… Servicing our ego, On the cheap… For whatever’s self serving or expedient, At the cost of justness and fairness… And, [ Read More ]
APP.com About the Series The largest health care firm in the world has seen record profits – and global allegations of fraud, bribery and deception. How did the most admired company in America get in trouble? Our four-day series examines the secret world of J&J. Click here to read the four part series… Johnson & Johnson, the gold standard for American corporations, has been admired for its devotion to a simple business philosophy: Put your customers first, no matter the cost, and profits will follow. That idea, found everywhere from giant tablets in the lobby of J&J’s New Brunswick headquarters [ Read More ]
The Whistleblowers: Selected Case Studies -CIR Web Exclusive Report The whistleblowers below are not all protected by the current Whistleblower Protection Act, which does not cover federal employees who work at certain national security agencies, in certain scientific or research capacities, nor does it extend to private contractors. The whistleblower legislation circulating in the House and Senate aims to protect many of the whistleblowers exempted from current law. Department of the Interior Teresa Chambers, Chief of the US Park Police, was fired for blowing the whistle on dangerous staffing shortages in her department. An Inspector General found a “climate of [ Read More ]
New Jersey The Whistleblower Center is aligned with the top lawyers in the New Jersey False Claims and Qui Tam practice areas. We set up this site to serve as a resource to anyone that may need more information pertaining to their situation or potential case. Whether you are looking for a New Jersey whistleblower lawyer or a qui tam lawyer, we can help facilitate the next step in the process and help lift the burden off of you. Below you’ll find the actual New Jersey state statutes for false claims. The law is often hard to interpret so please [ Read More ]
Whistleblower Act The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, commonly referred to as the Whistleblower Act, is a United States federal law that protects federal whistleblowers (employees of the government who report agency misconduct). A federal agency violates the Whistleblower Protection Act if it takes or fails to take (or threatens to take) a personnel action with respect to an employee or applicant because of any disclosure of information by the employee or applicant that he or she reasonably believes is evidence of a violation of a rule, law or regulation; gross mismanagement; gross waste of funds; an abuse of authority; [ Read More ]
Who can File? When a whistleblower files a qui tam false claims lawsuit they are referred to as the “relator.” While these are often employees or former employees who have witnessed their company committing fraud, the relator can actually be anyone who has knowledge of the government paying a false claim. This could even be a customer, patient, subcontractor or competitor. Whistleblowers who have knowledge of Tax Fraud should read our section on Tax Fraud False Claims as those cases are somewhat different. How it Works The False Claims Act works with amazing efficiency by encouraging private citizens to police [ Read More ]
