VHS of Michigan Inc. (doing business as, The Detroit Medical Center Inc. (DMC)), Vanguard Health Systems Inc. (Vanguard), and Tenet Healthcare Corporation (Tenet) all agreed to pay a total of $29,744,065 to the federal government for providing kickbacks some referring...
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SEC files back-to-back lawsuits against two crypto companies
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit with 13 charges in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Binance, the world’s busiest crypto exchange, and its co-founder and CEO Chanpeng Zhao. This move continues a string of actions...
Illegal defense contractor schemes are always a concern
The federal government spends billions of dollars annually on our nation’s defense. The goal is to ensure that the country and its foreign interests abroad remain safe. A large portion of our defense spending goes to private contractors who manufacture equipment,...
Anonymous whistleblower gets $279 million from SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced its largest-ever award of $279 million to a whistleblower, dwarfing its previous record of $114 million in 2020. The securities market regulator did not divulge the case. Still, it likely involves nearly one billion...
Whistleblowers aid in Credit Suisse investigation
We recently discussed a Swiss banker’s so-called Singapore solution money laundering scheme. Now we turn to Credit Suisse, which has a track record of shady deals and nearly followed in the footsteps of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse. Instead, the Swiss government...
Swiss banking exec convicted of defrauding the IRS
Switzerland is famous for its numbered bank accounts that protect the holder's identity. There are, however, laws in Switzerland and here in the United States against hiding that information from regulators. Daniel Walchli used the so-called "Singapore solution" to...
Mormon Church pays SEC $5 million fine
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its non-profit investment arm Ensign Peak Advisers Inc. recently agreed to pay a $5 million fine. This action settles charges by the SEC that the Mormon church hid ownership of its $32-billion stock portfolio from...
Brazen Slync CEO charged with fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged the founder and former CEO of Slync, Inc., Christopher S. Kirchner, with fraud. The charges involve offering more than $67 million in securities to Slync investors. Kirchner then misappropriated over $28 million of that...
Activision pays SEC $35 million
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on February 3 that it brought charges against Activision Blizzard Inc. The company is responsible for such video games as Call of Duty, Tony Hawk’s, Guitar Hero, Candy Crush, and Overwatch. Among other things,...
NY Attorney General files suit against Celsius
On January 5, Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Celsius and Alex Mashinsky, the former CEO and co-founder of the cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network LLC. The suit alleges that the now-bankrupt company defrauded 26,000 New Yorkers and...
