Whistle-Blower Is Awarded $1.6 Million
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A former drug sales representative won the award despite the judgeâs criticism that he should have brought the scheme to light earlier.
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A U.S. man faces federal corruption  and money-laundering charges for allegedly arranging $6 million  in bribes to Nigerian officials to win a contract for a  natural-gas pipeline.
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Blog: For a limited time only, a major software industry group is dangling the reward for workplace whistleblowers, but it's at its sole discretion to decide what's worthy of the jackpot.
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A federal judge has ordered the Labor Department to share with the public the results of years of toxic substance sampling in American workplaces. Federal officials said Monday they were reviewing the decision. The decision, by U.S. District Judge Mary L. Cooper, came in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by former Labor Department official Adam Finkel, who now is a whistleblower.
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Former Gov. George Ryan, who was acclaimed by capital punishment foes for suspending executions in Illinois and emptying out death row, was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison Wednesday in the corruption scandal that ended his political career.
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Malicious-toolbar distributor pays more than $2 million in federal settlement.
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A controversial figure takes charges of a State Department advisory panel.
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Memory maker will pay $160 million in fines, DOJ says.
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A federal jury convicted six people Monday in a tax shelter scheme that helped 1,500 people take &#36;120 million in false income tax deductions from 1997 to 2001.
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Advocate tells Congress taxpayers should receive up to $1,000 in âapology paymentsâ if the Internal Revenue Service mishandles their case.
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said yesterday that it has reached a $1.3 million settlement with 16 men who were sexually abused by priests between 1962 and 1982.
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An apparent whistleblower is generating buzz by saying a Florida official sought vote-changing software, but cautious observers say there's plenty of room for doubt. By Kim Zetter.
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A taxpayer who made more than $1 million had a one-in-16 chance of being audited by the IRS in the fiscal year just ended, up slightly from the year before.
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A year on, and the company's $1 million tip-off program has nabbed just one (alleged) virus writer. Is it a bust?
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The Internal Revenue Service on Friday named a new whistleblower chief to oversee a program where individuals can reap substantial rewards by exposing tax cheats.
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The Inland Revenue pays out nearly Â£1m compensation to people who have suffered because of tax credit errors or delays.
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Secure Computing will pay a total of $1 million to settle Washington state's first spyware case.