Whistleblower Network News

07/29/2025

The whistleblower community and government officials will come together on July 30, to commemorate National Whistleblower Day.

07/28/2025

Whistleblower Network News (WNN) produced this six-part video series to celebrate whistleblowers on National Whistleblower Day. The series features interview...

07/28/2025

"National Whistleblower Day is important to me because it's long overdue." - police whistleblower Austin Handle.For more information on the whistleblower-led...

07/23/2025

There's only one week until National Whistleblower Day!

Whistleblower Network News (WNN) produced this six-part video series to celebrate whistleblowers on National Whistleblower Day. The series features interview...

07/10/2025

The Trump administration’s overhaul of the United States’ enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) could have a significant impact on the global enforcement of transnational corruption.

The Trump administration’s overhaul of the United States’ enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) could have a significant impact on the global enforcement of transnational corruption. In contrast to the administration’s stated intent to give U.S. businesses a competitive edge,...

07/10/2025

On the latest episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner speaks with Dr. James Wells about his new book Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew.

In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner speaks with Dr. James Wells, retired criminology and criminal justice professor and author of the new book Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew. In Because, Wells details his journey t...

07/01/2025

On June 30, the DOJ announced the results of its 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, a coordinated takedown of health care fraud schemes across the country.

Qui tam whistleblowers helped initiate some of the cases which made up the record takedown.

On June 30, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the results of its 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, a coordinated takedown of health care fraud schemes across the country which involved over $14.6 billion in intended loss. According to the DOJ, the takedown is the largest in depa...

06/27/2025

A whistleblower is set to receive $186,000 after alleging that South Florida medical providers violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare for medically unnecessary procedures.

On June 20, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida announced that a group of South Florida medical providers, Vascular and Interventional Specialists, LLC (VIS); Vascular and Spine Institute, Inc. (VSI); Oscar Sosa, M.D.; and Osmany DeAngelo, D.O., agreed to pay $810,000 to settle wh...

06/26/2025

In the latest episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner speaks with Robyn Grist, a former FBI agent who claims she faced gender discrimination during her time at the Bureau and was eventually forced out of her job.

In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner speaks with former FBI agent Robyn Gritz. Gritz had a 16-plus year career at the FBI including serving as a supervisor over Washington Field Office’s elite Extraterritorial Counterterrorism squad. However, Gritz claims she ...

06/25/2025

Erez Reuveni, a former DOJ attorney, alleges in a new whistleblower disclosure that DOJ officials planned “to resist court orders that would impede potentially illegal efforts to deport noncitizens."

On June 24, attorneys for former Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney Erez Reuveni sent Reuveni’s formal whistleblower disclosure to the DOJ Inspector General, the Office of the Special Counsel (OSC) and Ranking Members of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees. Reuveni, who served as the Actin...

06/24/2025

A whistleblower is set to receive $1.4 million after their qui tam suit resulted in a federal contractor paying $6.5 million to settle allegations that it fraudulently overcharged the U.S. government for millions of dollars in labor hours at the Hanford Site.

On June 24, the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of Washington announced that federal contractor Washington River Protection Solutions, LLC (WRPS) agreed to pay $6.5 million to settle whistleblower allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by fraudulently overcharging the...

06/18/2025

On the latest episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner speaks with whistleblower-turned-whistleblower attorney Will Kramer, an associate in the Litigation Practice Group of Pines Bach.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Kramer was an occupational health and safety consultant who blew the whistle on deeply disturbing conditions and improper handling of hazardous waste at several plants in Wisconsin.

In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner speaks with whistleblower-turned-whistleblower attorney Will Kramer, an associate in the Litigation Practice Group of Pines Bach. Prior to becoming an attorney, Kramer was an occupational health and safety consultant who blew...