Whistleblower $108.75 million settlement with KBR

Posted on July 10, 2023July 10, 2023 by WhistleBlowerStaff

Iraq whistleblowers prevail in False Claims Act lawsuit.

In a landmark victory for whistleblowers and taxpayers, a settlement has been reached in a case against KBR, an ex-Halliburton subsidiary, wherein the company was alleged to have knowingly over-ordered $340 million worth of materials during its performance. After a lengthy legal battle, two whistleblowers Geoffrey Howard, and Zella Hemphill Anderson, have successfully settled with KBR Services for $108.75 million, marking the largest cash settlement ever obtained for alleged Iraq War fraud. T...

SEC’s largest-ever whistleblower award of $279 million to Ericsson Tipster

Posted on June 6, 2023 by WhistleBlowerStaff

The largest-ever award in the Security and Exchange Commission’s cash-for-tips program was related to Ericsson’s bribery case. Did you hear about the recent whistleblower award issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission? It was a whopping $279 million! The award came from a bribery case against Ericsson, a telecommunications company that allegedly made illegal payments to win business in five countries. The case was a big deal and made headlines around the world. According to insiders,...

California Supreme Court Expands Employee Whistleblower Protections

Posted on June 5, 2023June 5, 2023 by WhistleBlowerStaff

Suppose you are an employee who has made a whistleblower complaint to your employer. In that case, you should know that you are protected under the whistleblower statute (California Labor Code § 1102.5(b)) even if your employer already knew about the subject of your complaint. This means that employers are not allowed to retaliate against employees who make whistleblower complaints, regardless of whether they had prior knowledge of the alleged violation. Therefore, it’s essential to know your ri...

Whistleblower Awarded $279 Million – The Largest SEC Award to Date

Posted on May 11, 2023May 11, 2023 by WhistleBlowerStaff

Corporate greed strikes again - Whistleblower lawsuit.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued its largest-ever award of nearly $279 million to a whistleblower whose information helped the regulator's enforcement action, it said on Friday. The regulator did not disclose the case concerned in its statement. The award is more than double the $114 million it issued in October 2020. As this award shows, there is a significant incentive for whistleblowers to come forward with accurate information about potential securities...

$818,500 Owed to Inspector Fired for Reporting Sewage in Drinking Water

Posted on May 1, 2023May 11, 2023 by WhistleBlowerStaff

Reclaimed water containing sewage sicken people and animals in Delray Beach Florida.

Instead of promoting the experienced inspector who detected why the city’s drinking water was sickening people and pets, the city of Delray Beach harassed her and fired her, an OSHA investigation found. Last week, 15 months after marching Christine Ferrigan out of her office in front of co-workers, Delray Beach ratified a settlement to a whistleblower lawsuit that will pay Ferrigan $818,500. That’s on top of the $1 million in civil money penalties Delray paid the Florida Department of Health-P...

New Mexico Lost Track of Juveniles Locked Up for Life

Posted on March 14, 2023 by WhistleBlowerStaff

New legislation would require the New Mexico Corrections Department to help schedule parole hearings for prisoners given life sentences as children. But the agency wasn’t aware of at least 21 “juvenile lifers” in its custody. The New Mexico Corrections Department has lost track of nearly two dozen prisoners in its custody who are serving life sentences for crimes they committed as children, an error that could keep these “juvenile lifers” from getting a chance at freedom under a bill likely ...

$1 Million Jury Award to Whistleblower Affirmed by Tenth Circuit

Posted on September 21, 2022May 11, 2023 by WhistleBlowerStaff

On July 20, 2022, the Tenth Circuit affirmed a $1 million jury award to a former employee who claimed he was demoted in retaliation for reporting that his supervisor instructed him to falsify test results on a program used by the U.S. military. Casias v. Raytheon Co., Nos. 21-1195 and 21-1205 (10th Cir. 2022). Plaintiff alleged that his supervisor instructed him to change specific data on a GPS project designed for the U.S. Air Force, which made the project appear more successful. Plaintiff a...

State Farm Will Pay $100 Million to Feds Over Hurricane Katrina Insurance Claims

Posted on August 28, 2022August 28, 2022 by WhistleBlowerStaff

Rigsby Sisters blew whistle on State Farm over False Claims Act violations after Hurricane Katrina.

State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. has agreed to pay the federal government $100 million for potential liability over its handling of flood insurance claims after Hurricane Katrina, settling a lawsuit that two whistleblowers filed against the company more than 16 years ago. Other terms of the settlement remained confidential in the whistleblower lawsuit filed in 2006 by former claims adjusters and sisters Cori and Kerri Rigsby, who lived in Ocean Springs at the time. State Farm also agre...

Whistleblower Fired for Exposing Water Quality Issues

Posted on July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 by WhistleBlowerStaff

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — A former city of Delray Beach wastewater inspector claims in a new lawsuit that she was fired for exposing water quality issues. She already filed a complaint with the Department of Labor, and now she’s suing the city in federal court. The 29-page lawsuit claims the city of Delray Beach retaliated against Christine Ferrigan and violated her Constitutional right to free speech and the state’s Whistleblower Act. The suit names the city, city manager, and utili...

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