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Whistleblowers play an important role in exposing corruption and wrongdoing. Not everyone who raises a concern about a possible violation or engages in another protected activity makes headlines. However, some whistleblowers have exposed large-scale misconduct and egregious offenses resulting in massive fines. Most people are familiar with these whistleblower cases: Big tobacco: Jeffrey Wigand was

Healthcare fraud has always been a problem in this country. Some estimates suggest that as much as 10 percent of all annual healthcare spending is paid out on fraudulent claims. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has drawn new attention to this crime. Healthcare fraud hurts patients at a time that they are already suffering. It increases

Contractor fraud is a serious problem that you may encounter working in the construction industry. It can result in consequences such as inflated costs or the completion of dangerous, sub-standard projects. This type of fraud becomes even more serious when it occurs on a federal project or a project utilizing federal funds. That is because

The pharmaceutical industry is big business, and the stakes are high – if there’s corruption in the process and a drug makes it to market when it shouldn’t, innocent people can get hurt. One of the more common forms of pharmaceutical corruption is physician kickbacks. These have been illegal since 1987, but, sadly, this doesn’t