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June 24, 2014
Commodities Futures Trading Fraud
Commodity Futures Trading Commission and SEC Issue Whistleblower Rewards; Withhold Details
While healthcare fraud remains a top priority for the Department of Justice and other governmental agencies, several other areas of fraud are also on the rise – including misconduct against the Internal Revenue Service, Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission. All of these agencies recently implemented […]
January 28, 2014
SEC Fraud
The Threat of Securities Fraud: A Global Perspective
In recent years, Congress expressed interest in mimicking the federal False Claims Act in an effort to identify, punish, and deter acts of fraud against taxpayers, investors, and the federal government as a whole in other areas. As a result, the 2010 Dodd Frank Act, which was drafted to implement […]
July 3, 2013
SEC Fraud
The Dodd-Frank Act and FCPA Whistleblowers
The federal government uses the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) as a means to prosecute and punish those individuals who violate securities laws or bribe foreign officials. For instance, when someone bribes a foreign government to expand business abroad, falsifies financial records or disregards internal control guidelines under securities laws, […]
June 14, 2013
SEC Fraud
Court Rules Employee is Entitled to Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protections
Setting an important precedent for all SEC whistleblowers, a district court recently issued a ruling concerning the anti-retaliation provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act. Last month, the court ruled that whistleblowers need not report incidents of fraud directly to the United States Securities and Exchange […]
June 10, 2013
SEC Fraud
Understanding the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Provisions
Both the government and whistleblowers alike have historically relied on the False Claims Act as a primary tool to end to fraud. It is important to understand, however, that the False Claims Act does have limitations. The largest one being that it only applies to instances in which the United […]
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