Hanford Site Whistleblower Receives $1.4 Million for Alleging Government Contracting Fraud

A lack of corporate whistleblowing protections undermines failure to prevent fraud preparations - VinciWorks

The HS2 tribunal case exposes the legal risk of sidelining whistleblowers under new fraud rules From September, large UK businesses can be prosecuted for failing to prevent fraud committed by their employees or contractors, unless they can show they had “reasonable procedures” in place to stop it. But what happens when someone tries to raise a red flag and is pushed out instead? That’s exactly what happened at HS2 – the UK’s beleaguered high spe…

Hanford Site Whistleblower Receives $1.4 Million for Alleging Government Contracting Fraud

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 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for millions of dollars in labor […]