When Michael Rhinehimer got fired from U.S. Bancorp Investments for trying to protect an elderly client, he decided to get even. He took his former employer to court, and he won. In May, he was awarded $250,000 in damages. In his lawsuit, Rhinehimer claimed that he was fired in retaliation for complaining about another Read More »
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A Toms River-based dental practice has agreed to pay $420,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a whistleblower who said the company deleted accounts in which it owed money to insurers and patients. Allied Dental Practices of New Jersey in some cases wiped out credits to patients of more than $1,000, the complaint said. Read More »
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The poster boy for the enhanced protections for whistleblowers is American banker, Bradley Birkenfeld. Birkenfeld assisted the feds in nailing a $780 million settlement with Swiss bank UBS in 2009. But he had to plead guilty to a single count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and was sentenced in August 2009 Read More »
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Edward O’Donnell, the former Countrywide Financial Corp. executive who filed a whistleblower lawsuit against his former firm, will collect nearly $58 million for a separate lawsuit against Bank of America Corp. Mr. O’Donnell is known for his role as a witness in a 2013 trial in which the U.S. successfully accused the bank of churning out Read More »
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Kyle Edward Moore was sentenced to 37 months in prison, and was ordered to pay $520,904 in restitution for carrying out two conspiracies to commit financial aid fraud and wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson. Moore pleaded guilty on Feb. 14, 2014, to Read More »
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