#whistleblowers

#whistleblowers

Nate Paul, a real estate investor and close associate of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, was arrested by the FBI Thursday afternoon, jail records show.Paul was booked into the Travis County Jail in Austin, Texas, and is being held on a federal detainer for an undetermined felony charge, the records show.

(CNN)Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has agreed to a $3.3 million settlement and an apology as part of a tentative settlement with four whistleblowers who publicly accused Paxton of abuse of office, bribery and other criminal offenses in 2020.The former high-level aides -- who also reported their allegations to the FBI -- were fired within a month of their denouncement of Paxton, a Republican.

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan on Friday sent FBI Director Christopher Wray a letter requesting interviews with 16 bureau employees, whose testimony he said is vital for carrying out our oversight.The Ohio Republican, who is seeking to prove that the federal government has been weaponized against conservatives, said he wants the FBI to work with the committee to arrange their interviews by March 8.

An ITV executive has defended the network's duty of care to staff after Phillip Schofield's widely-publicised affair with a much younger colleague.The This Morning host left ITV last month after admitting he lied to bosses and workmates about the affair.There have also been allegations of a wider "toxic" culture at the programme.

A victim of suspected labour abuse who confidentially disclosed details of exploitation to government investigators says she has been subjected to threats and intimidation after she was outed to her employer.The Zimbabwean national, 25, was interviewed by Home Office compliance officers for an investigation into illegal recruitment practices and told them she had paid a fee of about 1,500 to an agent who arranged for a care home in Surrey to sponsor her visa.

The Supreme Court as seen on April 21.Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday revived two whistleblower lawsuits that allege Safeway and SuperValu overcharged the government for prescription drugs to the tune of $200 million.The cases involved allegations that major retail pharmacies across the country knowingly overcharged Medicaid and Medicare by overstating what their "usual and customary prices" are.

Controversial Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is looking to put at least one of the legal issues he's facing behind him.According to a mediated agreement filed with the Texas Supreme Court, Paxton has agreed to a settlement with former aides who filed a whistleblower lawsuit.This legal skirmish began in 2020 when a group of aides accused Paxton of taking bribes from a campaign donor and advancing the donor's business interests.

Mindfulness is a practice and not an achievement.And yoga video streamer Gaia Inc. was certainly a bit less than mindful about the number of paying subscribers it boasted about, as well as about the Securities and Exchange Commission's whistleblower protection rules.So it and its CFO are letting go of $2 million and change, if that kind of thing matters to you.

About a year ago, a former JPMorgan Chase compliance officer sued her one-time employer.Shaquala Williams alleged that the bank didn't really have much of an anti-corruption program at all-certainly not one of the sort required by its 2016 deal with the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission over the whole hiring the failsons of prominent Chinese politicians and business leaders thing-but that it certainly claimed to have it in reports to those regulators.

B aroness Casey has warned that it will be tragedy for victims and the people of London if the Met fails to reform as her offer to return each year to check on the force's progress was rebuffed by Sir Mark Rowley.The peer, whose landmark report condemned institutional racism, sexism and misogyny as well as failings in frontline policing and Scotland Yard's leadership, said the Met was facing a gargantuan task to implement the very deep changes needed to restore its reputation.

The federal government is striking a task force to review whistleblower protections for federal civil servants, but an advocate for those very protections says he isn't happy with the move.Treasury Board president Mona Fortier announced the review at the end of November, but James Turk, the director of the Centre for Free Expression at Toronto Metropolitan University, says it actually shows a lack of dedication to protect workers who raise concerns.

The European Parliament is debating a that, if it passes, could be disastrous for privacy worldwide.Every message, photo, or hosted file could be scanned, with the results sent to government agencies.We don't need " bugs in our pockets ."A private and secure internet should be built with privacy and security in mind-not by treating every user like they're in a criminal lineup.

Free speech is the fundamental basis upon which democratic life is built.Many of our other precious freedoms stem from it.In the UK, we naturally take it very seriously.But it is now under threat, from oligarchs and crooks who are abusing our world-renowned legal system in order to silence their critics.

Military surgeon Jiang Yanyong is seen in a hotel room in Beijing on Feb. 9, 2004.Jiang Yanyong, a Chinese military doctor who revealed the full extent of the 2003 SARS outbreak and was later placed under house arrest for his political outspokenness, has died, a long-time acquaintance and a Hong Kong newspaper said on March 14, 2023.

Fifa is considering lodging a rare appeal against a ruling by the court of arbitration for sport (Cas) after its lifetime ban on Yves Jean-Bart, the former president of the Haitian Football Federation (FHF), was overturned.It is understood Fifa will hold a meeting on Friday to determine its response, with an appeal said to be a real possibility.

Bernie Madoff started with penny stocks in the '60s, building a company that would become Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities.As his company grew, Madoff added incredibly high-profile clients to his roster, often traveling the world to seduce the wealthy into allowing him to invest their money.The problem?

The Birmingham MP Preet Gill has called on the UK health secretary to launch a major public inquiry into allegations that a bullying and a toxic culture is risking patient safety at University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB).The MP for Edgbaston, where UHB is based, said she had received complaints from staff alleging elderly patients had been left on beds in corridors outside wards due to mismanagement, and medics were discouraged from speaking out about problems.